Because I’m bored and like tinkering, I removed the 120gb SSD from the kids computer (shhh) and installed it in my rig solely for running games. Currently Ive got Windows installed on a 64gb SSD, the rest of the files on a 500 gb regular HDD. I’m curious if there is any performance benefit to runn…

I only have SSD’s in my rig. I will never disc again. Much better performance.

Quicker loads times for the game, levels, and any scenery cache. Other than that, probably not. You won’t get much on that SSD though. Suggest replacing your 500 GB HD with a 1 TB SSD, and not putting any games on your system disk. If it is price perhibitive, suggest saving until you can afford it. …

Like chipwich said, quicker access times. It’s good. Just remember it is an Solid State drive and DON’T defrag it. You’ll shorten its life if you do.

Thanks for the replies guys. Current setup is the OS on a 64 gb SSD, games on a 500 gb HDD, and DCS on the 128 SSD. After re-downloading 2.1 and all the modules, I cant notice much of a difference. I should have done some scientific before and after, but the seat of the pants difference is minimu…

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For ssd’s (don’t know if you are interested), but i have 120gig solely for operating system and 500 gig samsung for games + 2 old 120 gig mechanical drives that are still kicking from previous computers. I would check you storage on the operating system SSD as mine is 3/4 full at 120gig. But anyho…

I started with 60 gb ssd but the os filled it and so I moved it to a dedicated 120gb and it takes up about 90Gb after the user folder gets bloated with saved games files etc. I have a 240 ssd for dcs and Arma 3 now. Got them as money allowed. Next stop will be 500Gb M.2 drive when I build the new sy…

The only reason to use a HDD is its larger size if you need lots of storage. For everything else SSD is better. I’ll never build a PC without an SSD again.

All good info, thanks again. My windows install takes up about 50gb, I have to clean out the saved games folder when it gets down to 5-8 gb remaining. In other news, my wife is going to kill me. Couldn’t pass up an offer while I was walking through micro center. Just picked up a i7 6700k for $269.

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