SSD Help/Explanation Please!

[Zack Brown]

I'm willing to get a 256GB Samsung 950 Pro SSD as the drive for my OS. And have a 6TB HDD for everything else.

 

Since the boot drive is an SSD, will that make booting programs/games faster or will that be up to the HDD?

[UnlimitedTMD]

if the programms are on the SSD, yes

[Matty2hatty]

No if you install your OS on a 256gb SSD then install everything else on the hdd then the stuff on the HDD will be allow but your system will boot fast… I would recommend installing most used programs and the OS on the SSD and then mass storage on the HDD

 

-Matt

[Zack Brown]

12 minutes ago, Matty2hatty said:

No if you install your OS on a 256gb SSD then install everything else on the hdd then the stuff on the HDD will be allow but your system will boot fast… I would recommend installing most used programs and the OS on the SSD and then mass storage on the HDD

 

-Matt

Advice?

 

I have a lot of programs that I use a lot, so the appropriate decision is to get a 1.2TB Intel 750 Series right?

[Matty2hatty]

I really don't see how you could use that much for programs but hey I don't  use much programs so go ahead, may wanna cut down on HDD storage then, wd red 2tb maybe?

[scottyseng]

3 minutes ago, Zack Brown said:

Advice?

 

I have a lot of programs that I use a lot, so the appropriate decision is to get a 1.2TB Intel 750 Series right?

What are the system specs of your PC? It might or might not support NVMe properly.

 

If you really have that many important programs / really need that kind of speed, you can go the 750 route...but it's quite costly for that.

[Zack Brown]

10 minutes ago, scottyseng said:

What are the system specs of your PC? It might or might not support NVMe properly.

 

If you really have that many important programs / really need that kind of speed, you can go the 750 route...but it's quite costly for that.

Quite a strong PC

 

Intel Core i7 6700K LGA1151

GTX 980 Ti in 2-Way SLI

16GB 3000MHz DDR4

Maximus VIII Hero

[Matty2hatty]

1 minute ago, Zack Brown said:

Quite a strong PC

 

Intel Core i7 6700K LGA1151

GTX 980 Ti in 2-Way SLI

16GB 3000MHz DDR4

Maximus VIII Hero

Ok thats pretty powerful, I see why you need a lot of storage….

[scottyseng]

1 hour ago, Zack Brown said:

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Yeah, you should be plenty good with a Intel 750. The more you can put on the SSD, the better. I would heavily recommend clean installing Windows to the new SSD so you won't have issues.

[Zack Brown]

7 hours ago, scottyseng said:

Yeah, you should be plenty good with a Intel 750. The more you can put on the SSD, the better. I would heavily recommend clean installing Windows to the new SSD so you won't have issues.

Alright thanks! I appreciate it