SSD worth it for gaming?

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Alright so I am a massive noob when it comes to storage.
Im feeling about getting a Samsung 840 EVO Series 120GB SSD for my boot drive and a Seagate Barracuda 1TB ST1000DM003 for gaming. Is this worth it? Or will it be alright just to keep the harddrive and put the ~$100 towards a better GPU?
 
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Easily, though the games wont get any benfit other than load times. I suggest you have your games on the HDD, especially as a Steam library will easily eat up space on the SSD for not much benefit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lR0XoHFU6Y
The video is somewhat old now, SSD's have gotten even faster and a lot cheaper than shown in the video.

Have your OS, most commonly used programs (Office, Web Browser, Media Player, etc) and select games on the SSD. Rest of the games, programs and any files on the HDD.
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If you are choosing between an SSD and$100 more for a GPU, go for the more expensive GPU.

SSDs only can improve data read/write speeds. In terms of gaming, you will see decreased load times (if the game is installed on the SSD). You will not see an FPS increase.
 
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Its only stepping up at a 7950, and apparently a 7870 and a 7950 and close to par. Im just someone who hates waiting. Will the SSD increase the time to download maps? (tf2 maps for example)
 
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Only if the bottleneck is your storage speed, which I would really doubt unless you have a fiber connection and so do they.

As mentioned, the SSD wont increase your FPS, any games on it will load faster though (makes playing Fallout 3 and Skyrim much better). Its main use is as an OS and programs drive, which will make your machine much faster in general usage.
 
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Here is what i know wish to do. Install OS on my SSD, and any steam games on it. Any other programs for the 1tb HDD. Will this idea speed up my system?

 
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Easily, though the games wont get any benfit other than load times. I suggest you have your games on the HDD, especially as a Steam library will easily eat up space on the SSD for not much benefit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lR0XoHFU6Y
The video is somewhat old now, SSD's have gotten even faster and a lot cheaper than shown in the video.

Have your OS, most commonly used programs (Office, Web Browser, Media Player, etc) and select games on the SSD. Rest of the games, programs and any files on the HDD.
 
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