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System Name | Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load) |
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Processor | Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core) |
Motherboard | Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded) |
Cooling | Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate |
Memory | 2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V) |
Video Card(s) | Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W)) |
Storage | 2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2 |
Display(s) | Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) | Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) | Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144) |
Case | Fractal Design R6 |
Audio Device(s) | Logitech G560 | Corsair Void pro RGB |Blue Yeti mic |
Power Supply | Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY) |
Mouse | Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL |
Keyboard | Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps) |
VR HMD | Oculus Rift S + Quest 2 |
Software | Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware! |
Benchmark Scores | Nyooom. |
So heres the deal: i got a new SSD, and would like to set it up for a clean gaming OS.
however, i also know i'll want a bunch of annoying things like web browsers and chat programs, that will in the long run, merely serve to wear down the SSD.
So far the two methods i've tried:
1. OS on mechanical drive, games on SSD. works well mostly, but most games store files on the C: drive and you cant stop them. so its only partially working.
2. OS on SSD, but the same problem as 1. - many apps put a cache on the SSD, that i simply dont want there.
What i'd like to do is install an OS on the SSD, and run a VM (virtual machine) and throw all the non essentials in there. no screwing about with caches, hidden files and folders, and all that jazz.
so in point form:
What i want:
*OS on SSD (windows 8? i heard it was good for VM's)
*secondary OS on mechanical drive, via VM (win 7?)
*VM to be portable. Say, if it was on an external drive, i could boot it on my laptop too (albeit, slower) (or if i had to format the SSD, it would prevent the loss of the OS)
What i dont want:
*a bunch of bonus network adaptors appearing in windows. last time i ran a virtual machine that screwed with my network/LAN games pretty good.
suggestions/advice, please?
however, i also know i'll want a bunch of annoying things like web browsers and chat programs, that will in the long run, merely serve to wear down the SSD.
So far the two methods i've tried:
1. OS on mechanical drive, games on SSD. works well mostly, but most games store files on the C: drive and you cant stop them. so its only partially working.
2. OS on SSD, but the same problem as 1. - many apps put a cache on the SSD, that i simply dont want there.
What i'd like to do is install an OS on the SSD, and run a VM (virtual machine) and throw all the non essentials in there. no screwing about with caches, hidden files and folders, and all that jazz.
so in point form:
What i want:
*OS on SSD (windows 8? i heard it was good for VM's)
*secondary OS on mechanical drive, via VM (win 7?)
*VM to be portable. Say, if it was on an external drive, i could boot it on my laptop too (albeit, slower) (or if i had to format the SSD, it would prevent the loss of the OS)
What i dont want:
*a bunch of bonus network adaptors appearing in windows. last time i ran a virtual machine that screwed with my network/LAN games pretty good.
suggestions/advice, please?