Looking to buy an SSD, wondering about capacity.

DearPain · Feb 1, 2015

I am sick and tired of my computer taking 10 minutes to start up and am seriously considering buying an SSD. SSD's are becoming cheaper but I still don't know about the relationship between SSD and HDD.

I am willing to invest 100$ into a 250gb SSD if it would be worth having all of my files on the SSD and using the 500gb HHD I have now as a back up storage, loading everything from my SSD.

I come to the community here asking this: Should I just invest in a small capacity SSD and just load windows from the SSD, or can I just benefit from just having a 250gb SSD and using my 500gb HHD as a sort of "External hard drive."

USAFRet · Feb 1, 2015

A 120GB SSD can hold the OS and quite a lot of applications. That's what I use, and I have a bunch of applications installed.
A 250GB SSD can hold all that and a few games as well.

Nothing smaller than a 120GB, though.

DearPain · Feb 1, 2015

So going for 250 would be a smart choice? Just to have some room?

I can then use my HDD as a storage unit rather than load applications from it?

Dark Lord of Tech · Feb 1, 2015

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148945&cm_re=bx100-_-20-148-945-_-Product

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147372&leaderboard=1

$119.00 when added to cart ^

DearPain · Feb 1, 2015

Im looking at these three, currently:

1: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=0D9-0021-00006&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=IGNEFL013015&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL013015&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL013015-_-EMC-013015-Latest-_-InternalSSDs-_-0D9-0021-00006-S2A2B

2: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148945&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=EXPRESS013115&nm_mc=EMC-EXPRESS013115&cm_mmc=EMC-EXPRESS013115-_-EMC-013115-Index-_-SSD-_-20148945-L01D

3: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167177&leaderboard=1

Can I use my HDD as a storage drive to store files, instead of booting applications and WIN 7, and have applications and WIN 7 boot from the SSD?

Dark Lord of Tech · Feb 1, 2015

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147372&leaderboard=1

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=0D9-0021-00006&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=IGNEFL013015&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL013015&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL013015-_-EMC-013015-Latest-_-InternalSSDs-_-0D9-0021-00006-S2A2B

DearPain · Feb 1, 2015

Those would be reliable SSD's?

Dark Lord of Tech · Feb 1, 2015

Samsung EVO 850 is the best , but I also own the Silicon power which is good too.

Edge to Samsung.

DearPain · Feb 1, 2015

This question is all I need answered, now:

"Can I use my HDD as a storage drive to store files, instead of booting applications and WIN 7, and have applications and WIN 7 boot from the SSD?"

Dark Lord of Tech · Feb 1, 2015

I'm going to order the BX100 and test it , they are new.

USAFRet · Feb 1, 2015

DearPain :

Yes.
That is exactly how most people, myself included, have it configured.

DearPain · Feb 1, 2015

Is it relatively easy to configure?

Dark Lord of Tech · Feb 1, 2015

Sure you can.

Dark Lord of Tech · Feb 1, 2015

Only have the SSD hooked up when loading widows to it.

DearPain · Feb 1, 2015

I guess that will be for another time.

Thank you Blackbird for you suggestions for an SSD, seeing as I am on a tight budget, I will go with this SSD:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=0D9-0021-00006&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=IGNEFL013015&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL013015&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL013015-_-EMC-013015-Latest-_-InternalSSDs-_-0D9-0021-00006-S2A2B

DearPain · Feb 1, 2015

Thank you for that addition, would have messed that up.

Dark Lord of Tech · Feb 1, 2015

They are decent , I have it in my 4690k 750D setup.

Dark Lord of Tech · Feb 1, 2015

Enjoy the new speed!

DearPain · Feb 1, 2015

As long as it is faster than a HDD start-up and is a reliable SSD.

Dark Lord of Tech · Feb 1, 2015

It will be.

USAFRet · Feb 1, 2015

DearPain :

For your 'data' (doc/music/pics/etc) see this:

Win 7 & 8: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-1834397/ssd-redirecting-static-files.html
Win 8.1: http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2024314/windows-redirecting-folders-drives.html

(going to have to go into Win 10 Library settings and see if this is still valid)

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