separate hard drive for games

[TitusTroy]

I'm thinking about buying a G.Skill Falcon 256GB SSD...not enough space for all my stuff so I was wondering if it was OK to install a separate Western Digital 640GB hard drive only for my games...would not having my games on the same drive as my main OS cause any problems or registry issues?...what about when installing patches etc?

is this ideal for performance or is it best to keep my games on my main OS drive (soon to be SSD)?

 

[IBDoomed]

Originally posted by: TitusTroy
I'm thinking about buying a G.Skill Falcon 256MB SSD...not enough space for all my stuff so I was wondering if it was OK to install a separate Western Digital 640GB hard drive only for my games...would not having my games on the same drive as my main OS cause any problems or registry issues?...what about when installing patches etc?

is this ideal for performance or is it best to keep my games on my main OS drive (soon to be SSD)?

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1430028

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

A... 256MB... SSD...

 

[Cookie Monster]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
A... 256MB... SSD...

So that you don't need to wait half the time for latest DOS games to load.

 

[Modelworks]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
A... 256MB... SSD...

And I thought I was being strange by installing a 4GB compact flash drive.
Still haven't used it for anything, but its there.

 

[Jumpem]

Put the games on the SSD, and your files/media on the normal drive.

 

[TitusTroy]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN
A... 256MB... SSD...

I meant 256GB...

I always thought that SSD's don't really improve in-game performance so that's why I was thinking about moving them to a separate drive...I know load times will be reduced but overall game play will be the same on an SSD compared to a mechanical hard drive

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Actually there is one game it improves the minimum fps and that's Crysis...