Serious SSD question

[kebbz]

Using PHOTOSHOP as an example.

Example 1: OS remains on HDD. but Photoshop installed in SSD

Example 2: OS and Photoshop installed in SSD

Question: Will Photoshop run faster in Example 2? or no Difference?

PS: I dont care about OS boot times. just program performance.

 

[USAFRet]

Using PHOTOSHOP as an example.

Example 1: OS remains on HDD. but Photoshop installed in SSD

Example 2: OS and Photoshop installed in SSD

Question: Will Photoshop run faster in Example 2? or no Difference?

PS: I dont care about OS boot times. just program performance.

Example 2 will be faster overall.
When you run Photoshop, it also interacts with the OS. If the OS is living on the HDD...that functionality runs at HDD speed.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

There are advantages to having both the operating system and digital imaging applications installed on a solid state drive. I used to work full time as a digital imaging editor. The upgrade from hard disk drive to ssd definitely increased performance. I had one image library consisting of over 3,500 raw images. With a hard disk I had to wait quite a bit for the thumbnail images to appear on the monitor screen. When I upgraded to ssd the images appeared almost instantly. The other major differences are the rendering processes. With the hard drive I had to wait a few seconds to the process to complete. With an ssd the rendering process is almost instantaneous. The upgrade from hard drive to ssd is even more noticeable during video editing.