SSD VS HDD for Gaming

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SSD VS HDD for Gaming

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[SaikeeKonosukeLuc]

Below is everything i've learnt from using SDD so far.

1. Much much faster loading, some objects ingame do load faster BUT 0 FPS improvement in game noted on a GTX 1080 with i7 7700k 16GB DDR4 RAM. More stable fps in online games.
2. Less load on the ram. SSD seem to use less RAM, i'm guessing it must be the operating background programs completing faster thus SSD is best to run your OS on it.
3. Less cpu temperature with SSD about 2-3 Celsius less, it's a lot, meaning less workload on your cpu. +1 for safety
4. Looking at security. SSD will still work even if you accidentally drop it, or move it while it's operating. Why mentioning that? Because it can happen you move your casing while it's operating and stuff happens. SDD will live if such event would happen however a HDD could get a header damage or scratch the disk which is a R.I.P

Advice: SSD run at a temperature of 55°C when not operating to 70°C-95°C during operation which can damage a motherboard. I'd advice you STRONGLY to have a very good ventilating system with airflow if you're investing in multiple SSD's. Have a Case Fan close to it 2-3inches and not further than this, make sure your SSD is set in a slot which is far from your motherboard or invest in expansion bay to modify your casing. HDD like seagate and such has a temperature that max at 50°C when operating yet another reason why SSD isn't so popular yet.

Main problem with SSD? Freaking Expensive and too little space. The price of a 500Gb SSD is about x5 that of a 2TB HDD.
Hint: I bought only 1 SSD with 250GB, put windows 10 on it and keep your configuration setting saved on the SSD
what you can do then, is simply move only your most used / memory intensive application like games to your SSD, keep anything else like movies, set up files, music and downloads on your HDD's.

Edit: SDD SHOULD NEVER BE DEFRAGGED. Defragmentation is a process to make 'disk-drive' move data around its platter in an orderly manner to be read much faster. Defragging your SSD will only help in reducing its capacity drastically, lower its lifespan or RIP it because SSD works on a totally different way than mechanical hard-disc drives.

So anyone feeling comfortable enough to run Windows 10 or any other OS which can sometimes automatically try to 'defrag' your hard drive should be aware of this and turn off this feature. Why microsoft doesn't care about SDD and tries to defrag even on windows 10 in a SDD era? For those people who use 'cleanup' program such as:
TuneUp Utilities, CC Cleaner, Asus Cleaner, etc. Make sure you pay extra caution if the 'optimization' features a de-fragmentation of your hard-disk because most of those software still may think that your SSD is spreading the data everywhere and tries to 'fix' your no-disk hard drive to a no-good hard drive.

Hint 2: After learning that, i quickly reverted back to having my OS on HDD only keep a 'copy' of my most used games like witcher 3 on the SSD.

Hope this clarify certain things about SSD and HDD for some people.

[monke]

WOW I DONT HAVE TO WAIT 12 SECONDS, I CAN WAIT 8 SECONDS NOW

[GodWasAnAlien]

I think I might've had a 5400 rpm in mine, so yeah the ssd made a huge difference for me. I love that amongst the things that are supposed to shorten the lifespan of an SSD are "frequently writing and deleting large amounts of data"... I sat there reading it thinking "What else am I supposed to do with it?"

[LionRafale]

SSD should be standard for PC's now (at least SSHDD) . Games are getting larger and larger meaning that loading times are potentially longer now. Less waiting more playing. Try go back and play some PS1 games now. Loading times will drive you insane (looking at you Driver).

[Mcchubz]

Fps no difference ..load time yes the ssd better . Sticking with hdd . Money saved

[Orlyy]

I have the main games on my SSD, all the rest on my HDD(actually an external HDD), there isn't MUCH difference. At least in terms of loading times that I've noticed.

[saadmaqsood]

0:25 He use mouse with Right hand and writes with left hand.

[mitchelbramlitt]

Thank you for this video, like seriously, i just spent 1500 on a new alienware laptop with a 556 ssd on it, and have been putting most of my steam library on it thinking I'd get like 2x the speed on my games, it's nice to know that I can throw the rest of my games onto my 1tb hdd

[chickenguy]

What about stuttering? I can't imagine the FPS being much different but did GTA5 experience less microstuttering on an SSD?

[PlexusMC]

Where are all your subscribers. You need more!

[Ultranist]

ashes of the singularity its a pain to load even on a SSD

[holyice]

Normal Budget gamer's will still vote for HHD . 1SSD i can buy 2pcs 1TB HHD save money

[spidernerds]

the thing with ssd you cant keep copying files from your 1tb or 2tb hdd filled with games to ssd just because you want to see 24sec difference between loading time.

[xDarkFusselx]

For me that difference in loading times is not worth it. It doesn't really matter to me if I wait 30 or 50 seconds for a game to start. I will play it for several hours so thats not a big enough difference.

[demon]

does the ssd degrade faster when games installed in ssd?

[Kevinb]

Is there still a huge difference? I have one 6tb hard drive and 1 m.2 for my os and another 1tb ssd. If there’s only minor differences I’m going to move most of library to the hdd and only use my ssd for games I play a lot.

[bennieboi]

got myself a 1tb ssd no regrets what so ever, they're only going to get cheaper as time passes and hard drives will be a thing of the past

[davidbolha]

I always hear people saying that SSD's are faster than a traditional HDD's. However when I put them both on a desk, neither of them moved. What a lie ! 🤔😕😒😘😆😜🤓👍

[jensonash]

I have an msi gs 60 laptop with 1060 nvidia 6gb 16gb ram and 1tb ssd is it the ssd 1 tb worth it

[Khmtravelvlog]

I'd like to see anyone test running 4tb raid to 2tb with 10, 000 rpm drives do a test with an ssd seems fast at loading to me.