Installing Games on Secondary SSD

[orbster556]

Dear All:

I have an old G.Skill -- with one of the stuttery old jmicron controllers -- that has been sitting around and I was thinking of installing my games on this drive instead of installing them on my primary OS drive.

Could this be a viable option or should I avoid doing this? Would I be able to enjoy the benefits of SSDs without experiencing the drawbacks of my particular drive?

Thanks, in advance, for any comments or insight.

Regards

 

[LokutusofBorg]

I don't have anything concrete to offer, but since you've gotten no replies, my insight is to throw it in there and install a game on it and try it. You have very little to lose, no?

 

[F1shF4t]

I would think it would work well for a game install drive. Jmicron ssds sucked at random writes, games should just be doing reads, which they are faster at than HDDs.

 

[semo]

I would think it would work well for a game install drive. Jmicron ssds sucked at random writes, games should just be doing reads, which they are faster at than HDDs.

I think so too. That's bad luck man, you're one of the many early adopter casualties. You need a medal or something

 

[nanaki333]

I think so too. That's bad luck man, you're one of the many early adopter casualties. You need a medal or something

i had an early ridata 120GB SSD. i threw it away quite awhile ago. it only lasted like a week in my laptop before i took it out. they were complete doodoo.

 

[vol7ron]

The problem was caused by the amt of IOPS that the OS was issuing. So you should be fine as a game drive. Unless you're running a bunch of write intensive games at the same time. You could also create a RAM Disk and point the temp directories to it for even more performance boost.

 

[orbster556]

Hey All:

I installed a number of different games on the old drive and am relatively happy with the performance I'm getting. Although my failure to run any tests for load-times on a mechanical hdd means I can't conclude on an entirely objective basis, loads, whether it be on CoD maps or Civ IV saves, seems to faster on the SSD than I was used to getting on my traditional drives.

I'm happy that my SSD, which had been serving as an expensive paperweight, will provide some return on my initial investment.

Thanks again for the advice.

Regards