ssd question

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manny1222

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Is there any advantage to having OS and games on 2 separate SSDs, I'm.considering getting a larger ssd for games. Should I just have them both on the same drive?
 
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I don't think there would be any perceptible performance difference with 1 SSD vs. 2 separate SSDs. The advantage with 2 separate SSDs is you can potentially prolong the usable time for each drive (before a re-wipe) by not having 1 single drive mostly filled all the time, which could take a hit on SSD performance and lifetime because of how disk use and garbage allocation generally work (though firmware continues to get better and better for these things).
 
teh_chem said:
I don't think there would be any perceptible performance difference with 1 SSD vs. 2 separate SSDs. The advantage with 2 separate SSDs is you can potentially prolong the usable time for each drive (before a re-wipe) by not having 1 single drive mostly filled all the time, which could take a hit on SSD performance and lifetime because of how disk use and garbage allocation generally work (though firmware continues to get better and better for these things).
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That's not really a concern with modern SSDs, by the time you've written enough data to notice a decrease in performance (many years) your SSD will be ancient and newer, faster and cheaper models will be on the market.

OP, your OCZ Agility 3 isn't exactly a great drive so if I were you I'd look out for some deals on a 256GB Crucial m4 or Samsung 830 and putting everything on there.
 
slh28 said:
That's not really a concern with modern SSDs, by the time you've written enough data to notice a decrease in performance (many years) your SSD will be ancient and newer, faster and cheaper models will be on the market.

OP, your OCZ Agility 3 isn't exactly a great drive so if I were you I'd look out for some deals on a 256GB Crucial m4 or Samsung 830 and putting everything on there.
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Yeah, that's a good point--most current/modern drives are good, and this shouldn't be an issue in general.
 
gererally larger the SSD the faster it is but if you have 2 drive it will allow you to be more versatile
 
2 x Corsair 3 240G in raid 0, i had an avg of 1G though put on it and just tossed my 200G steam folder on it, LOVE the speed!

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