Question New PC with 2TB SSD

[rgh43]

My grandson has a new iBUY pc with a 2TB SSD, I was thinking about splitting it. Is that a good idea to split the 2TB SSD to 500GB with the OS and programs on it & then use the 2nd partition SSD & put all the files etc on it? I have usually had my PC’s configured with a smaller drive like 256GB then using my larger drive for just files, picts etc.

Now he is a gamer & I’m not sure if that will affect his Game speed if you would load the games on the 2nd SSD instead of the “C” drive. Or maybe just just spit it in half or don’t split at all. I don’t want to affect his speed with the games. Any ideas to this plan? Thanks

 

[stonecarver]

Honestly I would spring for another 2TB SSD and just add that. It might seem like overkill but it gives the OS drive room to deal with all our regular cruft while a separate drive can be the game drive. My reasoning is if that OS drive dies or gets corrupted he's still good with the game drive.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Yes, I agree with stonecarver on not creating multiple partitions in that way on the OS drive. It would be a far better solution to simply add a secondary HDD or SSD.

 

[evermorex76]

No, there's no need to split the SSD into two partitions. Windows manages such large partitions just fine now (multiple partitions was often needed because drives were bigger than partitions were allowed to be, or because on mechanical drives, the beginning part of the drive was faster which isn't the case with SSDs, and most users don't go digging into folders beyond the standard ones), and almost every application made expects your data files to be in standard places like the Downloads folder, Documents, Pictures, etc. Trying to put them into a separate folder on a separate drive just causes complications that the average user won't benefit from. Even game save files usually go in Documents now.

The speed of the two partitions would be the same, since they're on the same SSD, not a second SSD, and all data blocks are the same speed. A second partition isn't "behind" the other or anything like that. I disagree that for the average user there's any benefit to putting data files on a separate partition or second SSD. Games can all be redownloaded relatively quickly these days (download the game you want to play NOW, then let the others come in the background). Data files can be easily kept in backup in cloud storage even by default with Windows and OneDrive or using Google Drive if you accept them having your files. You still have to reinstall your applications and games in Windows even if their files are on a second drive. And having them on a separate partition on the same drive won't help if the drive physically dies or gets so corrupted that files can't be read.

 

[USAFRet]

I agree with all of the above, and do NOT split this into multiple partitions.

As time goes on and you need more space, just add another physical drive.

 

[Bob.B]

My grandson has a new iBUY pc with a 2TB SSD, I was thinking about splitting it. Is that a good idea to split the 2TB SSD to 500GB with the OS and programs on it & then use the 2nd partition SSD & put all the files etc on it? I have usually had my PC’s configured with a smaller drive like 256GB then using my larger drive for just files, picts etc.

Now he is a gamer & I’m not sure if that will affect his Game speed if you would load the games on the 2nd SSD instead of the “C” drive. Or maybe just just spit it in half or don’t split at all. I don’t want to affect his speed with the games. Any ideas to this plan? Thanks

Another opinion.

Get a 256/512 ssd for the OS and apps use the 2TB for games.

 

[Darkbreeze]

I agree with all of the above, and do NOT split this into multiple partitions.

As time goes on and you need more space, just add another physical drive.

What I meant, and, what we always say. Anything contrary, is bad advice, and, just dumb.