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Anything (Outside Steam) I should avoid putting on my SSD
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taltamir
Lifer
You can put steam there.
People are complaining they cannot fit ALL of their steam games, installed, on the SSD at the same time. But you don't have to install all of them at the same time.
Also you can use one of the programs to relocate steam games.
Games see a substantial increase in level load times and texture pop reduction.
They do not see any difference in FPS.
People are complaining they cannot fit ALL of their steam games, installed, on the SSD at the same time. But you don't have to install all of them at the same time.
Also you can use one of the programs to relocate steam games.
Games see a substantial increase in level load times and texture pop reduction.
They do not see any difference in FPS.
Charlie98
Diamond Member
That's one of the reasons I want to get a bigger SSD, so I can fit everything on one drive (except my big media files like iTunes and video.) I only have 2 or 3 games (Steam and others) at any given time on my computer so it doesn't take up that much space.
Also if you don't have enough space on the SSD for the whole steam folder you can use symbolic links to run certain games from it. You can use a program to do it or do it manually. The command is mklink /D linkName target
For Example:
I'll assume your steam folder is under D:\Steam\ and the game is Skyrim.
1. Move "skyrim" folder from D:\Steam\steamapps\common\ to the ssd, lets say games folder on C drive (C:\Games\)
2. Open command prompt with admin rights
3. enter: mklink /D "D:\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim" "C:\Games\skyrim"
4. You'll see a folder shortcut appear in D:\Steam\steamapps\common\ with the name skyrim.
Steam will think the game folder is still in its directory but the game files will be on the SSD. When you want to move the game files back to original location just delete the link and move the folder back.
For Example:
I'll assume your steam folder is under D:\Steam\ and the game is Skyrim.
1. Move "skyrim" folder from D:\Steam\steamapps\common\ to the ssd, lets say games folder on C drive (C:\Games\)
2. Open command prompt with admin rights
3. enter: mklink /D "D:\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim" "C:\Games\skyrim"
4. You'll see a folder shortcut appear in D:\Steam\steamapps\common\ with the name skyrim.
Steam will think the game folder is still in its directory but the game files will be on the SSD. When you want to move the game files back to original location just delete the link and move the folder back.
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taltamir
Lifer
I upgraded my SSD less than a week ago. I am going to buy an IVB & Z77 ASAP.
Even on 3Gbps it is significantly faster then my previous SSD.
There are programs that do that for you with a GUI
that is a fair point actually.
Install steam on another drive and then junction select games to it is a great strategy for some people. Especially if they didn't buy a 240GB SSD
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Charlie98
Diamond Member
...or can't afford one because they just bought a 560ti/448... :awe:
Christmas will be here soon, though...
taltamir
Lifer
Eh, I can't exactly afford it either but I prioritized my limited money. It was 350$... it was worth every penny.
I will eat more ramen.
Speaking of, you can make ramen 10x tastier and less nausia causing by throwing away the flavoring pack it comes with and instead using Osem Chicken Soup Mix (if your local stores don't carry it then order it from amazon)
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The Only reason I didn't do it this way was because of Valve games. By default I love them all and play a couple of them to much to force it over to regular drive. So people need to be careful about this. Valve games are a single files located into the root of the Steam apps folder. So its all or nothing for these games. Either you choose to have these on the SSD or not but unlike all of the other games you can't pick or choose.
Makaveli
Diamond Member
Wow is a game I heard that does benefit greatly from an SSD.
For steam I only have some of games installed on the SSD because not all benefit.
The boost you will see is mostly level loading. So BF3 is a game that gets a nice boost during map loads. But once you load everything into memory you wouldn't be able to see the difference unless you start alt tabbing out of game and don't have alot of system memory.
taltamir
Lifer
I actually recommend putting the cache on the SSD.
You enjoy faster browsing, and the amount of writes you "waste" are trivial.
MMO's in general would see a benefit. They can't make everyone have 4-8-16GB of memory. So they load files on demand as you make your way through content. Honestly TOR is almost unplayable without one because each mission has voice and the models and textures for them are kicked up a notch and they are loaded at each conversation. Before I threw a SSD in my laptop, they were loading like 20-30 seconds quicker for everyone else. You do 10 missions in an area and you have basically cost your team an additional 10 minutes (Getting and turning in the quest).
Makaveli
Diamond Member
I noticed a difference in browser speed when I moved mine.
However I don't see a difference when its ssd vs ramdisc but moved it to the ramdisc anyways for less "trivial" writes on my ssd =)
KingFatty
Diamond Member
maybe do away with things that are a waste. For example, if you never use hibernate, don't put a big multi-GB sized hibernation file on your SSD. Same with the size of your pagefile - if you have a lot of RAM, your computer may not need a huge pagefile so you can reduce its size (e.g., set the pagefile to a very small size but allow for windows to increase the pagefile if necessary - I bet windows never asks to increase it).
I think I saved around 15 GB on my SSD just with hibernation and pagefile tweaks, which seems like a noticeable amount on a 120GB SSD.
I think I saved around 15 GB on my SSD just with hibernation and pagefile tweaks, which seems like a noticeable amount on a 120GB SSD.
LokutusofBorg
Golden Member
Use the [plain] tag to prevent stuff like D: from being turned into a smiley. D:
Fixed up the original post. Thanks :thumbsup:
taltamir
Lifer
BFG10K
Lifer
I never understood forking over so much money for a SSD, then being too scared to use it.
I treat mine just like a HDD. I have multiple partitions on it and I write to it as much as I need. I dont make any special effort to lighten its workload, and Ill have absolutely no hesitation in filling it up completely if it becomes necessary.
If an expensive SSD cant handle being treated like a cheap HDD then the technology is fundamentally broken.
The only thing I dont do is defrag because such a concept is meaningless for an SSD.
I treat mine just like a HDD. I have multiple partitions on it and I write to it as much as I need. I dont make any special effort to lighten its workload, and Ill have absolutely no hesitation in filling it up completely if it becomes necessary.
If an expensive SSD cant handle being treated like a cheap HDD then the technology is fundamentally broken.
The only thing I dont do is defrag because such a concept is meaningless for an SSD.
taltamir
Lifer
Same here, and even with such treatment they are being used up at a rate that is so low that they will last decades. Long after becoming obsolete.
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