New SSD

[clocand]

I purchased a Samsung 830 120GB SATA III SSD and would like some input from those wiser than myself as to how I should run it specific to my rig and desires. My rig is listed in my sig, and as far as my preferences are concerned, I am not entirely sure what is pertinent here. I am currently around 140GB total on my HDD, including many large games such as WoW, FFXIV, and BF3. I have read the "required" thread before posting this, but would still very much appreciate those who take the time to explain their suggestions and alternatives. I simply don't know whether I want to cache it (or how much if I do), partition it, just put the OS and games on it, Raid0 vs Raid1, etc etc. Help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

[LokutusofBorg]

Well you can't RAID your new SSD unless you buy another one (or bought two to begin with), right?

A 120GB drive is perfect for running a dual-drive system.

Here's what I would suggest:

• Partition the whole space and use it as your boot drive.
• Install Windows and all (non-game) applications to their default location on your C: drive.
• Redirect your user folders' locations to your D: drive (Downloads, Documents, Music, Pictures, Video).
• Install your three favorite games to your C: drive (C:\Games or something).
• Install all other games to your D: drive (D:\Games is where I put them).
• Try not to go over 100GB used space on your SSD.

 

[groberts101]

All good idea's listed above.

You can also save a bunch of space by shrinking pagefile(2 gigs static should be more than enough with 8 gigs of installed ram).. deleting or shrinking the hibernation file.. and reducing system restores default size.

Better yet is to disable sys restore completely and move to a third party app to save even more space and gain improved functionality in the process.

Doing all that can give you close to 10 gigs of space back.