Should I buy an SSD or just stick with my HDD?

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byakuya000

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Hi,

I have this setup

i5-4460 Haswell-R
Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H
Crucial Ballistic Sport 8GB Dual DDR3 1600 CL9
WD Caviar Blue 1TB
Palit GeForce GTX 970 JetStream 4GB GDDR5 256Bit

Some of my friends keep telling me to buy an SSD because my HDD might bottleneck my gaming experience.

Does having a 120GB SSD would actually make gaming better?
How so?
 
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The best part of using an SSD for gaming is when the game starts new levels, you are waiting for other people to join - not the other way around. If you get an SSD large enough to hold your OS and a few games, your whole gaming experience will feel quicker getting into the game but it will not get you any more FPS after that.
-Bruce
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The best part of using an SSD for gaming is when the game starts new levels, you are waiting for other people to join - not the other way around. If you get an SSD large enough to hold your OS and a few games, your whole gaming experience will feel quicker getting into the game but it will not get you any more FPS after that.
-Bruce
 
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byakuya000

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So I can buy a 120GB and just put the OS and drivers there for faster loading?
If I am just playing Single Player games like Bioshock and Assassins Creed, is it ok to stick to my HDD?

I don't play Online Games on my house because I feel it's better to play in a Cafe with my friends. I just play Single Player RPGs and FPSs on my home computer.
 
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Have you ever tried using an SSD? I find once your OS is on SSD you get spoiled. The boot time is incredibility fast. Yes you can get a 128GB SSD for your OS and keep games on your HDD. With 128GB you should be able to load a game or two on the SSD as well.
-Bruce
 
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I haven't used one yet. I'm still new at this stuff. :)

If I put the games I'm playing on the SSD, would it be possible to transfer everything in the HDD when I'm done with the game?

All of the things I read on transferring programs is to uninstall and reinstall on a different drive. Uninstalling the game means removing the save files as well, right? Is there a way to transfer a still keep everything, coz I don't want to let go of my save files. :)
 
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I guess it depends on the game - steam games are easy - just transfer the games folder. Skyrim seems easy as well:http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/66300/transferring-skyrims-saved-game-files-to-a-new-computer
you should search each game first.
-Bruce
 
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