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October 8, 2014 9:11:01 AM

Now, I know SSDs are faster. I have a 128Gb Samsung 830 SSD for my OS, and a few other things. It is great! However, the one game(Crossfire) I have on it doesn't load THAT much faster. Maybe 10-15 seconds total. I am currently running Orgin and Steam off a 500gb WD Blue drive. I am looking at upgrading some parts, and one section was storage.

I have been looking online, and it seems the gap is growing narrower, overall, on how much faster games load with SSDs vs HDDs. Older videos on youtube show a massive gap(or people comparing older HDDs), but videos using newer HDDs seem to indicate they are only 10-20 sec avg slower. If this is the case I see no reason to buy an SSD for storing games. Does anybody have real world experience with NEW HDDs compared to SSDs? I'm looking at 1TB-3TB for a new drive, or possibly two.

Thanks,

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October 8, 2014 9:17:00 AM

Yes, even with modern SSD, game's loading time is not much faster than with a HDD.
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October 8, 2014 9:18:45 AM

You probably don't need it.
It is nice to be faster, though.

I use one in my computer, but am not a gamer.
I do see a benefit in a program, Like Flight Simulator X, because it loads scenery all the time you are playing.
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October 8, 2014 9:36:16 AM

zoenphlux said:
Now, I know SSDs are faster. I have a 128Gb Samsung 830 SSD for my OS, and a few other things. It is great! However, the one game(Crossfire) I have on it doesn't load THAT much faster. Maybe 10-15 seconds total. I am currently running Orgin and Steam off a 500gb WD Blue drive. I am looking at upgrading some parts, and one section was storage.

I have been looking online, and it seems the gap is growing narrower, overall, on how much faster games load with SSDs vs HDDs. Older videos on youtube show a massive gap(or people comparing older HDDs), but videos using newer HDDs seem to indicate they are only 10-20 sec avg slower. If this is the case I see no reason to buy an SSD for storing games. Does anybody have real world experience with NEW HDDs compared to SSDs? I'm looking at 1TB-3TB for a new drive, or possibly two.

Thanks,


I use a 250GB Samsun 840 Pro SSD for my OS and a small selection of my favourite/most played games. Along with that I have 2 brand new 2TB HDDs that hold other games and of course, data.

I can say with certainty that the SSD is faster. I tested it out with Shadow of Mordor recently, having it first installed on one of the 2TB HDDs. I cleared up some space on the SSD, moved the files over and launched from the SSD. The difference is noticeable and makes for an overall better experience.

Get an SSD.
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October 8, 2014 9:59:52 AM

ABagOfFritos said:
zoenphlux said:
Now, I know SSDs are faster. I have a 128Gb Samsung 830 SSD for my OS, and a few other things. It is great! However, the one game(Crossfire) I have on it doesn't load THAT much faster. Maybe 10-15 seconds total. I am currently running Orgin and Steam off a 500gb WD Blue drive. I am looking at upgrading some parts, and one section was storage.

I have been looking online, and it seems the gap is growing narrower, overall, on how much faster games load with SSDs vs HDDs. Older videos on youtube show a massive gap(or people comparing older HDDs), but videos using newer HDDs seem to indicate they are only 10-20 sec avg slower. If this is the case I see no reason to buy an SSD for storing games. Does anybody have real world experience with NEW HDDs compared to SSDs? I'm looking at 1TB-3TB for a new drive, or possibly two.

Thanks,


I use a 250GB Samsun 840 Pro SSD for my OS and a small selection of my favourite/most played games. Along with that I have 2 brand new 2TB HDDs that hold other games and of course, data.

I can say with certainty that the SSD is faster. I tested it out with Shadow of Mordor recently, having it first installed on one of the 2TB HDDs. I cleared up some space on the SSD, moved the files over and launched from the SSD. The difference is noticeable and makes for an overall better experience.

Get an SSD.


I appreciate all the replies I've gotten already.

From what I've seen, some games do make a big difference. I'm more interested in newer games. BF3/4, L4D, things like that. Do you have anymore games to reference them loading 'much" faster. Also, can you given examples of how much faster? I know some may feel 5-10 seconds is much faster. I know when you are waiting on something to load time literally slows down. lol

I know for me when I changed to an SSD, Photoshop loaded much faster. Navigating in windows it really is that much better imo. I'm just trying to talk myself out of spending big money to get a decent amount of space just to have games load faster. Much faster is also relative to how each person perceives it. I was hoping for actually times for loading if possible. :) 

Thanks again.
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October 8, 2014 10:07:14 AM

zoenphlux said:
ABagOfFritos said:
zoenphlux said:
Now, I know SSDs are faster. I have a 128Gb Samsung 830 SSD for my OS, and a few other things. It is great! However, the one game(Crossfire) I have on it doesn't load THAT much faster. Maybe 10-15 seconds total. I am currently running Orgin and Steam off a 500gb WD Blue drive. I am looking at upgrading some parts, and one section was storage.

I have been looking online, and it seems the gap is growing narrower, overall, on how much faster games load with SSDs vs HDDs. Older videos on youtube show a massive gap(or people comparing older HDDs), but videos using newer HDDs seem to indicate they are only 10-20 sec avg slower. If this is the case I see no reason to buy an SSD for storing games. Does anybody have real world experience with NEW HDDs compared to SSDs? I'm looking at 1TB-3TB for a new drive, or possibly two.

Thanks,


I use a 250GB Samsun 840 Pro SSD for my OS and a small selection of my favourite/most played games. Along with that I have 2 brand new 2TB HDDs that hold other games and of course, data.

I can say with certainty that the SSD is faster. I tested it out with Shadow of Mordor recently, having it first installed on one of the 2TB HDDs. I cleared up some space on the SSD, moved the files over and launched from the SSD. The difference is noticeable and makes for an overall better experience.

Get an SSD.


I appreciate all the replies I've gotten already.

From what I've seen, some games do make a big difference. I'm more interested in newer games. BF3/4, L4D, things like that. Do you have anymore games to reference them loading 'much" faster. Also, can you given examples of how much faster? I know some may feel 5-10 seconds is much faster. I know when you are waiting on something to load time literally slows down. lol

I know for me when I changed to an SSD, Photoshop loaded much faster. Navigating in windows it really is that much better imo. I'm just trying to talk myself out of spending big money to get a decent amount of space just to have games load faster. Much faster is also relative to how each person perceives it. I was hoping for actually times for loading if possible. :) 

Thanks again.


Can't say I've ever tried actually timing it. I can say for sure that Shadow of Mordor was about twice as fast loading off the SSD. I have a little over 200 games in my steam libarary and anything on the SSD is painless to load up and start playing, whereas games on the HDDs definitely allow time for me to make a quick run to the fridge for another drink.

That's about the extent of my 'in-depth' analysis of the speed gains with solid state.
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October 8, 2014 12:24:22 PM

You defiantly can see the difference.
It' not like a memory upgrade, from1333Mhz to 1600Mhz that every body thinks is important, that you need a benchmark to see the difference.
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