Hi there. I am relatively new to partitioning HDDs for anything more than the convenience of being able to wipe out windows without loosing the rest of my files. I am building a new system here for gaming and will be using a WD Caviar Black 1TB HDD. I am curious about partition setup for optimal performance. I will be using the computer for gaming mostly.
So I understand the basic idea that the earlier partitions (outer edge) are the faster on a HDD. But how about optimal set up with regards to sizes and what should be placed in each partition? Should games be installed on the same partition as the OS? With a system running 16GB RAM is there any advantage to having a separate partition for the swap file and if so what size is recommended and should it be before or after the OS? Also when you create partitions are they created across multiple platters and then work their way inward or each platter one at a time?
Thank you in advance for your time and input
So I understand the basic idea that the earlier partitions (outer edge) are the faster on a HDD. But how about optimal set up with regards to sizes and what should be placed in each partition? Should games be installed on the same partition as the OS? With a system running 16GB RAM is there any advantage to having a separate partition for the swap file and if so what size is recommended and should it be before or after the OS? Also when you create partitions are they created across multiple platters and then work their way inward or each platter one at a time?
Thank you in advance for your time and input