SSD Partition setup

Chronictank

Chronictank

Chronictank

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hi, is it worth breaking down the drive into seperate partitions?

I was thinking the following:

Total size: 80Gb

25Gb Windows
30Gb Temp - pagefile, temp files via enviroment variables TEMP and TMP
25Gb Fast Apps - games to run on the ssd, swapped between ssd and big disk

Thanks in advance for input
 
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80gb is small enough, without further partitioning, give yourself some flexibility on available space.

I'd suggest use all the SSD for OS+apps and put the temp/pagefile on a fast HDD. You really need to minimise write wear & tear on an SSD, once you've installed an app on the SSD, the less swapping back and forth the better.
 
surely you want your temp files on the ssd? they are the things which need the fastest access
particularly something like your AppData directory


The partitioning was to seperate the temp files and the main windows drive for backup purposes
 
is it worth breaking down the drive into seperate partitions?
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No!

I would also leave the pagefile on the SSD, I found general performance better (with pagefile on SSD) than putting it on a separate mechanical HDD...
 
In an ideal world when SSD technology cell burnout gets fixed - yes I agree, but temp files and the pagefile butcher the lifespan of a MLC SSD.

IMHO, SSDs still have too much of a price premium to send it off to an early grave. I have disabled prefetcher/superfetch/indexing on my SSD as an attempt to prolong the MTBF.
 
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