Nvme system compression speeds?

[orlando690]

Anybody ever used the windows 10 system compression under drive properties? 

 

I have a 512gb 3k/2.5k nvme and already used over half of the space, was wondering if it would be a good idea. System specs on signiture below. 

 

Most of this space is from games and I will also use this on stuff I will be doing in unreal engine 4.

 

I dont mind compressing windows OS. I got it down to 20 gigs already by deleting a hole bunch of stuff but hey even 1 gig more of savings would be nice. 

 

Ps 

I dont know how to use the thing I just noticed it yesterday. On searches I've found I read mostly good things, but there's little information about it (atleast info which I can actually understand) 

[badreg]

Once you apply any kind of compression on data on an SSD, the limiting factor becomes the compression algorithm and your CPU, not the storage. You're much better off getting a cheap SATA SSD than using system compression.

[orlando690]

16 minutes ago, badreg said:

Once you apply any kind of compression on data on an SSD, the limiting factor becomes the compression algorithm and your CPU, not the storage. You're much better off getting a cheap SATA SSD than using system compression.

Good thing I asked. All I knew is that a good cpu was required for this and 8 cores was good for this. I have 8+8 unless the threads don't count. I'll look into ssds, hate the extra wire that comes from it, but an SSD might actually look nice. I do have 1 more nvme slot but I'll save that for when I can buy a 1tb nvme