Ni3K Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Hi all, I am very new to SSD drives but have 2 x128 ssd's in Raid0 plus a normal platter drive normally for storage. After a few initial problems, resolved thankfully by tI2ouI3LeSoIVIe i would like to clarify a few uncertainities from my end. At present, i dual boot both XP x32 and Windows 7 x64 on the ssd raid 0 drives, plus a further partition where i install my games to. Total of 3 partitions on the ssd drives. I generally play my games off the XP boot but keep asking myself is this the best situation for the ssd drives. I have experienced no problems with this present setup but would the system work any better with another configuration? or is this one typical and within the bounds of these new drives. I have read, to install games on the platter drive via the OS on the SSD drives! Not sure on that one hence my question. Grateful for any advice.. Regards...Ni3K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 10, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 10, 2009 Yes that sounds like the best configuration for your usage and I would try to keep the SSD drives as lean as possible and install all of the applications you can on the spinning HDD's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ni3K Posted November 10, 2009 Author Share Posted November 10, 2009 Thank you RAM GUY. From your reply it seems it would be better to install any games via the OS on the SSd drives to a platter aka spinning drive.? I think i read that correctly lol... But would i take a performance hit for the games with that configuration? Thanks in advance.. Regards....Ni3k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 10, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 10, 2009 Maybe for loading the game but game's can be HDD Intensive and if you have too many things trying to access the SSD's at the same time it will slow down noticeably, thus running such applications from another HDD will help with drive access times. However, once the game is loaded any access to the SSD will be to the swap file and will run normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ni3K Posted November 10, 2009 Author Share Posted November 10, 2009 Thank you Regards...Ni3K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 10, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 10, 2009 NP Please let me know if you have any more questions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NfiniteZERO Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Something I have some experience on with my laptop that I'd be happy to share. First up, system is setup as follows: SSD - OS, swap, games HDD - downloads, temp files, Arconis Secure Zone My P256 is loaded to the gills with games (got about 86gb left before I install CODMW2) and it runs slick. Assassin's Creed loads up fast, not to mention COD4. Games will load quick on an SSD but make sure you do all the tweaks in Davyc's thread (stickied up top) to keep your SSD running in tip top shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ni3K Posted November 12, 2009 Author Share Posted November 12, 2009 Thxs for that NfiniteZERO. I agree with RAM GUY but load up time for online games can be a tad important, so for now i would prefer to use the games on the SSD drives. Thanks for the input. Regards..Ni3k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 16, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 16, 2009 I dont think that is a problem, just try to keep the SSD as lean as possible for best performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tI2ouI3LeSoIVIe Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 You really want to speed game loads and access times, try a RAMdisk application. Great idea as long as you have the extra RAM. If you don't have enough RAM I know a good company to get some from.... Wonder who that might be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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