SSD solely for operating system? thoughts?

claypigeon101 · 1 Apr 2011 at 02:22

Hey guys.
I just bought a secondary drive for my games and nonsense, samsung spinpoint f3 500gb i think it is, from OCUK for £29.99, so far have found it to be superb, quiet and noticeably quicker than my old 640gb western digital green nonsense.

anyway
i have a quick question...
in order to save cash by getting a small one, but minimise loading up time,
is it worth getting a SSD solely to run windows?
can you for example place all your windows folders onto my first WD green 640gb drive, keep games and trash on my spinpoint and use the ssd just for windows files?
that would be pretty quick...

Deleted member 77746 · 1 Apr 2011 at 09:24

SSDs are awesome, they make a big difference to systems.

mast3r · 1 Apr 2011 at 09:24

Yes to everything mentioned mate.

SSD is worth getting, you can redirect all your data and run games from another disk.

claypigeon101 · 1 Apr 2011 at 11:58

mast3r said:
Yes to everything mentioned mate.

SSD is worth getting, you can redirect all your data and run games from another disk.

brilliante. as they say in mexico. possibly.
so just get a small one for windows, direct all docs, videos etc onto first disk and run games from my spinpoint?

Combat squirrel · 1 Apr 2011 at 12:12

Correct go for it, I have a vertex 2 as system drive and a samsung 1tb for games

mikeyholt · 1 Apr 2011 at 17:25

Most common use of SSDs currently is to store Operating Systems on, so go for it!