Running out of space, suggestions

[discoslice]

Hi,

I have 2 hard drives right now and I'm running out of space. I have at least 3 more bays for additional internal hard drives. I got my PC from CyberpowerPC about 3 years ago and I'm sure there's better things on the market now.

I have a:

- Hitachi 1TB HDS721010CLA332 SATA2 U300 7200rpm Hard Drive 32MB
and
- Intel 120 GB SSDsa2wc120g3

Apparently the Intel SSD is pretty poor by today's standards.

So, my aim was to have one for storage/general use and another fast HD for gaming. Right now I have my OS on my smaller SSD and not much room for games. Most of my games on my slower Hitachi.

Do you guys think I should dump these drives, get another, faster SSD and storage drive or a combination of the two?

thanks!

 

[USAFRet]

The Intel SSD is probably fine
The 1TB Hitachia is probably fine.

You just need to manage space better on the 120GB SSD. What is on there currently?
(and you really want the OS and applications on the SSD)

 

[discoslice]

Well I need more space - having to delete stuff. Apparently that SSD I have is very slow - Googled it and found this: http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Intel-320-Series-120GB/Rating/1936

Windows 7 and old Outlook storage seems to be taking up a lot, Driverstore also. I have a few games, but not many. I wish I had a bigger SSD drive.

Also, is game performance THAT much better on SSD vs a normal HD?

 

[Dante01]

Buy a new SSD 250 gb and install your operation system in it, and keep your games and applications in your old Intel 120 GB SSD. You wont go wrong by buying another 1TB SATA3 6gb/s 7200rpm which will be faster than your Hitachi 1TB SATA2.

 

[USAFRet]

Well I need more space - having to delete stuff. Apparently that SSD I have is very slow - Googled it and found this: http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Intel-320-Series-120GB/Rating/1936

Windows 7 and old Outlook storage seems to be taking up a lot, Driverstore also. I have a few games, but not many. I wish I had a bigger SSD drive.

Also, is game performance THAT much better on SSD vs a normal HD?

Well, the Intel SSD is not the fastest. And even then, it is far faster than an HDD.
But that is different than the space issue.

A 120GB SSD can actually hold the OS and a crapload of applications, apart from games. Mine does.

Look into what is actually using that space.
WinDirStat can help with this
hibernation - turn it off
pagefile - reduce the size.
System Restore points

How much free space do you have on it currently?

 

[discoslice]

Ok if I buy two more drives, Samsung 840 Evo 250GB ($120) and Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB ($92) are suggested for higher performance.

I DJ part-time so I have a lot of music, in addition to games. If I do that, should I keep my other two or is that too much? Also, do I need 2 more power supply hook-ins if I add 2 more hard drives?

 

[USAFRet]

Ok if I buy two more drives, Samsung 840 Evo 250GB ($120) and Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB ($92) are suggested for higher performance.

I DJ part-time so I have a lot of music, in addition to games. If I do that, should I keep my other two or is that too much? Also, do I need 2 more power supply hook-ins if I add 2 more hard drives?

Both of those are good drives.
Keep all the other drives as well

OS and applications on the new SSD.
Put games on one, music on a different one. Just to keep things neat.
Depending on your PSU, it probably has the needed power connections.

 

[discoslice]

Ok thanks guys - how do I transfer the OS and stuff between the drives? Also, here's a link to a picture of the inside of my computer and power supply. Does it look like it will support two more HDs?

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2382214/power-cable-sli-video-card.html

 

[USAFRet]

how do I transfer the OS and stuff between the drives?

First, you need to investigate what is going to go where.
My 'always' recommendation is simply a new OS install on a new SSD. After that, applications where you choose.

There are various cloning procedures, but success is less than 100%.

Currently, what is in stalled where, and what do you want the end state to be?
Investigation and planning first.