What drive to put programs and files on

[Weseldesel]

I am setting up a cad work station and wanted to know the ideal place to put Windows, cad software, and cad files. I have two ssd sata III and one ssd pcie I was thinking of putting Windows on one drive, cad software on another, and cad files on a third. My question is what should I put on which drives? With the pcie drive being much faster should I put Windows and cad software on that one or split it all up.

Trying to use the tips in this write up

http://files.solidworks.com/partners/pdfs/WP_PARTNER_BOXX_Maximizing_SolidWorks_Performance_ENG.pdf

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hey there, Weseldesel.

Your OS will be fast enough with a SATA SSD in my opinion. you can use the PCIE for the CAD software. In such builds there's almost no such thing as extra RAM, so the more - the better. You can use the 2nd SATA SSD for some extra stuff or ready projects if don't have enough space on the PCIE drive.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

 

[Weseldesel]

Hey there, Weseldesel.

Your OS will be fast enough with a SATA SSD in my opinion. you can use the PCIE for the CAD software. In such builds there's almost no such thing as extra RAM, so the more - the better. You can use the 2nd SATA SSD for some extra stuff or ready projects if don't have enough space on the PCIE drive.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

Thanks for the input. Planning on using 32g of ram.

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Well at least you'd be packed for years to come.
It doesn't sounds like you'd be having any issues whatsoever with that setup.