Adding an HDD to supplement my low capacity SSD, some questions

[thesmelliestsock.]

I currently have a 120GB SSD which is pretty much full to capacity with the OS installed on it as well as some games. I picked up a 1TB drive and I was just wondering how you guys would recommend using the two drives. I don't mind formatting again to get the best configuration. Would it be ideal to install the OS as well as my most hardware demanding games to the SSD? And then install everything else to the HDD? Or am I better off using the HDD as the primary boot device using the SSD strictly for games?

Any input would be helpful, thanks!

 

[gjs278]

use the ssd as your os drive. do setup #1 you listed there.

 

[thesmelliestsock.]

Gotcha, thanks for the suggestion!

 

[ilkhan]

SSD for boot, programs and games. HDD for space intensive media files.

 

[thesmelliestsock.]

Sounds like I need a larger SSD. 120GB doesn't quite cut it for me.

 

[ilkhan]

Sounds like I need a larger SSD. 120GB doesn't quite cut it for me.

Always.
My laptop has a hard enough time not filling up with a 120GB drive, and it doesn't have any games on it. And thats even with a 250GB spinner for data.
It can be a challenge.
Symlinks/junctions are your friend. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_junction_point

 

[DJ Big T]

Sounds like you should get at least a 256gb SSD, plus a couple of TB drives, IMO.