Help With Storage and Recording

[JustCallMeAllen]

Okay, so I have a Kingston 240 GB SSD coming in to replace my 289 GB 10 year old HDD. My question is this, where should I store my stuff when I have a 1 TB Western Digital Caviar Green HDD and the Kingston SSD?I have a few Steam games, and I of course have Windows 7 64-bit. I want to record games and I am unsure where I should store certain things. Any help is appreciated.

 

[digitaldoc]

The Windows OS should go on the SSD.

The rest, including the games and the recordings should go to the HDD.

 

[JustCallMeAllen]

The Windows OS should go on the SSD.

The rest, including the games and the recordings should go to the HDD.

Would the performance of the game and the recording not be affected by going on one HDD though? I have heard this can be a lot of pressure for one drive.

 

[digitaldoc]

Two HDD's would be better, but you don't have enough capacity on your SSD. You could go with two HDD's if they fit.

 

[Raiin]

OP, windows on the SSD and your TOp 3 played games on SSD too, leave HDD for older games and Storage. that way you can record to your HDD while playing your games on the SSD.

 

[JustCallMeAllen]

Two HDD's would be better, but you don't have enough capacity on your SSD. You could go with two HDD's if they fit.

I have plenty of room. I actually have enough room for 12 drives (including SSD). I just do not have the money at the moment. Thanks for the relply.

 

[JustCallMeAllen]

OP, windows on the SSD and your TOp 3 played games on SSD too, leave HDD for older games and Storage. that way you can record to your HDD while playing your games on the SSD.

Alright. I only have 3 main games that I play. Garry's mod, BF4, and CS:GO. Garry's mod however has a LOT of content in it (50GB) so I am wondering since it doesn't require much to play that it would be best to keep on the HDD. On another note, I am new to using SSD so when I put my OS on there, how would I set it up? I mean at the moment I am taking up 200 GB of my 1 TB drive. How can I install JUST the OS and drivers, etc. on the SSD without putting anything else on there?

 

[theunliked]

The Windows OS should go on the SSD.

The rest, including the games and the recordings should go to the HDD.

Would the performance of the game and the recording not be affected by going on one HDD though? I have heard this can be a lot of pressure for one drive.

It will be fine. Don't put things on the SSD other than the OS.