Where would you install your Games? ( SSD or HDD )

FireFox · Nov 27, 2014

Hi.

Which storage would you prefer to install your games?

I prefer SSD even if they are expensive but you pay for what you get..

DOA · Nov 27, 2014

I have too many games for my SSD.
Anything I need to load quickly gets a temporary load on the SSD. MMO's and offline games can usually load slower so they go on the raid.
As an aside, this is one reason I hate games that have to be installed. Most games can reside in their own folder and can be moved and run by running them as admin to correct the pathing. Some games cannot be moved and litter my computer with junk when removed. I watch for these and avoid them. You should too or your SSD will fill up with junk from old games.
And your poll needs at least one more option. "Intelligent Choice"

newtekie1 · Nov 27, 2014

Most games I install on my SSD, when I'm done playing them I uninstall them. Though my Steam library is on an HDD simply because it is too big, and steam is a total pain in the ass with moving games from one drive to another so I just put it all on an HDD. I really wish Steam had an easy mechanic to simply move a game from one drive to another. It lets you pick where to install the game when you first download it, but to move it you have to delete the game(often times deleting the saved games with it) and then re-install. They should make it so you can just right click on the drive and select and option to move it from one drive to another.

DOA said:
As an aside, this is one reason I hate games that have to be installed. Most games can reside in their own folder and can be moved and run by running them as admin to correct the pathing. Some games cannot be moved and litter my computer with junk when removed. I watch for these and avoid them. You should too or your SSD will fill up with junk from old games.

In the cases where the games have to be installed, what is left behind is usually just registry entries, which aren't big enough to fill anything up. All the registry entries for a game usually amount to less than 1KB of space, you'd need a crap load of games installed to fill up even a small SSD.

RCoon · Nov 27, 2014

newtekie1 said:
my Steam library is on an HDD simply because it is too big

QFT

I install frequently played games (CSGO, LoL, 3DMark) on my SSD. Beyond that, everything gets dumped on the HDD because I have hundreds of games, not to mention review two titles a week. My SSD would get too full too fast.

Blue-Knight · Nov 27, 2014

Knoxx29 said:
Where would you install your Games? ( SSD or HDD )

HDD.

Unnecessary comments:

SSD is still not a viable option for me, and I am safe to say it won't be till 2020 (or even after if things don't change).

Because I need more space per $ and not the fastest speed. If SSD don't become cheaper than ordinary HDD then I may never buy one in life.

FireFox · Nov 27, 2014

Blue-Knight said:
HDD.

Unnecessary comments:

SSD is still not a viable option for me, and I am safe to say it won't be till 2020 (or even after if things don't change).

Because I need more space per $ and not the fastest speed. If SSD don't become cheaper than ordinary HDD then I may never buy one in life.

come on,
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB cost 110 euro,
2,27 euro per GB

Blue-Knight · Nov 27, 2014

Knoxx29 said:
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB cost 110 euro

Prices here:
Samsung EVO 250GB: €140
1TB Seagate HDD: €75

And I am being a bit generous about the currency conversion...

I could buy 2x1TB HDD against 250GB SSD or an extra 8GB memory stick and use it as ramdisk (in which case 8GB would be more than enough for most cases).

Unnecessary comments:

Considering a have a limit of how much I can spent from my 30 /month savings I would prefer to spend that extra money on a faster CPU instead.

FireFox · Nov 27, 2014

Blue-Knight said:
Prices here:
Samsung EVO 250GB: €140
1TB Seagate HDD: €75

And I am being a bit generous about the currency conversion...

I could buy 2x1TB HDD against 250GB SSD or an extra 8GB memory stick and use it as ramdisk (in which case 8GB would be more than enough for most cases).

Unnecessary comments:

Considering a have a limit of how much I can spent from my 30 /month savings I would prefer to spend that extra money on a faster CPU instead.

Samsung EVO 250GB: EUR 108,30

if just playing games and then uninstalling it SSD is the best choice, but if you keep your games then HDD is the way to go.

Tallencor · Nov 27, 2014

Depends on the Game for me. Some small Indy title or something like Child of light hits the HDD. While Skyrim or something with cell loads or longer load times hits the SSD.

Blue-Knight · Nov 27, 2014

Knoxx29 said:
Samsung EVO 250GB: EUR 108,30

??

FireFox · Nov 27, 2014

Blue-Knight said:
??

http://www.amazon.de/Samsung-MZ-7TE...id=1417104791&sr=1-1&keywords=samsung+840+evo

thebluebumblebee · Nov 27, 2014

SSD's are cheap. Historically speaking, they're one of the best performance/investment ever. Also, if they last as long as it appears they will, their cost over time will be low as well.
~$250. It's been an interesting number over the years. I remember advising people to spend that much on the CPU, HDD and RAM, (Yes, HDD's and RAM used to be that expensive) Today, 512 GB SD's are under that amount.
@Blue-Knight , you are right. You have greater needs than a SSD.

