upgrading storage

[limerii]

Hello, I've built a PC before but storage isnt my forte and I'm looking to upgrade from just using a 1TB HDD in my PC. Essentially I'm wanting to delete everything off of my current hard drive and install 1 or 2 SSDs to use as a boot drive and to load games and other apps faster. How would I go about doing this, and is it recommended to have a single low-capacity SSD for Windows and have another for everything else? I still want to use my current hard drive as well. Thanks!

 

[-rascal-]

4 minutes ago, limerii said:

Hello, I've built a PC before but storage isnt my forte and I'm looking to upgrade from just using a 1TB HDD in my PC. Essentially I'm wanting to delete everything off of my current hard drive and install 1 or 2 SSDs to use as a boot drive and to load games and other apps faster. How would I go about doing this, and is it recommended to have a single low-capacity SSD for Windows and have another for everything else? I still want to use my current hard drive as well. Thanks!

 

 

Best to have a larger capacity SSD and put everything on it (Windows + games), read/write performance is usually faster on higher density SSDs as well.

If you WANT, you can put it across multiple SSDs (e.g. 500GB ~ 1TB SSD for Windows + Games, another SSD for games + files) to keep things organized.

 

It was recommended to get a small SSD for Windows (64GB ~ 128GB) ...back in 2010 ~ 2014...because SSDs were EXPENSIVE.

I still remember my 120GB Corsair ForceGT SSD was $120+ back in 2011.

Now, you can get a 480GB ~ 500GB, even sometimes 1TB, for that price.

[NineEyeRon]

256 minimum SSD for boot, I have one 512 plus a 1 TB game SSD.

 

Then I have a 4TB HDD for storage of things I don't need day to day (music, pictures, films etc).