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i want to add a new hard drive to my pc to install games to, however i don't know what to go for 

 

OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-480G 480GB- £128.95

http://www.amazon.co.uk/OCZ-ARC100-25SAT3-480G-480GB-SATA-Inch/dp/B00LULV4K8/ref=sr_1_29?ie=UTF8&qid=1436501966&sr=8-29&keywords=ssd+500gb

 

Seagate 4TB/8GB Serial 3.5 inch Solid State Hybrid Drive- £128.84

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Serial-Solid-State-Hybrid/dp/B00FQH7MQ2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1436501968&sr=8-4&keywords=sshd

 

i have a good internet connection so downloading games all the time wont be to much of a problem, yet more games are getting bigger in size 

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How about getting separate SSD and HDD?

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i want to add a new hard drive to my pc to install games to, however i don't know what to go for 

 

OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-480G 480GB- £128.95

http://www.amazon.co.uk/OCZ-ARC100-25SAT3-480G-480GB-SATA-Inch/dp/B00LULV4K8/ref=sr_1_29?ie=UTF8&qid=1436501966&sr=8-29&keywords=ssd+500gb

 

Seagate 4TB/8GB Serial 3.5 inch Solid State Hybrid Drive- £128.84

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Serial-Solid-State-Hybrid/dp/B00FQH7MQ2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1436501968&sr=8-4&keywords=sshd

 

i have a good internet connection so downloading games all the time wont be to much of a problem, yet more games are getting bigger in size 

Get a 120GB SSD for everything but games, photos etc and then get a 1 TB for storage.

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i want to add a new hard drive to my pc to install games to, however i don't know what to go for 

 

OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-480G 480GB- £128.95

http://www.amazon.co.uk/OCZ-ARC100-25SAT3-480G-480GB-SATA-Inch/dp/B00LULV4K8/ref=sr_1_29?ie=UTF8&qid=1436501966&sr=8-29&keywords=ssd+500gb

 

Seagate 4TB/8GB Serial 3.5 inch Solid State Hybrid Drive

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Serial-Solid-State-Hybrid/dp/B00FQH7MQ2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1436501968&sr=8-4&keywords=sshd

 

i have a good internet connection so downloading games all the time wont be to much of a problem, yet more games are getting bigger in size 

The SSHD for sure, the price for GB is much better.

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separate SSD+HDD

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so like a 120gb ssd and a 1/2 tb hard drive???

yup

or a 240GB

theyre not that expensive

would still be cheaper than that 480GB SSD

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so like a 120gb ssd and a 1/2 tb hard drive???

120GB (or more) SSD and 1TB (or more) HDD, install OS in the SSD and other stuff in the HDD or maybe SSD if you want extra performance.

 

If you install games in the SSD the loading time is faster than in HDD.

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CPU: i5-4690 | Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 | Memory: Corsair Vengeance 2x4GB | Power Supply: Corsair CX500 | Video Card: MSI GTX 970

Storage: Kingston V300 120GB & WD Blue 1TB | Network Card: ASUS PCE-AC56 | Peripherals: Microsoft Wired 600 & Logitech G29 + Shifter

 

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CPU: Ryzen 3 2200G | Motherboard: MSI - B450 Tomahawk | Memory: Mushkin - 8GB (1 x 8GB) | Storage: Mushkin 250GB & Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB
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so like a 120gb ssd and a 1/2 tb hard drive???

Yes. You install Windows on the SSD and when you've booted Windows for the first time go into Disk Management, select the storage drive, right click it, give it a volume, name it and then Click, click click all the way till you're done. Go into the file explorer, right click on your pictures and video folders and go into properties and make your default download place a location on the storage drive.

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