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Thinking about making the switch to SSD

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song414

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Hi guys, I plan on purchasing a 120/128gb SSD to go along with my 1TB/250GB HDD's

I heard of Intel's SRT, but I have an older AMD asrock Mobo (2010) with a 1055T amd 6-core.

My question is this... I have my 1TB drive split up into 3 drives, one is for my games (have about 300gb of games (4xxgb of free space), one for multimedia/downloads which is about the same, and 75-80gb on the C drive where I install the OS and other programs such as AV/photoshop, etc. Now I currently have 15gb of free space with windows 7 installed and all my programs on C. I was thinking it wouldnt be worth it to split the SSD up and have ~35-40gb of space on a separate drive.

Now what is the best use to ultilize my drives? I have an annoying stuttering when my HDD goes crazy sometimes in multiplayer games like blackops 2 or SC2 (could also be a RAM issue cause I only have 4gb and use 1080p resolution. I have another 8gb on its way now) . Now I want to correct this. I was thinking of using my SSD as my OS boot and maybe put like my steam game folder on there too since its ~ 40gb or would I realize a boost in performance because my older 1tb HDD can solely focus on working on my game and not the OS+AV+other stuff in the background?

Is it worth getting a SSD for that or should I wait and get a much bigger SSD so I can fit a majority of my games on the new SSD and suck it up right now and deal with just using my 1TB HDD for everything?

It is a 7200 rpm 16mb cache HDD (might be 32mb not sure)

Just want your opinion on what my best option is
 
I made the jump to my first 120gb SSD and I just put my win 7 install on it, and it boots in about 15 seconds if that. It was pretty cheap, 99$. Now IO got my second OCZ SSD for 49$ on sale, and I started to put games on that one, and I have 2x 1TB for movies and music. I'd install your OS and a game or 2 you play constantly on it. You'll be very happy with the performance I'd think.
 
You've got to prioritize your applications. If you can't afford a large enough SSD to install all your games on it, then just uninstall stuff you don't play to make room for the new.

Maybe some of your games aren't very dependent on the HDD and would be fine on the platter drive, but once you've tasted the excellence of SSD load times in gaming you wont feel right about installing most games to the old platter drive.

Use your platter drive for storage and low use applications... actively manage the free space on your SSD.

Honestly, how many of those 300gbs of games have you played in the last 90 days?

If you really need to have 300gb of games installed, save your dough and get a bigger SSD.
 
Azzkiker said:
You've got to prioritize your applications. If you can't afford a large enough SSD to install all your games on it, then just uninstall stuff you don't play to make room for the new.

Maybe some of your games aren't very dependent on the HDD and would be fine on the platter drive, but once you've tasted the excellence of SSD load times in gaming you wont feel right about installing most games to the old platter drive.

Use your platter drive for storage and low use applications... actively manage the free space on your SSD.

Honestly, how many of those 300gbs of games have you played in the last 90 days?

If you really need to have 300gb of games installed, save your dough and get a bigger SSD.
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thx guys. just bought 2 SSD's got a 120GB for 50$ for my c drive and 256gb for my games for only $100 after 10$ MIR on BF deals.
 
Nice deals man. You're going to love it. I seriously don't know what took me so long to make the jump to SSD's
 
It's a must-have for windows7 users. Instead of 1-2 minute boot time it's 5-15 seconds tops. On win8 the system boots fast even on a regular HDD, so the benefits are not as great.

Actively tweak: move your browser cache to the physical hard drive. Run Ccleaner. Keep OS drive lean so you have lots of space.
 
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