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Need help with gaming storage
Posted on 12/21/19 at 10:15 am
Posted on 12/21/19 at 10:15 am
My PC arrived and I don’t think I was paying attention when I built it. I thought I ordered a 1tb m.2 pcie drive with a second 2tb ssd.
Apparently I ordered:
Primary Hard Drive:
3 TB Hard Drive -- 64MB Cache, 7200RPM, 6.0Gb/s - Single Drive
Data Hard Drive:
1 TB Hard Drive -- 32MB Cache, 7200RPM, 6.0Gb/s - Single Drive
M.2/PCI-E SSD Card:
512GB ADATA XPG SPECTRIX S40G RGB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD -- Read: 3500MB/s; Write: 3000MB/s
HDDs will suck for gaming. What what’s the best SSD option to add for gaming?
If it helps I have an Asus Hero XI motherboard. If I the board specs I should be able to just order another m.2 ssd without the need to even remove anything. ???
Apparently I ordered:
Primary Hard Drive:
3 TB Hard Drive -- 64MB Cache, 7200RPM, 6.0Gb/s - Single Drive
Data Hard Drive:
1 TB Hard Drive -- 32MB Cache, 7200RPM, 6.0Gb/s - Single Drive
M.2/PCI-E SSD Card:
512GB ADATA XPG SPECTRIX S40G RGB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD -- Read: 3500MB/s; Write: 3000MB/s
HDDs will suck for gaming. What what’s the best SSD option to add for gaming?
If it helps I have an Asus Hero XI motherboard. If I the board specs I should be able to just order another m.2 ssd without the need to even remove anything. ???
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Posted on 12/22/19 at 12:11 pm to lsuconnman
quote:
HDDs will suck for gaming
Not really, just a little slower initial load times
Posted on 12/22/19 at 1:21 pm to lsuconnman
Unless you really skimped on RAM, once you get past initial load, it shouldn't matter much, if at all.
Posted on 12/23/19 at 10:37 am to lsuconnman
How did you mess up the order that badly?
What they’ve said. Loads a little slower but gameplay fine.
What they’ve said. Loads a little slower but gameplay fine.
Posted on 12/23/19 at 9:58 pm to VABuckeye
quote:
How did you mess up the order that badly?
I was drinking. I got 32gb of ram. After GTA, Insurgency, and Division I’ve pretty much already filled up the good drive.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 8:28 am to lsuconnman
quote:
I got 32gb of ram.
The purpose of "loading screens" are to give your device time to transfer the needed assets for that game/section from your (relatively) slow hard drive to your RAM/graphics card. With 32GB of RAM, the odds of your HD thrashing during gameplay is basically nil.
Posted on 12/24/19 at 10:48 am to Joshjrn
quote:
The purpose of "loading screens" are to give your device time to transfer the needed assets for that game/section from your (relatively) slow hard drive to your RAM/graphics card. With 32GB of RAM, the odds of your HD thrashing during gameplay is basically nil.
Cool, thanks.
Coming from an Apple ecosystem and a console, this PC has been a steep learning curve.
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