SSD or HDD

[Ryan91]

Well I'm currently buying a pre built gaming PC just because I dont feel like having to build my own.

Specs,


Intel® Core™ i7-4770K Processor (4x 3.50GHz/8MB L3 Cache)

ARC Silent High Performance Fan Upgrade

8 GB [4 GB X2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 - 2GBSingle Card

MSI Z87I Mini-ITX -- Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 Wi-Fi/Bluetooth


256 GB ADATA SX900 SSD -- Read: 550MB/s ; Write: 530MB/sSingle Drive
(Primary)


1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 32M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/sSingle Drive

or

2 TB WD Black HARD DRIVE -- 64M Cache, 7200rpm, 6.0Gb/sSingle Drive

not sure yet on that.


Which one is better to install my games to? and will my SSD fill up quickly?

 

[Jake Thorn]

The SSD will fill quickly, but you could always move game files between the two drives, for the improved speeds. Though this will "wear out" the drive after a few years, but an upgrade will be in order before that happens anyways.

 

[enemy1g]

Go with the SSD, you won't regret it. ~250GB is plenty for OS + games. And it is better to install the programs/games onto your SSD, as they will benefit from the speed from the SSD.

A SSD, in my opinion, is a component that you have to literally experience to know the wonders of actually having one. I firmly believe every computer, gaming or not, should have a SSD because they're that great compared to standard HDDs.

Oh, for a reference, I have a 250GB SSD, and I had LoL, WoW, SC2, BF4, and a few Steam games installed and still had plenty of room.

 

[Ryan91]

The SSD will fill quickly, but you could always move game files between the two drives, for the improved speeds. Though this will "wear out" the drive after a few years, but an upgrade will be in order before that happens anyways.

I guess ill only keep my main game ill be playing on my SSD (DayZ SA) and just install the others to my HDD

 

[Ryan91]

Go with the SSD, you won't regret it. ~250GB is plenty for OS + games. And it is better to install the programs/games onto your SSD, as they will benefit from the speed from the SSD.

A SSD, in my opinion, is a component that you have to literally experience to know the wonders of actually having one. I firmly believe every computer, gaming or not, should have a SSD because they're that great compared to standard HDDs.

Oh, for a reference, I have a 250GB SSD, and I had LoL, WoW, SC2, BF4, and a few Steam games installed and still had plenty of room.

How fast did your ssd fill up?

 

[barto]

A SSD, in my opinion, is a component that you have to literally experience to know the wonders of actually having one. I firmly believe every computer, gaming or not, should have a SSD because they're that great compared to standard HDDs.

So true. I never knew what it was like until I bought one with my new build. I'll not have a computer without one from now on.
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB.

 

[Ryan91]

I also have two 1 TB external Hard drives i might use

 

[Jake Thorn]

I also have two 1 TB external Hard drives i might use

Then it's the SSD option, by far.

 

[Guest]

Off the topic,
I wouldn't even fill up a 160GB HDD if I lived alone.

 

[Jake Thorn]

Off the topic,
I wouldn't even fill up a 160GB HDD if I lived alone.

?

 

[anti-painkilla]

We just put SSDs in our 2014 build for workstations. They are definitely worth investing in.

I have a 120GB SSD + 1TB HDD for OS drives. Seems to work quite well. Only using 55GB of the SSD.

I do horde media. There is another 6 TBs of HDDs on top of the OS combo.

 

[enemy1g]

Go with the SSD, you won't regret it. ~250GB is plenty for OS + games. And it is better to install the programs/games onto your SSD, as they will benefit from the speed from the SSD.

A SSD, in my opinion, is a component that you have to literally experience to know the wonders of actually having one. I firmly believe every computer, gaming or not, should have a SSD because they're that great compared to standard HDDs.

Oh, for a reference, I have a 250GB SSD, and I had LoL, WoW, SC2, BF4, and a few Steam games installed and still had plenty of room.

How fast did your ssd fill up?

It was sitting at about ~90GB (less than ideal as you want more than half of your space available, but I didn't run into performance issues).

And I didn't have any secondary drives, my SSD is my sole and primary drive. 250GB is more than I need.

 

[qewee]

I Have 128 SSD .. Windows+Security+software+WoW+WoW PT+Guild War2+Some steam games+AE CS6+other stuff.. ( 61.3 G free)