Boot SSD's

[Daringpear]

First of all, let me preface this by saying that this is my first time even considering building my own computer. I am a total and complete newbie.

With this in mind, I have heard that SSD's are superior in almost every way to HDD's. However, because I am considering doing a budget build, my main storage will be on a HDD for cost reasons only. However, I would like my OS and necessary boot up files to be on a small SSD, to minimize the time it takes for the computer to boot. I have a few questions about this.

●How big should the SSD be, to contain my OS (expected to be windows 10), and other misc startup files?

●Is there any special way 2 different storage media have to be built and connected together in the computer?

●Can both a HDD and SSD fit inside a silverstone sg13 case with all the other hardware?

●Are there any other things I have to consider when trying this?

Hardware: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dnMGpg

[KemoKa]

1. 120GB should be fine for most people. Throw your most important files, programs and things you need fast access to on there.
2. SSDs and HDDs use the same connectors (mostly) so there should be no problem there. They'll just be recognized as different drives in your filesystem.
3. It says no, but this is the internet - we know that there are ways around EVERYTHING.

4. I wouldn't go with an SSD based on Asynchronous NAND like the 510. You tend to get speed problems like with the Kingston V300, where they did a bait-and-switch with the NAND, made it asynchronous and now it's slow AF. See if you can fit an SP900 or 550 into your budget.

[flexluthor]

1. Minimum is 64GB but the best price/gb would be a 250/256GB one.

 

2. You just connect the hdd's sata port to your mother board's sata port and the hdd's sata power port (molex if you want to plug an old hdd) to your power supply's sata power port. You should do the exact same thing with the ssd.

 

3. Yes, it has a 3.5 and 2.5 bay.

 

4. Nothing much, it's pretty straightforward.