[SOLVED] Ssd vs hdd what where?

[bryanc723]

Obviously I know my os on the solid state, but what about games or frequently used programs? Also how full can a ssd be without performance issues, or is that even a thing?

 

[USAFRet]

What size/make/model drives?

Don't fill the SSD up past about 80%.

 

[jeremyj_83]

Obviously I know my os on the solid state, but what about games or frequently used programs? Also how full can a ssd be without performance issues, or is that even a thing?

When the SSD gets more full, it will slow down as background tasks don't have as much spare area to work with. You want to keep at least 7% of the SSD free, the more the better. That will allow for the background tasks to work a bit faster. I personally have my SSD set to 20% spare area just to keep performance as high as possible for as long as possible.

 

[USAFRet]

Generally, everything goes on the C drive, unless you tell it otherwise.
And don't go down the path of registry edits to force things to be elsewhere. That way leads to tears.

There are proper ways of installing/saving things elsewhere.

 

[bryanc723]

The ssd is a western blue 500gb and the hdd is a Seagate multimedia 1tb. (4800rpm, so slow)
Fortunately nothing I'm moving would need any registry edits as it is mostly media that cuts and pastes well and games which I've had to uninstall and re download to the hard drive to make room.
I'm just unsure what performance losses to expect in games that have frequent loading screens compared to the same game on an ssd, or similar circumstances. Or if i feel like binging on a game, whether it should stay on the ssd or not.

 

[USAFRet]

Bottom line - Data that lives on the SSD will load much faster than data that lives on the HDD.

 

[jeremyj_83]

The ssd is a western blue 500gb and the hdd is a Seagate multimedia 1tb. (4800rpm, so slow)
Fortunately nothing I'm moving would need any registry edits as it is mostly media that cuts and pastes well and games which I've had to uninstall and re download to the hard drive to make room.
I'm just unsure what performance losses to expect in games that have frequent loading screens compared to the same game on an ssd, or similar circumstances. Or if i feel like binging on a game, whether it should stay on the ssd or not.

For gaming you will notice the difference between SSD & HDD in terms of loading times and the minimum frame rates. Due to more consistent benchmark results, review sites went to using SSD only years ago.

 

[Math Geek]

you'll see it slow down of course loading games. but once it is loaded into ram there will be no difference. few seconds here and there mostly.

once into ram, the ssd/hdd has nothing to do with it