SSD size Skyrim + Windows 7

[Littlebro]

Ok, I think I'll let the idea of the SSD go for now. I'll just wait and see. Thanks everyone for the replies!!!

Topic closed?

 

[Alex The PC Gamer]

SSDs often go on special. Keep an eye out for 120GB SSD...you'll find some way below 100$...but patience is key.

Good luck.

 

[ablueman]

Windows 7 does take 40 GB. Not to mention folders like My documents, which all games create spam in.

On my 120 GB SSD I've got Windows, Visual Studio and World of Wacraft installed. It has 35 GB of free space.

64 GB is definitely not enough.

Just out of interest you can and probably should redirect those folders to your main disk drive. That way you keep a nice clean install and any "data" would be on your drive, which you can then back up so all relevant data is safe.

 

[jesot]

Is there no possibility to just install Skyrim on my SSD and the rest on the HDD? :s

Nope, it's all in the same folder (whereever you've installed Steam).

If you want to be super efficient, you can copy my setup.

1x 128Gig SSD (for Operating System ->Win7 64bit)
1x 128Gig SSD (for Steam/Origin/other games)
2x 2TB HDD for media/backups, other huge applications like Photoshop, Visual Studio, etc.

That's how I do it.

You can install games from Steam on whatever disk you want. It asks you before installing. I have a 64GB SSD setup with Steam & Windows running on it with all of my Steam games installed on my 3TB HDD.

 

[Alex The PC Gamer]

Is there no possibility to just install Skyrim on my SSD and the rest on the HDD? :s

Nope, it's all in the same folder (whereever you've installed Steam).

If you want to be super efficient, you can copy my setup.

1x 128Gig SSD (for Operating System ->Win7 64bit)
1x 128Gig SSD (for Steam/Origin/other games)
2x 2TB HDD for media/backups, other huge applications like Photoshop, Visual Studio, etc.

That's how I do it.

You can install games from Steam on whatever disk you want. It asks you before installing. I have a 64GB SSD setup with Steam & Windows running on it with all of my Steam games installed on my 3TB HDD.

You can but that defeats the purpose of having an SSD (at least for gaming)...which is what the OP wanted to improve (the read speeds in Skyrim).

 

[jesot]

No it doesn't since you can pick and choose which games get installed on which drives.

 

[Alex The PC Gamer]

No it doesn't since you can pick and choose which games get installed on which drives.

The thread is dead anyways (a few months old)...and I'm not in an arguing mood. But that statement got posted in the thread already (choosing which path you want to install you games at)...and proceeds by saying *all* games were installed on a 4TB HDD (which is not efficient as far as reading game textures, etc.). We've also determined that 64GB is too small for both Skyrim and the OS. So...thread should have been closed a long time ago.