SSD and HDD confusion

[Eli Stout]

Im thinking of buying an ssd to store windows 8 on. The thing is that I have 2 500gb hard drives that Im gonna keep my games on but how.

 

[Eli Stout]

Like can I access files from the ssd to play games?

 

[Grimwinder]

If you have 1 SSD and 2 HDDs you can install the games on whichever drive you like. They will load faster from the SSD but you probably wouldn't notice the difference in most cases.

 

[2Be_or_Not2Be]

Install the new SSD as your primary drive (usually C; then your OS gets the most benefit from the vastly greater speed (for example, Windows boots for me in seconds - yes, seconds!). Then use your two 500GB as secondary storage. You can install games to them if you want, or just use them as storage for music, videos, & photos.

 

[Eli Stout]

Now I looked up how much gbs Windows 8.1 is and its 20 so that being the case what do you recommend?

 

[Eli Stout]

There is a Kingston v300 60gb for $50 Canadian

 

[Eli Stout]

With free shipping

 

[drtweak]

If you want to put games on there as well plug leave room for other apps and since they are cheap i wold get a 240-250GB. They rang from 90 bucks to 150 bucks depending on make and brand. Samsung is a good high end brand. Crucial (Which i have an older M500 240 in my gaming and media server) are a little slower on the read and write but i will tell you this. YOU WILL NOT NOTICE A DIFFERENCE. When it comes to Boot up, loading, ect most of the time anything that can read over 400 MBps you won't see a huge difference in. Even putting a SATA III SSD on a SATA II connector I still don't see a difference in windows boot up time. The big difference is write which unless you are doing a lot of like Video Editing or moving big files around all the time you won't see any difference there either.

But a 240-250 GB is a good size for windows, a few games, ect. I would just use the HDD's as a Cold Storage (or a place where once you put stuff there all you really do is view them, like movies, music ect). You can put games there as well but you will notice a bigger difference in load time on these newer games.

 

[drtweak]

There is a Kingston v300 60gb for $50 Canadian

if you go with a drive this small you make to make sure all your user folders (documents, music, ect) all points to the hard drives then or that will fill up very fast.

 

[Eli Stout]

I found a 120gb Sandisk SSD for 63$ Canadian free shipping

 

[USAFRet]

Now I looked up how much gbs Windows 8.1 is and its 20 so that being the case what do you recommend?

Once fully updated, Win 8.1 takes up around 35GB. It will 'install' on a 20GB space. And then you run all the updates.

120GB minimum if you're going to get one.

 

[USAFRet]

There is a Kingston v300 60gb for $50 Canadian

1. Do NOT buy that particular model. It has issues.
2. 60GB is rtight on the edge of 'too small'

For an SSD, you need to leave around 10-15% free space. Meaning you only have around 50GB actual usable space.
The OS will take up almost all of that.

120GB minumum.

 

[Eli Stout]

I think the Sandisk will be fine then

 

[USAFRet]

I think the Sandisk will be fine then

Which particular Sandisk? Which model?

 

[Eli Stout]

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=16950DR6190

 

[USAFRet]

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=16950DR6190

Yeah, it's OK. Not stellar.

 

[Eli Stout]

Im only 13 so by budget is minimal