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I recently purchased a SSD for the sole purpose of decreasing load time when playing Skyrim. My question is, would I have to install Windows on the SSD to get the full performance benefit from having a SSD? I was thinking of installing the SSD and moving Skyrim on it with a program called Steam Mover. Basically , does the OS have to be on the SSD to get the full benefit of having a SSD? Thoughts?
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Re:SSD install question
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Re:SSD install question
Monday, May 20, 2013 8:02 AM
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You'd want to load the OS + games onto the SSD. Use the hard drives for storage (music, videos, documents, etc)
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Re:SSD install question
Monday, May 20, 2013 8:38 AM
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You'd want to load the OS + games onto the SSD. Use the hard drives for storage (music, videos, documents, etc)
This. That's exactly what I'm doing. I have my OS, and BF3 on my SSD only, then everything else is on my RAID-0 array. It's simple to do once you get the hang of setting up shortcuts and what not.
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Re:SSD install question
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:42 AM
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Is there a substantial decrease in load screen times since you went SSD?
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Re:SSD install question
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 4:53 AM
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Is there a substantial decrease in load screen times since you went SSD?
Lemme put it in perspective for you. My BF3 load time went from 45 seconds-2 minutes down to 15 seconds tops. My windows load time went from 5 minutes~ to about 25 seconds. My RAID-0  My single SSD: 
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Re:SSD install question
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:00 AM
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SSDs are nice. From complete cold boot to actually using windows is less than 30 seconds. It takes longer to load my BIOS than it does actually loading windows. lol.
But if you want Skyrim to have almost 0 load time, buy more RAM and create a RAM Disk and install Windows 7 onto that. Then Skyrim. Then the entire game is literally running on a temporary RAM disk. Move save games over to an external HDD before you reboot.
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Re:SSD install question
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:24 PM
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Interesting. Never heard of doing that, of course I just mess around with pc's in my spare time so there is a lot I don't know about. What are the advantage / disadvantages of doing that?
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Re:SSD install question
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:32 PM
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" Lemme put it in perspective for you. My BF3 load time went from 45 seconds-2 minutes down to 15 seconds tops. My windows load time went from 5 minutes~ to about 25 seconds"
Sounds promising!
Apparently putting the game only on the SSD doesn't accomplish much as I haven't noticed a huge difference by doing that. Looks like I'm gonna just do a clean install so I can get that " like new" feeling :)
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Re:SSD install question
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:36 PM
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Interesting. Never heard of doing that, of course I just mess around with pc's in my spare time so there is a lot I don't know about. What are the advantage / disadvantages of doing that?
It can use your system RAM if you have more than your system uses and speed up loading times. http://blog.laptopmag.com...memory-into-a-ram-disk
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Re:SSD install question
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:40 PM
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I have a 2 SSD setup, one for OS only and one for games I move games from HDDs via Steam Mover.
I definitely felt the faster load times for both Windows and game loads.
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Re:SSD install question
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:51 PM
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Thanks for the link. That is insane in a good way! My current MB only supports 24 gig ram So it's not really an option right now but it's definitely a glimpse into the future ..
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Re:SSD install question
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 5:50 PM
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I use my 64GB SSD for OS, 1TB standard for programs, downloads, and 256GB SSD for games and loading times is still fast, they don't have to be on the OS drive fxdrake84
I have a 2 SSD setup, one for OS only and one for games I move games from HDDs via Steam Mover.
I definitely felt the faster load times for both Windows and game loads.
steam mover isn't required anymore, steam supports setting up new folders/installing to different drives for games, so they don't have to be installed in steams original install location.
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Re:SSD install question
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 7:36 PM
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I recommend that you install the OS on your SSD too,
and programs that require high disk demands
in this way is my pc
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Re:SSD install question
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 3:16 AM
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Here's my SSD loading up Windows 8 on my secondary rig:
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Re:SSD install question
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:26 AM
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Witchcraft. Plain and simple. My bios would still be loading.
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Re:SSD install question
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:37 PM
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If your not using SS, your missing out on a giant gain in technology. Put all of it on SS.
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