Knoxx29 said:
Which storage would you prefer to install your games?

Of course the answer is SSD.

Knoxx29 said:
Samsung EVO 250GB: EUR 108,30

I don't think he's quoting EUR prices, I think he's converting the prices from where he is to EUR.

newtekie1 said:
Steam is a total pain in the ass with moving games from one drive to another so I just put it all on an HDD. I really wish Steam had an easy mechanic to simply move a game from one drive to another.

+1

manofthem · Nov 27, 2014

When I had 2 ssds in my pc, I had all my games installed on the 2nd 256gb ssd. It was nice for sure and definitely preferable. When I took the 2nd ssd for another pc, I installed the games to an hdd, and it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I was expected slow load times and such, but it's been very practical.

Still waiting for 1tb ssds to be cheap for a nice have drive. :rolleyes:

FireFox · Nov 27, 2014

thebluebumblebee said:
Today, 512 GB SD's are under that amount.

Samsung EVO 500GB: EUR 199,00

de.das.dude · Nov 27, 2014

Blue-Knight · Nov 27, 2014

thebluebumblebee said:
I think he's converting the prices from where he is to EUR.

Exactly.

Unnecessary comments:

Imagine if I buy it at amazon:

FireFox · Nov 27, 2014

manofthem said:
Still waiting for 1tb ssds to be cheap for a nice have drive

been honest the 1tb is not that expensive.

thebluebumblebee said:
he's converting the prices from where he is to EUR.

thats why.

Blue-Knight · Nov 27, 2014

thebluebumblebee said:
Which storage would you prefer to install your games?

Click to expand...

Of course the answer is SSD.

If everyone don't consider other factors in question than of course everyone would vote for SSD, including me... And would make the pool unnecessary.

And if everyone could choose a 500GB SSD or 500GB HDD for free than everyone would choose the SSD, no doubt.

But there will always be 1 or 2 that will choose the HDD for I don't know what reason... lol

FireFox · Nov 27, 2014

Blue-Knight said:
If everyone don't consider other factors in question than of course everyone would vote for SSD, including me... And would make the pool unnecessary.

And if everyone could choose a 500GB SSD or 500GB HDD for free than everyone would choose the SSD, no doubt.

But there will always be 1 or 2 that will choose the HDD for I don't know what reason... lol

they will choose HHD over SSD becasue they are getting more Gb for less money, but as i said before, if you just play and then uninstall why not a nice SSD? even 250GB would be enough.

Blue-Knight · Nov 27, 2014

Knoxx29 said:
if you just play and then uninstall why not a nice SSD?

Installing games from optical media takes time... And today's dozens GB games takes even more.

And some people don't like installing, re-installing games too often because of this and other reasons. And prefer paying cheaper for a bigger capacity drive.

That's subjective.

Solaris17 · Nov 27, 2014

HDD. My library is huge. and to be honest my drives arent slow as dog shit. Probably because i buy a drive fora specific purpose. programs for example are not installed on the same drive as my games are they are installed on a completely separate disk. I tried installing games to my SSD doing that whole forum popular games i always play on my SSD thing. After I noticed no difference I re-installed it on my game drive again to save space. Because seriously constantly installing/uninstalling games too and from your main SSD pardon the pun but aint nobody got time fo dat.

Jborg · Nov 27, 2014

I just install frequently played games on SSD....

Other games I want to keep installed I just leave on my HDD. But the games I am playing most often are on my SSD and are removed when they are played less.

BF4 loading times have gone from 1-2+ minutes to taking 9-15 seconds, depending on the players latency in the server. It has been a good upgrade for me.

FireFox · Nov 27, 2014

Blue-Knight said:
some people don't like installing, re-installing games too often

the world will not end for half an hour of patience to install a game

Aquinus · Nov 27, 2014

RCoon said:
QFT

I install frequently played games (CSGO, LoL, 3DMark) on my SSD. Beyond that, everything gets dumped on the HDD because I have hundreds of games, not to mention review two titles a week. My SSD would get too full too fast.

This. I keep stuff I use a lot on my SSDs that should run fast and don't tend to fill it more than 70%, I think it's at 55% now. If it's important, doesn't get used a lot, or is big, it finds its way on to my RAID-5 since SSD space is short and HDD space is abundant and safe (at least for me).

Edit: Side note, RAID-5 read speeds are similar to RAID-0's. It's write speeds where you suffer.

Blue-Knight said:
Installing games from optical media takes time... And today's dozens GB games takes even more.

I haven't installed a game using optical media in years and following makes that a lot easier.

FireFox · Nov 27, 2014

Solaris17 said:
Because seriously constantly installing/uninstalling games too and from your main SSD

my main SSD is just for the OS and the programs, i would never install games on it, thats why i have 2 SSD

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