SSD + HDD Combo Usage Suggestion for my requirements

ankur121192

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Using a 1 TB Seagate Barracuda HDD @7200 RPM
Now ordered a Samsung Evo 860 256GB SSD
Its a Desktop with configuration :
1. Intel i5 7600K(Running without OC)
2. Nvidia GTX 1050 Mini 2GB
3. Using my TV as monitor with 60Hz Refresh Rate.
I use my system for some basic browsing, basic MS Office tasks. The main usage is regarding gaming. So my OS is windows 10 and i do not keep lots of bloatware or lots of Softwares.
So if you experienced folks can help me in understanding how should i divide installing the things. What i am assuming is that i should install OS on SSD and then rarely used softwares like Media Players and Winrar etc on HDD, So that i can have maximum space available on SSD for installing games.
Generally i don't keep more than 2-3 games installed in parallel, but since these days games are requiring 50-80 gb in average. I would like to have some expert advice
 

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OS and all your applications on the SSD.
Things like WinRAR and media players are so tiny as to not make any difference in space consumed.
Even MS Office only consumes ~3GB.

Just don't do anything silly like get a 120GB SD and you'll be fine.

250GB or larger.
 

ankur121192

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Thanks for your response. yes it is 250GB SSD