SSD as a slave and master

[shadow2k1]

hello all,
I have a 120gb SSD setup as a master drive for my OS and a couple games
and a 500gb SATA setup as a slave for data storage and programs that I dont need the quick read from.

anyway. I just bought a new 500 gb SSD and I would like to know if i made the new SSD as a slave and ran programs and games from it, would I get the same fast read from it as if it were my master?
Im just trying to avoid having to reinstall my OS and game files if possible.

any pointers or advice is appreciated

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

There is no such thing as "Master" & "Slave" where SATA storage devices are concerned.
Each drive has it's own SATA cable (there's no sharing a cable like the old PATA drives).

 

[CountMike]

Maybe there's no "Master" & "Slave" as settings on drives themselves but word Master can be replaced by Primary or OS drive, the drive you BOOT from. Other drives may be considered as Data drives and you can have as many of them as your MB can handle.
As far as SSDs are concerned or whole system, they are no different than HDDs and you can use them just the same. Aside from their inner workings, in normal use there's no difference. They are just faster !!!

 

[shadow2k1]

ok so let me rephrase the question.

I have 2 SSD, 1 120gb and 1 512gb
I want dont want to format the 120gb SSD unless i have to because that has my OS on it.
I want to be able to just install my 512gb SSD and use that as my file storage and to also install and run games and programs from.
will the programs i install on the secondary SSD still load as fast running them from the SSD that IS NOT my main SSD.

 

[Paperdoc]

Yes. Data access on an SSD is VERY fast compared to mechanical HDD's. And in a system, whether the drive unit is designated as the Boot Device or not makes no difference to the data access speed. What you call the "Master" is merely the boot device, and it gets no preferred treatment.

 

[CountMike]

As data disk it might even be faster because it's not burdened by OS. On the other hand, bigger SSDs tend to be faster than smaller (below 240 GB) ones.

 

[ArtPog]

Frankly, in view of your later correction to your original post in that you now indicate you're working with 120 GB & 512 GB SSDs, would it not be a more desirable configuration to utilize the 512 GB SSD as your boot drive and at the same time have that disk contain the complete data contents of your system?

I'm assuming, of course, that the larger SSD's disk-space is sufficient to contain the complete contents of your system. Presumably you could then utilize the smaller SSD for some auxiliary purpose - perhaps on-the-fly backups for critical data or some such.

The likelihood is that the speed of the 512 GB SSD will be > the 120 GB SSD - although not a terribly significant difference between the two. And working with a single drive on a day-to-day basis usually does have advantages as long as the disk-space of the drive can easily accommodate one's total data and its speed is = to or > than a secondary disk carrying program & other data.

Anyway I thought you might want to consider that option if it's practical for you.