Help, please

[lumosrune11]

So I'm planning on upgrading my system from HDD to SSD. I'm on a tight $100 budget and was planning to buy Kingston A2000 1tb for my OS and games.

 

I'm seeing a lot of threads about just buying an SSD that's around 256gb - 512gb for my OS and an HDD about 1tb - 4tb for my games and other stuff.

 

Can I have your suggestions, please?

 

I'm a light-gamer and use my PC mostly for school stuff like programming applications, virtualbox, and such. I only play games like DotA 2, League of Legends, etc. I'm currently using 4x500gb Seagate HDD - 1st one is for my OS and Games, others are for my files and stuff.

 

Thank you in advance. And sorry if this is the wrong section to post this. 

[WaggishOhio383]

5 minutes ago, lumosrune11 said:

So I'm planning on upgrading my system from HDD to SSD. I'm on a tight $100 budget and was planning to buy Kingston A2000 1tb for my OS and games.

 

I'm seeing a lot of threads about just buying an SSD that's around 256gb - 512gb for my OS and an HDD about 1tb - 4tb for my games and other stuff.

 

Can I have your suggestions, please?

 

I'm a light-gamer and use my PC mostly for school stuff like programming applications, virtualbox, and such. I only play games like DotA 2, League of Legends, etc. I'm currently using 4x500gb Seagate HDD - 1st one is for my OS and Games, others are for my files and stuff.

 

Thank you in advance. And sorry if this is the wrong section to post this. 

If you don't think you'll need more than 1TB of storage then just get an SSD so you can enjoy the faster speeds everywhere. If you think you'll need more than 1TB for media or game storage, then do the second option. You can store documents/videos/etc on the HDD, along with any games that will run fine without the added performance from the SSD.

[Moonzy]

how many games do you actively play on? get a drive that's going to fit them and OS+softwares comfortably

 

personally i use a good 250GB SSD for OS+softwares, and a separate cheaper 512GB drive for games

this will allow me to wipe my system drive without wiping my games. you can look into this option too.

[nick name]

Hello and welcome.

 

I like the idea of using RAID with your existing drives after you've purchased the highest capacity SSD you can afford.  Put as much as you can on that SSD and then everything else on that RAID setup.  

[lumosrune11]

9 minutes ago, WaggishOhio383 said:

If you don't think you'll need more than 1TB of storage then just get an SSD so you can enjoy the faster speeds everywhere. If you think you'll need more than 1TB for media or game storage, then do the second option. You can store documents/videos/etc on the HDD, along with any games that will run fine without the added performance from the SSD.

Since you gave me an idea, I'll probably try the 2nd option. I can see in your PC Build that you have a 120gb SSD and 2tb HDD, which I assume the SSD is for your OS and HDD is for your files and stuff.

 

7 minutes ago, Lord Vile said:

How much data do you have? You could get a 250GB SSD and run the HDDs as 2 RAID 0 drives? 

I fully used up 3 of my HDDs on movies, personal files, music, etc. I only have like 200gb space on my OS HDD since it's where my games and other software are installed.

 

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

how many games do you actively play on? get a drive that's going to fit them and OS+softwares comfortably

 

personally i use a good 250GB SSD for OS+softwares, and a separate cheaper 512GB drive for games

this will allow me to wipe my system drive without wiping my games. you can look into this option too.

I actively play 2 games, since my GPU got broken. With that 512gb drive for your games, is that an SSD or HDD?

 

 

 

Thanks for your replies, all.

[lumosrune11]

3 minutes ago, nick name said:

Hello and welcome.

 

I like the idea of using RAID with your existing drives after you've purchased the highest capacity SSD you can afford.  Put as much as you can on that SSD and then everything else on that RAID setup.  

I recently searched for that RAID process or, but I liked the idea too. In Windows 10, they call it "Storage Spaces" (correct me if I'm wrong). Since I have 4x500gb HDDs, I might use it on RAID setup and just buy a lower SSD for my OS and applications.

[Moonzy]

2 minutes ago, lumosrune11 said:

With that 512gb drive for your games, is that an SSD or HDD?

SSD