Is it better to get the same brand of ssd?

Memhorder · Feb 6, 2014

I was just wondering if I should get the same brand of ssd. I have a 120 gig Samsung EVO and finally got the rig up and running but games are like 25-30 gigs so I'm thinking I should get another ssd explicitly for games. Can you mix and match or should I stay with Samsung?

EasyLover · Feb 6, 2014

No. You don't need to have two SSDs of the same brand. It does not relate to performance in any way. If you want to plug in more SSD, get whichever brand is your preference.

Memhorder · Feb 6, 2014

Really? What about Samsung Magician? Will it manage the other brand of ssd? Right now I'm downloading the Assasin's Creed Black Flag that I got with GPU and I'm just putting it on the 3 Tb Hdd. I didn't want to fill the ssd a quarter of the way with just one game

EasyLover · Feb 6, 2014

Now this is what you really want. Samsung Magician may not work on other brands but one can give it a try. In case your choice is software bound then dear stick with Samsung EVO. Otherwise it is not necessary to have same brand SSDs.

Memhorder · Feb 6, 2014

EasyLover :

Thanks for the quick reply. I might just do another Samsung to avoid hardware conflict but curious do you save your games on your ssd or Hdd? Like I'm doing a little research and there seems to be little benefit to putting games on ssd other than load time.

EasyLover · Feb 6, 2014

Here is my config:

I'm using 240GB SSD for my OS and programs. My data including so many games are on WD 2TB Black Caviar HDD. There is only one improvement with placing your games on SSD. They'll load faster but remember once loaded most of tha data will be in RAM so SSD won't be playing big role as such. Still faster load time is what counts. Though given the fact that WD Black Caviar is performance beast yeah no particular benefit of placing games on SSD.

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