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Varzoh

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So I want to buy a SSD and put Windows 10 on it. I just want it for the speed. I might buy another one in the future for my storage but for now I'm just gonna buy a 120GB SSD.

Is it worth it?

Can someone link me a video or teach me how to transfer just windows 10 or would I have to reinstall Windows 10 on the SSD?

PC Specs:
AMD FX-6300 CPU
8GB Corsair Ram
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SuperSC GPU
970A-DS3P Motherboard
1TB Western Digital Storage
500 Watt EVGA PSU
 
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120 is a bit low...fine for windows and some programs but you want to keep some space. I'd go 240gb seeing as prices have dropped. A Samsung 850 evo is £70 (90 ish Euro) and youc an use their migration software to just transfer everytyhing across. Fast drives.
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burgessanthony

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120 is a bit low...fine for windows and some programs but you want to keep some space. I'd go 240gb seeing as prices have dropped. A Samsung 850 evo is £70 (90 ish Euro) and youc an use their migration software to just transfer everytyhing across. Fast drives.
 
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Oh, it's very much worth it. But considering teh prices today, try to go for a 250 class one.
In order to transfer your OS, the total amount of data on your system drive shoudl be less than 80% on teh capacity of teh SSD. If you get a Samsung one, they have a data migration utility that'll do everything for you. If not, you can usee free software like this to clone your OS partition on the SSD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh4uRhWwZT0
http://kb.macrium.com/KnowledgebaseArticle50081.aspx
 
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I'm using 120gb for only the Windows 10 I'm not putting any other programs files or games on it just windows 10.

If I want to put games or programs on it I'll buy a 1TB SSD
 
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boosted1g

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120gb holds windows + programs + a few GB of personal files just fine.
What that said, the cost difference now is so low, just pay the little more for 240gb.
Also most all of the budget SSD drives are budget for a reason, Stick with Samsung or Crucial.

Samsung drives include a utility to clone your HDD to the SSD. This only works though if your used space on the HDD is less then the SSD storage size.
You cant pick and choose what to copy, it is an all or nothing kind of deal. You can transfer personal files off the hard drive before copying though if you need to.
 
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Many things default to the "C" drive.
If you do not manage that, as the ssd fills up, it will lose performance and endurance.
A Samsung 240gb 750 evo is only about $20 more than the 120.
And, larger ssd's tend to be a bit faster.

The free ssd migration tool does the job.
If your ssd can not hold all of your files, you have the option to exclude large data folders from the move.
That does not apply to programs that need to use the registry.
If you have steam games, I think there is a procedure to handle those.
 
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