Motherboard - Wondering if the SSD is too small?

[RevOluTioN115]

I recently bought a new PC from PC Case Gear, and it came with the motherboard MSI B85-G43 Gaming Motherboard. According to a PC repairer that I had been emailing to help me in finding a PC, said that the SSD is too small. I am DEFINITELY not tech savvy, so I was just wondering if this is true.

He also called the PC "superseded". Here are all the specs: Intel® Core™ i5 4590 Processor, MSI B85-G43 Gaming Motherboard, EVGA GeForce GTX 970 FTW ACX 2.0 4GB graphics card, 8GB Kingston Hyper X Fury 1866MHz DDR3, Kingston HyperX Fury 120GB solid state drive, Seagate Barracuda 1TB hard drive, Red Nanoxia Claw Case, Windows 7 Home Premium.

(I bought a different one just with different lighting and case; everything else is the same)

 

[MADVIU]

What do you plan to do with your SSD? If you want to load the OS and games along with other various things it would be too small, but if you just want to use it for simple tasks it's not.

 

[madmatt30]

Nothing wrong with that PC at all mate.

 

[RevOluTioN115]

What do you plan to do with your SSD? If you want to load the OS and games along with other various things it would be too small, but if you just want to use it for simple tasks it's not.

I am mainly going to play games like Wolfenstein: The New Order, CS:GO, BioShock Infinite, Fallout: New Vegas, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Garry's Mod, The Forest, etc, and maybe a bit of document and powerpoint making.

By the way I have already played most of these on max settings and they were fine; all above 60+ fps.

 

[RevOluTioN115]

Nothing wrong with that PC at all mate.

Thanks. I see you're an overclocking expert... do you think that the GPU is any good for overclocking?

 

[madmatt30]

Nothing wrong with that PC at all mate.

Thanks. I see you're an overclocking expert... do you think that the GPU is any good for overclocking?

any gtx 970 will overclock by a minimum 10% without even blinking mate in my experience.
& thats a decent model you have.
However at this point in time there really is no need at all.
Assumng your running a 60htz monitor Id actually lock down all your games to 60fps vsync in the game options.I do this with mine & the majority of the time it rarely gets above 80% usage & temps in the low 60's.
Id rather run it this way for a cooler quieter system than push the card to 100% all the time to get 90-100fps that you cant even see on a 60 htz monitor,that is imo totally nonsensical.
If youre running a 144htz monitor then obviously ignore the above.

couple of little pointers mate if this is the first time youve used an ssd.,these steps will ensure optimal performance & lifespan of your ssd so I would take notice.

1.Disable any page filing on the ssd,you have a 1tb platter drive so set the page filing to that,
to do this:-
click start menu,right click 'çomputer',select properties
select advanced system settings
advanced tab,performance,click settings
click advanced
under virtual memory box click 'çhange'
untick ''áutomaticall ymanage paging file box at top''
highlight c drive (assuming ssd with windows)
tick 'no paging file'',click set
accept the warning by clicking the yes button
highlight your platter (seagate drive) in the big box
tick system managed size
click set
click ok,all done

2. disable hibernation file (quickest way)

click windows start button
in search box type

cmd

right click cmd.exe that come up under programs
left click run as administrator
click yes to warning
in the cmd box that comes up type

powercfg -h off

press enter
exit the ms-dos box

3. Always make sure to leave a minimum of 5gb space on your ssd for the automatic trim functions to operate properly.

thats about it mate ;-)