OS by itself on an SSD?

[Navitus]

I'm going to be building a PC soon and I've already got a 256GB SSD that I've got my current OS stored on, but I'm also getting another 500 GB M.2 SSD to put the OS on for the new build. I've read online that some people suggest to have a drive just for the OS and nothing else on it. So, should I just keep my OS on the 256 GB SSD with nothing else? I've read conflicting information on this. Some say it speeds boot time up by a little, but others say it doesn't really matter. Right now my OS is stored on the 256 GB SSD along with some games.

I'd just hate to buy a 500 GB SSD and have so much space wasting because only the OS is stored on it. So, does it matter if the OS is stored along with games or should it have a drive to itself?

Thank you!

 

[captaincharisma]

i have a 250GB SSD and i have all my programs and a few games on it. if you have too many big games then maybe offload then to a separate hard drive but other programs like web browsers can be stored on the SSD drive. if you ended up doing another clean install of windows someday you would still have to reinstall all your programs anyway

 

[dudio]

I just run my OS and any system files/drivers/etc off my SSD, and have my games and programs on another HDD, and finally music/movies/pictures/etc on another seperate HDD. I do believe it' beneficial to run the OS seperate from a game (for example) because that way the two drives are able to manage two different things at the same time. It does seem like a waste of space on the SSD for me tho, as I only use 40 gigs of the 250 gig space.
It sounds like you have the old OS installed and ready to go before the build is complete, so keep in mind that motherboard/cpu changes (like a new build) pretty much guarantee you need a new install of Windows..it won't work, or will run poorly, if the Windows install was based on a completely different motherboard.

 

[USAFRet]

OS and applications on the SSD. A game or two as desired.
Trying to keep it to the OS only is a waste of an SSD. You want your applications on it as well.

The boot time thing is only one small part of having the SSD.

Generally, a 250GB SSD is fine for the OS and a bunch of applications.
If you want games on it as well, look towards a 500GB.