SSD boot drive and storage drive

markPrzy · Feb 17, 2016

I have a 120gb samsung 850 evo i just got. I currently have a 480gb sandisk ultra ii only on my rig. I want 850 evo to be a windows ssd and the sandisk ssd for the rest of stuff like games and what not. What i want to know is should the 850 evo contain both the os and programs, with media and games and such on the sandisk, or should i just run windows on it?

DrRedstone · Feb 17, 2016

Personally, I would run the OS and frequently used programs (such as browsers and steam itself without the games) on the ssd, and games, and more programs go on the HDD.

SkyNetRising · Feb 17, 2016

Doesn't really matter. Both are SSDs.
Divide your programs/data between them however you want.

R_1 · Feb 17, 2016

I would use the faster of the two for the OS though. as both are SSD's its really dealers choice.

SBMfromLA · Feb 17, 2016

markPrzy :

I'm assuming both are SATA3 SSD's, right. The problem with making the new Samsung your O/S drive is you have to go through the trouble of reinstalling Windows... then moving your data from your older SSD... then removing Windows from the Older SSD. It's probably not worth the trouble since they both will give you similar performance. Personally, I would have not bought the Samsung 120gb SSD ... but would have waited until I saved up enough for a second 480GB model.

I would ju

R_1 · Feb 18, 2016

performance wise the differences in speed between them are insignificant.
why would you want to limit your OS drive to such a small one?
if it were me and windows is already setup on the larger drive, the evo would be the secondary (extra storage).

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