What to save on my SSD and HDD?

[wahidussc]

I'm a gamer, I'm getting my parts tomorrow so I would like to know besides the OS, can I save my games as well on the SSD?

So leave OS and Games on SSD and everything else (...which are?) on my hdd?

Never owned a SSD so any help is appreciated.

 

[gaborbarla]

You can put your most played games on the SSD and games that are very large or load quick anyways on the HDD. Media should go on your HDD as well as pictures or other large files.
I have two 256gb SSDs and both are full, so I had to go and start deleting larger files and move anything that can be moved to the HDD.

 

[geofelt]

Consider a SSD as a small capacity fast hard drive.
Put everything on it you can. Use the hard drive for bulk storage.

The main caveat is to not fill it past 80% so you have room for fast updates.
Also, make certain that your sata mode in the bios is AHCI(not ide or raid)

 

[Pallimud]

How large is your SSD and your HDD?

Most games don't really need to be on a SSD, so if your SSD is small, I'd suggest just putting your OS and main programs on there. If you have a very large SSD, however, then you can put your games on it too.

For my setup, I have a lot of games via Steam and there's no way I could fit them on an SSD that also had my OS on it. So I have my OS on my SSD and Steam configured to install my games on my HDD. HDD's are fast enough for your games since they need to load via CPU anyway. If you're playing online games (Dota2, WoW, etc.) then even more reason why an SSD vs HDD for playing them really doesn't matter. The bottleneck won't be the HDD, but instead your CPU, GPU, and internet connection.

So, the recommendation depends on your SSD size. If you have a relatively smaller SSD, keep just your OS on it ([strike]you want to keep at least 1/4 of your SSD empty for optimized speed[/strike] [most are over provisioned so you don't need to do this anymore]) and install your games and everything else on your HDD. If you have a really large SSD, put your OS and games on it, and your media on your HDD.

 

[wahidussc]

How large is your SSD and your HDD?

Most games don't really need to be on a SSD, so if your SSD is small, I'd suggest just putting your OS and main programs on there. If you have a very large SSD, however, then you can put your games on it too.

For my setup, I have a lot of games via Steam and there's no way I could fit them on an SSD that also had my OS on it. So I have my OS on my SSD and Steam configured to install my games on my HDD. HDD's are fast enough for your games since they need to load via CPU anyway. If you're playing online games (Dota2, WoW, etc.) then even more reason why an SSD vs HDD for playing them really doesn't matter. The bottleneck won't be the HDD, but instead your CPU, GPU, and internet connection.

So, the recommendation depends on your SSD size. If you have a relatively smaller SSD, keep just your OS on it (you want to keep at least 1/4 of your SSD empty for optimized speed) and install your games and everything else on your HDD. If you have a really large SSD, put your OS and games on it, and your media on your HDD.

I'm getting a 250gb SSD and a 1tb HDD.

 

[Pallimud]

Currently I'm using 236GB for my Steam games and I don't have them all installed or really have that many. I don't know how many games you have but nowadays games are getting larger and larger. So, if you have many games, it would be easier to put them on the HDD rather than filling up your SSD then having to start installing some on your HDD in the future.

Also, I'm going to revise my recommendation of keeping 1/4 of the SSD free. Most are over provisioned so you don't need to keep much free at all these days for a 250GB one. But keep in mind that Windows will grow as it updates, along with other programs, so leaving some free is still recommended.

Edit: You could also install some games to the SSD and some to the HDD, but overall if you have a lot you'll start wanting to use the HDD for games too.