Question Installing OS on ssd or hdd

[Tomchew]

Whats the benefit of installing windows 10 on my SSD other then the faster boot up times, I mostly use the computer for gaming and it makes a big difference to put my games on the ssd but if all it does is load windows a couple seconds faster then i rather save my ssd space?

 

[jsmithepa]

OS on SSD makes your overall experience smoother.

With HD, no matter how fast your processor is, one feels certain hiccups, but with SSD this is less.

I do no think anybody on this forum will tell you OS on HD.

 

[doolittle]

The boot up time is the main benefit. The other benefits, anything the OS runs will also be SSD fast which you want, because by nature windows is multitasking while you run your game or other ssd application any latency caused by background processes will cause less impact.

Let's say, you have a usb device that starts to fail and create logs. If the OS is on HDD then the system log will also be on HDD, many errors will start to introduce lag because it's on HDD. If OS is on SSD, will less likely to cause an impact.

Other reason, very few games will benefit from SSD like Fallout / Skyrim. Makes no sense not to have OS not on SSD, since it's running the application you want to be fast. Both should be fast, PC is not a console. OS on SSD, some games also on SSD, the rest on HDD. Simple!

 

[Tomchew]

So I supposed the only downside is that because it's on the ssd, would it shorten the lifespan of it because of all the multitasking front he OS.