Splitting HDD - Games / OS

[crisnade]

Hello, quick question guys. My brother is getting a new PC but we don't want to spend extra money on an SSD for the OS.
And the problem is that when you install / unnistall too many apps on an HDD where the OS is also installed the system might get a bit slow.
If I split the HDD into 2 partitions (~150Gb/~850Gb) and keep the OS alone, do I get slowliness after a while as well??

 

[Wolfshadw]

This is typically caused by disk fragmentation. If you run a disk defrag, then it should eliminate any slowness you encounter.

That said, it's likely not going to matter. You would experience slowness when attempting to run a program. These programs are installed on the data partition which will get fragmented even if your OS partition does not. Even so, I would still recommend creating a separate partition for your OS for if/when your brother does get an SSD. That would make it very easy to close the OS over to the SSD.

-Wolf sends

 

[Milheim]

You'll most likely run into the same performance issues. You're still reading from the same disk even if it's on different partitions.

 

[Alastair smith]

Hello, quick question guys. My brother is getting a new PC but we don't want to spend extra money on an SSD for the OS.
And the problem is that when you install / unnistall too many apps on an HDD where the OS is also installed the system might get a bit slow.
If I split the HDD into 2 partitions (~150Gb/~850Gb) and keep the OS alone, do I get slowliness after a while as well??

Nope you won't if the workload is within the threshold also if you are getting a HDD, then go for WD black series of HDD's as they have high RPM and low failure rate, upon top of all they have 5 years Warranty.

Lastly, always run disk defragmentation, basically it keeps your HDD in check.

 

[crisnade]

Thanks EVERYONE for the quick answers. I will go with the black series and will create 2 partitions.

Best Regards