Can I use the same drive to boot and for main storage?

The crow

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Building my first pc soon and I was just wondering if using the same drive for my OS and main storage would cause problems.
 
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It could make upgrading to an SSD in the future more difficult. I would recommend that you partition your disk into two pieces. Create a 200GB volume for C: and the rest for D: That will prepare you for replacing your boot volume with a 250GB SSD. It will also get you used to thinking about what volume software is installing onto.

kanewolf

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It could make upgrading to an SSD in the future more difficult. I would recommend that you partition your disk into two pieces. Create a 200GB volume for C: and the rest for D: That will prepare you for replacing your boot volume with a 250GB SSD. It will also get you used to thinking about what volume software is installing onto.
 
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The crow

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Little pricy, my rig is already running over my £500 budget.

Is it really that big of a deal/is there much difference between load times for SSD and HDD?



 

kanewolf

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An order of magnitude (10X) at least. SSDs transfer 500MB/s and have 0 rotational and seek delay. That corresponds to real time saved.
A 120GB is OK if you have to cut costs. You just need to manage your space usage much more closely. You NEVER want to be more than 90% full on an SSD.
 

The crow

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I'm okay with that I think, I'll just get a HDD and make some tea in the meantime!

Thanks for your help, man, I really appreciate it!