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So, I am currently working on a build with an SSD that I want to save space on. In my current build I have an HDD that is my main but is going to turn into a secondary main on my new build. I say secondary main because majority of its programs I am still going to keep and use on it.

My question is, how would it work if I just wanted to keep and use my programs like normal? (Saved settings/configs). Would I just reinstall all my programs and tell it the old destination?
 
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That would work, but, if the SSD is larger than teh total amount of data on your system drive, you should just migrate your windows install to the SSD. It's worth noting that you should keep the programs you use on your SSD. That's it's point.
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That would work, but, if the SSD is larger than teh total amount of data on your system drive, you should just migrate your windows install to the SSD. It's worth noting that you should keep the programs you use on your SSD. That's it's point.
 
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Alright cool, and yeah I am going to install Windows on this SSD and some startup programs I use, but for the most part this is for games and those take up a lot on there own.
 
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NOt all games are worth putting on an SSD as the only benefit they show is shorter loading times. On the other hand, open-world sandbox games like GTA, Skyrim, Witcher, benefit alot from beeing on an SSD as they have to constantly load the world around you, especially when travelling fast through the world.
 
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Yeah I know, I'm only putting the games I play the most on it, and the ones that I do are all huge games. TERA online, an mmo that is still growing, GTA online, BF, and overwatch.
 
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Provided you have a large HDD(2+ TB), there is a nice "trick" you can do: Make a small(10%) partition at the beginning of the HDD. It will be considerably faster than the rest of the drive because it resides on the outer rim of the platters(bigger circumference, so, for the same RPM...). This is called "short-stroking" and is actually what everybody's been unknowingly doing with their Windows partition until the SSD era came along. You can install less often played or games that do not benefit from beeing on an SSD on that,
 
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