I am trying to make up my mind about what SSD I want, I game in two different platforms, FPS and FlightSims, both are different engines and CPU requirements, I am thinking to go with a 256 SDD and split it 50/50, my concern is if this will affect performance?
Partitioning SSD, Good or bad idea?
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My understanding is that when the SSD start getting full of data, they get slower down its performance, FPS won't take much space, but FSims will due to add-ons, so I am concerned that FPS performance could be affected with just adding FSim data to the SSD, am I making sense?
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Partitioning will make zero difference.
Given a 250GB drive
Partition X = 175GB
Partition Y = 25GB
That is still 200GB of used space.
And if what you need in Partition Y grows to greater than 25GB, now you have to resize something. PITA.
Folder X and Folder Y does exactly the same thing, except you can manage the total used drive space easier. For that drive, keep it under about 210GB or so.
Given a 250GB drive
Partition X = 175GB
Partition Y = 25GB
That is still 200GB of used space.
And if what you need in Partition Y grows to greater than 25GB, now you have to resize something. PITA.
Folder X and Folder Y does exactly the same thing, except you can manage the total used drive space easier. For that drive, keep it under about 210GB or so.
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For every current SSD, you need to leave ~10-15% free space. So on that 250GB drive, don't go over about 210GB.
Partitioning makes no difference with that.
If you were to split it 50/50 (125GB each), you need to keep the total unused space below 210GB. Completely fill up one 125GB partition space, and all the free space has to come out of the other. It's all on the same drive.
Somewhat harder to manage than just a single partition.
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