Any pros?

[Memories4K]

So, here's the thing.

Let's put aside any "value" factors here, also assume that i don't need, or will ever need, more space than i'm requesting.

What i want to ask is:

 

Should i get a dedicated SSD (let's sasy 128 GB or 256 GB) for my OS and a few apps with another 1TB SSD for games and other programs

 

or

 

simply get a 1TB SSD for everything?

 

I'm more curious as to whether there's any benefit to have an SSD dedicated to the OS and a few apps plus a separate large SSD for storage and games vs. just one large SSD for all of my data that includes the OS, apps, games, work programs, etc.

 

Please and Thank You!

[H4X3R]

A small SSD (i recommend 250-500GB) for OS and programs and a 2 x WD Red Pros or Blacks in RAID 0. The speed to copy stuff from the SSD to the HDDs will be quite fast (that is what i am currently running, just as an external dual drive setup via thunderbolt).

[Swndlr]

Id get a 240GB/256GB for OS and programs then a 480GB/500GB for games then a 2TB for other shit

Some may call it illogical but its what I personally would do

[sissj]

So, here's the thing.

Let's put aside any "value" factors here, also assume that i don't need, or will ever need, more space than i'm requesting.

What i want to ask is:

 

Should i get a dedicated SSD (let's sasy 128 GB or 256 GB) for my OS and a few apps with another 1TB SSD for games and other programs

 

or

 

simply get a 1TB SSD for everything?

 

I'm more curious as to whether there's any benefit to have an SSD dedicated to the OS and a few apps plus a separate large SSD for storage and games vs. just one large SSD for all of my data that includes the OS, apps, games, work programs, etc.

 

Please and Thank You!

Get an SSD for boot, HDD for mass storage

[Helly]

To actually answer the question, no there is no benefit to having 2 SSD's over 1 big one. It's just what people do. I like to put my OS on a smaller drive because then i can just format that drive when i do a reinstall without having to do a backup first. It's a lot easier.

[Mighty_Miro_WD]

Hi there @Memories4K!

 

Both options have their pros and cons, so IMO it depends on the personal preference.

 

However, I would go with multiple drives storage configuration, but of course there is nothing wrong with only one drive. It's just that I like the idea of having one drive for, let's say OS and most demanding apps, while I use the other one for games and maybe mass storage. The dual configuration will also allow you to do such things as write data to one drive while playing from another without any lag.

 

Hope this helps and feel free to ask any questions you may have.

 

Cheers!

[Memories4K]

 

Hi there @Memories4K!

 

Both options have their pros and cons, so IMO it depends on the personal preference.

 

However, I would go with multiple drives storage configuration, but of course there is nothing wrong with only one drive. It's just that I like the idea of having one drive for, let's say OS and most demanding apps, while I use the other one for games and maybe mass storage. The dual configuration will also allow you to do such things as write data to one drive while playing from another without any lag.

 

Hope this helps and feel free to ask any questions you may have.

 

Cheers!

 

Thank you based Western Digital Affiliate

That sounds good actually

[brwainer]

Personally I would get 240/250/256GB very fast SSD for OS and your favorite programs, and a slower (budget) 500GB+ SSD for everything else.

[Curufinwe_wins]

The fewer drives you have the easier it is to keep everything straight.

That said I have a 500 GB main os ssd (with some programs), a 960 GB(ever so slightly slower ssd with all my games and most of my programs), and a 3TB hdd for video/picture storage.

In the pre-trim world, I would have told you that keeping your os drive as empty as possible would have performance benefits, and while that is technically still true the difference now is basically within the margin of error until you get into the 95+% capacity. If say however you had a small pcie m.2 drive like the sm951 (in 256/512 capacity) then that would allow maximum speed for os and programs that still show scaling at that point with faster speeds (like ironically word and excel), while having a separate cheaper sata ssd being used basically as mass ssd storage as many programs will not show a difference at that speed (most games fall here.)

I never recommend hdds for that purpose because their multitasking is non-existent and access times are always terrible. That does make them great however for video or photo storage where access time is but a small fraction of total reads.