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I have 3 ssd, total 1tb of ssd storage (also 3 tb of hdd), so all my games on ssd and i have a lot of games. i Don't like loading bars xD
 

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

ok everyone entitled to an opinion. I personally elected to not buy an SSD just for games. My money went to better and more logical things.
 

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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).
i have 30TB in my WHS 15TB are RAID-1 and i do the same thing as you do with big things ect ect,
 
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1 250GB SSD is enough for my OS and games. I don't mind uninstalling/reinstalling games.

I do have a ton of games also. But I don't actively play ALL of them. I have like 5 I stick to mainly... and those are on my SSD to load quicker.
 

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1 250GB SSD is enough for my OS and games. I don't mind uninstalling/reinstalling games.

I do have a ton of games also. But I don't actively play ALL of them. I have like 5 I stick to mainly... and those are on my SSD to load quicker.
i have one 250GB SSD for my OS and programs and one 250GB SSD for games
 
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I personally have my most used games permanently on my SSD (World of Warcraft and Diablo III at the moment), and the rest would be on my theoretical HDD... but I got fed up with it and installed a second SSD instead, so yes, SSD all the way, but lacking that I'd put my primary games on the SSD and put games I only play for a while on an HDD.
 

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I personally have my most used games permanently on my SSD (World of Warcraft and Diablo III at the moment), and the rest would be on my theoretical HDD... but I got fed up with it and installed a second SSD instead, so yes, SSD all the way, but lacking that I'd put my primary games on the SSD and put games I only play for a while on an HDD.
I just install games on SSD, that's why I have a WHS to install all the rest.

Edit: I don't mind how fast or stable can a HDD be or if my SSD will sooner Degrade but I still refuse to install games on HDD
 
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OS and BF4 on the SSD. Everything else on the HD
 

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OS and BF4 on the SSD. Everything else on the HD
I dont trust installing games where the OS is installed because if installing or uninstalling a game something goes wrong I don't want to compromise the OS.
 
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I dont trust installing games where the OS is installed because if installing or uninstalling a game something goes wrong I don't want to compromise the OS.

It can just as easily compromise the OS if installed on the HD. Game files are everywhere
 

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I dont trust installing games where the OS is installed because if installing or uninstalling a game something goes wrong I don't want to compromise the OS.
That's an unfounded fear. You shouldn't make decisions based on that view because it's false. Games don't install into the OS when you put it on the same drive as the OS. Borking a game uninstallation won't hurt your Windows installation, at least I've never found it to and I see no reason why it would.

It can just as easily compromise the OS if installed on the HD. Game files are everywhere
Maybe AppData on your C:, but nothing in C:\Windows.
 

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It can just as easily compromise the OS if installed on the HD. Game files are everywhere
I agree with you, but if main files from the game are where the OS is installed it is more complicated when you have issues with the game
 

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I agree with you, but if main files from the game are where the OS is installed it is more complicated when you have issues with the game
Where it is installed almost never has issues to do with if it works or not. Once again, I think you're finding reasons to justify the way you do things. The simple fact is there is no reason why you have to split things up other than running out of SSD storage space. Putting stuff in different places for "safety" as you describe it is insanity.
 
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i use a mix for my games som and steam client and game on a WD Green 500gb and the games i use the most on my Samsung Evo 840 250gb.
 

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Where it is installed almost never has issues to do with if it works or not. Once again, I think you're finding reasons to justify the way you do things. The simple fact is there is no reason why you have to split things up other than running out of SSD storage space. Putting stuff in different places for "safety" as you describe it is insanity.
Last time that I installed a game (titanfall )
Was a hell for me, fortunately it was not installed where I have the OS installed, that game gave me too much headaches I couldn't even run any other games due titanfall issues ( j hate it ) how did I solve issues? Just formating the SSD where the game was installed, that's mean that if the game was installed where OS is I had to format my main SSD.
 

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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.



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.

Steam Mover is a brilliant program! In two minutes your Steam game resides in another drive, yet Steam behaves as if it's on the same drive.
 
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This poll is too limited.

I install my games to my mechanical drive, then use steammover to move the one(s) i'm currently playing to my SSD.

This means my SSD(s) never get full.
 

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Steam Mover is a brilliant program! In two minutes your Steam game resides in another drive, yet Steam behaves as if it's on the same drive.
I never tried Steam Mover, maybe I should give it a try
 

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I never tried Steam Mover, maybe I should give it a try

I use it just because I'm semi-obsessive and like to put all my strategy games on one drive separate. No reason for it, other than saving some room on my Steam drive for the horde of other games.
 
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This poll is too limited.

I install my games to my mechanical drive, then use steammover to move the one(s) i'm currently playing to my SSD.

This means my SSD(s) never get full.
"A lot" (aware its a few clicks and some time waiting but...) of effort but interesting!

Since i only really play a game or two at a time, I just install them to my 256GB SSD.

Funny poll choices though!

I dont trust installing games where the OS is installed because if installing or uninstalling a game something goes wrong I don't want to compromise the OS.
That happens? Never had that happen in 20 years of PC gaming personally...
 
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HDD for me. even 3tb is almost full now. Thats all my games. I could read that one guy says "some people dont like installing, uninstalling" to be honest I am one of that "some people" lol
 
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