No SSD provides significant advantages over a hard disk in RimWorld.
No SSD provides significant advantages over a hard disk in RimWorld.
You’ve got an SSD, just relocate the game and check the performance. Besides that, mods usually need a faster CPU, while RimWorld tends to be limited by its processor.
I’ve already saved it to an SSD, yet the load keeps taking over five minutes. I’m curious if anyone has any tips or insights before I try moving it for testing.
I haven’t played that game yet (though it’s on the wish list), but it comes with a huge number of modifications.
I play Rimworld on an SSD with minimal mods, and it loads very fast without any performance problems. However, installing 200-300 mods can be quite demanding for a game like this, especially if several large mods are involved that significantly alter the gameplay (such as expanding the world size or increasing player limits). Could you confirm if your system uses an SSD and a HDD, and whether the game and mods are installed on the HDD? That would help. Don’t worry about moving the game to the SSD just yet—run it and let me know what you observe.
Hi! To sum up, you have a 120GB SSD filled mostly with large games and competitive titles like CSGO. RimWorld is already installed there, but you're curious about moving it to a regular hard drive to free up space. You'd need to test it on both the SSD and HDD, restart after clearing memory, and compare performance. For the mods, most of them are minor—weapons packs, expansions, animal or food mods, etc.—unless you have a large colony. CPU optimization helped with RimThreaded, but Rocketman is more stable now.
If you enjoy colony-building or similar titles, there are plenty of mod opportunities available. The core gameplay is also quite engaging due to its challenging nature. I personally find it appealing and appreciate that it doesn’t restrict human skin characters, kidnap raiders, or use their organs for personal gain or sales—such ideas are wild!
I ran the test and pressed PLAY on Steam to reach the main menu. Active mods included 332 SSD, with a loading time of 7 minutes 11 seconds and an HDD load of 9 hours 48 minutes. The SSD loaded 26.7% faster than the HDD. I was expecting the SSD to be about half as slow, but it performed better. I decided to stick with the HDD since playing something else for a couple of minutes wouldn’t bother me. The SSD being tested was a 120GB 2.5" Intenso SATA III drive, while the HDD used a 250GB 2.5" 5400RPM laptop drive from Hitachi.