Harddrive setup

[marshmallowbam]

I am thinking about ordering new drives for my computer to increase speed and effeciency. Quick question though, would it be more effective to just order one big SSD to store everything on or, as I was thinking about doing. I wanted to get a 20-50gig SSD to store my OS on then get a 1tb SSD to store my games on, then have 1 more SSD problably about 500gb's for all of my other functions and programs. My goal is to allow my games to run at max capacity so i can have my OS run un-interrupted, while streaming my music, and also have programs like rainmeter run without having to share hardware recources. My biggest pepeive is having my OS, and other programs that run in the background eat up read/write speeds and bandwidth while i am gaming or working on web-design or programming. would it just be more effective to leave it as is AKA 1tb WD Black running all of them with 1tb WD green as game storage, or go with my plan to have all of them functioning seperately. Money is no issue, please help me I have never owned an SSD so im not sure how much "bandwidth" programs eat up on an SSD and if they stutter while uninstalling a game while installing a progarm at the same time.

[Shiv78]

6 minutes ago, marshmallowbam said:

20-50gig SSD

Boot SSD shoud be 120GB, bare minimum. Updates and downloads will overload even a 60gb ssd quicker than you realize.

[Revan654]

54 minutes ago, marshmallowbam said:

I am thinking about ordering new drives for my computer to increase speed and effeciency. Quick question though, would it be more effective to just order one big SSD to store everything on or, as I was thinking about doing. I wanted to get a 20-50gig SSD to store my OS on then get a 1tb SSD to store my games on, then have 1 more SSD problably about 500gb's for all of my other functions and programs. My goal is to allow my games to run at max capacity so i can have my OS run un-interrupted, while streaming my music, and also have programs like rainmeter run without having to share hardware recources. My biggest pepeive is having my OS, and other programs that run in the background eat up read/write speeds and bandwidth while i am gaming or working on web-design or programming. would it just be more effective to leave it as is AKA 1tb WD Black running all of them with 1tb WD green as game storage, or go with my plan to have all of them functioning seperately. Money is no issue, please help me I have never owned an SSD so im not sure how much "bandwidth" programs eat up on an SSD and if they stutter while uninstalling a game while installing a progarm at the same time.

 

This is my Gaming Rig currently.

 

256 M.2 Drive

2TB - For Storage

1x 2TB SSHD - My Game Drive

 

It might be a good setup for you or to look into.

[marshmallowbam]

2 hours ago, Revan654 said:

 

This is my Gaming Rig currently.

 

256 M.2 Drive

2TB - For Storage

1x 2TB SSHD - My Game Drive

 

It might be a good setup for you or to look into.

that sounds like what im looking for only i would have to get a pcie card for my boot drive, no m.2 slot on my motherboard

[Revan654]

21 minutes ago, marshmallowbam said:

that sounds like what im looking for only i would have to get a pcie card for my boot drive, no m.2 slot on my motherboard

You could just grab a Evo or Pro of Samsung 850 series.

[roberto++]

7 hours ago, marshmallowbam said:

I am thinking about ordering new drives for my computer to increase speed and effeciency. Quick question though, would it be more effective to just order one big SSD to store everything on or, as I was thinking about doing. I wanted to get a 20-50gig SSD to store my OS on then get a 1tb SSD to store my games on, then have 1 more SSD problably about 500gb's for all of my other functions and programs. My goal is to allow my games to run at max capacity so i can have my OS run un-interrupted, while streaming my music, and also have programs like rainmeter run without having to share hardware recources. My biggest pepeive is having my OS, and other programs that run in the background eat up read/write speeds and bandwidth while i am gaming or working on web-design or programming. would it just be more effective to leave it as is AKA 1tb WD Black running all of them with 1tb WD green as game storage, or go with my plan to have all of them functioning seperately. Money is no issue, please help me I have never owned an SSD so im not sure how much "bandwidth" programs eat up on an SSD and if they stutter while uninstalling a game while installing a progarm at the same time.

I prefer to keep drives to a specific task. makes the reloading the OS much easier.

 

I currently have my drives organized as followed:

1. OS & primary applications (Office Suite, Internet browser, AV) - SSD Samsung 850 Pro, 512 GB
2. Games applications and associated data (Steam, Battle.net, Origin) - 2x WD Velociraptor in RAID 0, 1.2 TB total
3. Personal Data (Documents, Spreadsheets, movies, music) - 2TB WD Black

 

 

money no issue - have a second computer for the day to day, programing/ music streaming. then have a dedicated pc for games. having second hardware, then they never have to share resources.

 

250/256 GB SSD is a good sweet spot, enough for windows, updates and primary applications.

 

try not to run the SSD and 100% full, had pretty bad performance with my 120GB Samsung 830 SSD.