Topic: Help my C drive eating space - page 3. (Read 2501 times)

Quote from: Lauda on July 25, 2014, 05:37:45 AM

so you have a choice 120gb ssd or 3TB hdd i know which id choose and it isnt the ssd. ssd are great but they cost alot per GB

Obviously you've been away from pricing for a while. 3 TB drive = ~$100-120. 120 GB ssd = ~$60-70.

I'd actually much rather have a 240 GB SSD over a 3 TB drive.

so you have a choice 120gb ssd or 3TB hdd i know which id choose and it isnt the ssd. ssd are great but they cost alot per GB

Your logic is beyond me.
120gb SSD = $54 http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-2-5-Inch-SV300S37A-120G/dp/B00A1ZTZOG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406284465&sr=8-1&keywords=120gb+ssd
3TB HDD = 107$ http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Caviar-Green-Desktop/dp/B004RORMF6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1406284454&sr=8-3&keywords=3TB
At least when you're comparing products compare ones in the right price range.

240gb SSD is enough for your main drive (way more than what you actually need).

That WD 3 TB drive would be absolute shit to use as a drive. 5400 RPM. It'll take a week to boot your computer with that after everything is loaded.

Also, we didn't even calculate power usage. Less than 1 watt for an SSD vs 10 watts for an hdd. Easily 10x the electricity usage!

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so you have a choice 120gb ssd or 3TB hdd i know which id choose and it isnt the ssd. ssd are great but they cost alot per GB

Your logic is beyond me.
120gb SSD = $54 http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-2-5-Inch-SV300S37A-120G/dp/B00A1ZTZOG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1406284465&sr=8-1&keywords=120gb+ssd
3TB HDD = 107$ http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Caviar-Green-Desktop/dp/B004RORMF6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1406284454&sr=8-3&keywords=3TB
At least when you're comparing products, compare ones in the right price range.

240gb SSD is enough for your main drive (way more than what you actually need).

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I have a i7 4770k with a 120gb Samsung ssd and a 2tb Seagate. SSD makes a world of difference as far as loading time, I boot to windows from a cold boot in about 7 seconds to desktop. Most games are to large to keep on a ssd unless you have a large one. I stick the main game I play on the ssd with the OS and the other games on my storage drive. I don't game much but the ssd loads games way way faster. In terms of fps it does next to nothing.

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Quote from: bluefirecorp on July 25, 2014, 05:23:57 AM

so you have a choice 120gb ssd or 3TB hdd i know which id choose and it isnt the ssd. ssd are great but they cost alot per GB

Amen to that. 120gb could probably only fit like 5 games on it today anyway haha.

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so you have a choice 120gb ssd or 3TB hdd i know which id choose and it isnt the ssd. ssd are great but they cost alot per GB

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Quote from: Lauda on July 25, 2014, 05:22:10 AM

hero members bitch fight. solid state is good but if your after a cheap computer theres no point. i have pcs with solid state and normal harddrives in games it dosnt make much difference.

I'm a Senior.
Also loading every map each time in World of Warcraft doesn't make a difference? Please.
The SSD was not destined to make much difference in games anyways, but in such games (as example above) it really does.

Hell, doesn't even need to be a large game. Take a look at minecraft for fucks sake. It's a night and day difference.

Well I wasn't really referring to it as a large game, what I meant was a type of game where you have a lot of loading (levels and that).
But yes, you're right even something so simple (yet so complicated) as Minecraft has benefit from an SSD.

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Quote from: Lauda on July 25, 2014, 05:22:10 AM

hero members bitch fight. solid state is good but if your after a cheap computer theres no point. i have pcs with solid state and normal harddrives in games it dosnt make much difference.

An SSD in a dual-core is pretty snappy. A lot more snappy than a quad-core with an HDD.

hero members bitch fight. solid state is good but if your after a cheap computer theres no point. i have pcs with solid state and normal harddrives in games it dosnt make much difference.

I'm a Senior.

Also loading every map each time in World of Warcraft doesn't make a difference? Please.
The SSD was not destined to make much difference in games anyways, but in such games (as example above) it really does.

Hell, doesn't even need to be a large game. Take a look at minecraft for fucks sake. It's a night and day difference.

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Quote from: bluefirecorp on July 25, 2014, 05:15:26 AM

hero members bitch fight. solid state is good but if your after a cheap computer theres no point. i have pcs with solid state and normal harddrives in games it dosnt make much difference.

I'm a Senior.

Also loading every map each time in World of Warcraft doesn't make a difference? Please.
The SSD was not destined to make much difference in games anyways, but in such games (as example above) it really does.

Quote from: Lauda on July 25, 2014, 05:13:25 AM

If SSD drives make that much of a difference in your loading times and games then it's not the computer that's the problem, you go fuck yourself, I hate the idea that people are actually running around and defending badly optimised games.

Are you retarded? No, seriously, are you actually retarded? Have you never owned an SSD? Oh, yes, let's optimize this game for this physical limitation of physical spinning disks. Oh, wait, you fucking can't.
Obviously, you MUST have years and years of experience in software optimization, right?

How is a 20-40gb game badly optimized? The hardware just can not load is so quickly, hence SSDs.
Do you not have enough money to buy a decent SSD, hence you're complaining?

I just figured he was retarded and spouting shit out of his mouth.

He's the best person for software optimization in the world, he must know what he is talking about. Roll Eyes

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hero members bitch fight. solid state is good but if your after a cheap computer theres no point. i have pcs with solid state and normal harddrives in games it dosnt make much difference.

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Quote from: Lauda on July 25, 2014, 05:13:25 AM

If SSD drives make that much of a difference in your loading times and games then it's not the computer that's the problem, you go fuck yourself, I hate the idea that people are actually running around and defending badly optimised games.

Are you retarded? No, seriously, are you actually retarded? Have you never owned an SSD? Oh, yes, let's optimize this game for this physical limitation of physical spinning disks. Oh, wait, you fucking can't.

Obviously, you MUST have years and years of experience in software optimization, right?

If SSD drives make that much of a difference in your loading times and games then it's not the computer that's the problem, you go fuck yourself, I hate the idea that people are actually running around and defending badly optimised games.

How is a 20-40gb game badly optimized? The hardware just can not load is so quickly, hence SSDs.
Do you not have enough money to buy a decent SSD, hence you're complaining?

I just figured he was retarded and spouting shit out of his mouth.

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