What do you all put on your SSD and HDD?

kcooldude

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Most builds I have seen so far have an SSD and HDD. I am building a computer and probably doing the same and I understand why because SSD is faster and HDD is cheaper, so more storage.

However, what do you guys put on your SSD's and HDD's. I am planning on putting Windows and game applications on SSD and everything else on HDD.

I am just curious as to see what other people do.
 
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On my 120GB SSD, I have the OS and just about ALL applications, apart from games.
Win 8.1 Pro, Office 2013 Pro, Corel VideoStudio, Paintshop Pro, Adobe Lightroom, etc, etc, etc.

The stuff that does not require the speed of the SSD lives elsewhere. Movies, music, etc. Games live elsewhere, simply because they are too large.

It depends on how big your drive is.

USAFRet

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On my 120GB SSD, I have the OS and just about ALL applications, apart from games.
Win 8.1 Pro, Office 2013 Pro, Corel VideoStudio, Paintshop Pro, Adobe Lightroom, etc, etc, etc.

The stuff that does not require the speed of the SSD lives elsewhere. Movies, music, etc. Games live elsewhere, simply because they are too large.

It depends on how big your drive is.
 
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kcooldude

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I have a 500gb SSD and a 1TB HDD coming in the mail soon, To be honest I think I can fit everything I own on the 500GB SSD, but I do not want to clog it.

So, when some of you say applications, what applications specifically do you put on SSD/HDD? Like microsoft office, antivirus software, etc.

And what about games, do you guys put steam games on SSD?
 

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On mine, it is the OS and all applications, apart from games. A couple of games live on a different SSD
The majority live on regular HDD's
If I had more SSD space everything would live there. Budget does not yet allow for that, though.