128 GB SSD and 1TB External HDD

[epicpcgamer81]

I have 2 HDDs, listed in the title. Should I install my OS on the SSD and keep my games, pictures, music, and basically everything else on the external? Or should it be the opposite? Or a mix? Please help. Thanks!

 

[Archaic59]

OS and important programs on SSD and music, pics, vids on secondary storage. Putting games on SSD is nice for reduced load times but ingame performance isn't really affected.

 

[epicpcgamer81]

OS and important programs on SSD and music, pics, vids on secondary storage. Putting games on SSD is nice for reduced load times but ingame performance isn't really affected.

Thanks. So put OS and some games on SSD, everything else on HDD?

 

[Archaic59]

Yes, OS for sure, and if you can fit a few games on it they will load much faster and have faster level changes, but as I said before the ingame performance is the same.

 

[jimmyh234]

I have 2 HDDs, listed in the title. Should I install my OS on the SSD and keep my games, pictures, music, and basically everything else on the external? Or should it be the opposite? Or a mix? Please help. Thanks!

First off, people think having your drive filled up will slow it down witch is untrue, so they buy a large hard drive to keep everything on it without slowing it down. It sounds dumb, but you guys would be surprised. If I were you, I would invest in a larger ssd, and just keep everything on it. Even a hybrid hard drive is fine, cheaper then and ssd and faster then a hard drive. Hard drives are slowly going out of whack. There is no need for having a slow hard drive. Better off saving up and getting 2 500gb ssds or just a 250 depending on what you are using it for! But that is just my opinion! But yes, OS should always go on the SSD and any other junk should go on your hard drive. Get a bigger ssd for your games though, faster load speeds are definitely a plus and you will never want to use a hard drive again!

 

[epicpcgamer81]

I have 2 HDDs, listed in the title. Should I install my OS on the SSD and keep my games, pictures, music, and basically everything else on the external? Or should it be the opposite? Or a mix? Please help. Thanks!

First off, people think having your drive filled up will slow it down witch is untrue, so they buy a large hard drive to keep everything on it without slowing it down. It sounds dumb, but you guys would be surprised. If I were you, I would invest in a larger ssd, and just keep everything on it. Even a hybrid hard drive is fine, cheaper then and ssd and faster then a hard drive. Hard drives are slowly going out of whack. There is no need for having a slow hard drive. Better off saving up and getting 2 500gb ssds or just a 250 depending on what you are using it for! But that is just my opinion! But yes, OS should always go on the SSD and any other junk should go on your hard drive. Get a bigger ssd for your games though, faster load speeds are definitely a plus and you will never want to use a hard drive again!

To mention, I currently have another SSD in my computer with my games, with 20GB out of 500GB available. I need to free up space so this is why I'm asking.

 

[jimmyh234]

I have 2 HDDs, listed in the title. Should I install my OS on the SSD and keep my games, pictures, music, and basically everything else on the external? Or should it be the opposite? Or a mix? Please help. Thanks!

First off, people think having your drive filled up will slow it down witch is untrue, so they buy a large hard drive to keep everything on it without slowing it down. It sounds dumb, but you guys would be surprised. If I were you, I would invest in a larger ssd, and just keep everything on it. Even a hybrid hard drive is fine, cheaper then and ssd and faster then a hard drive. Hard drives are slowly going out of whack. There is no need for having a slow hard drive. Better off saving up and getting 2 500gb ssds or just a 250 depending on what you are using it for! But that is just my opinion! But yes, OS should always go on the SSD and any other junk should go on your hard drive. Get a bigger ssd for your games though, faster load speeds are definitely a plus and you will never want to use a hard drive again!

To mention, I currently have another SSD in my computer with my games, with 20GB out of 500GB available. I need to free up space so this is why I'm asking.

Best thing you could do is put you games with less load screens on the HD, i only have games like GTAv and the witcher 3 on my SSD, anything with really long annoying load screens