Renamed Steam's download folder to your hard drive location
Renamed Steam's download folder to your hard drive location
I’ve got a solid 70/10 connection, which isn’t bad at all. However, it’s a bit of a headache to restart all those games again—reconfiguring and patching them is not something I want to do. I’ve been using a Games drive for years, moving from my original 500GB Samsung F3. Loading times are okay with me. Numerous tests indicate that very few games really improve with an SSD versus HDD. There are a couple of exceptions, like BF4 where it’s clear, but in most cases, a quicker graphics card with more or faster memory makes a bigger difference. My 980s are more than sufficient for SSD loading times. I stick to SSDs except for my Games and personal documents, which I’ve updated the User Shell paths to point to my NAS array. My HDDs have been running for a long time—over 200 days.
Steam is already set up on your SSD, and you've moved some games that don't require it—like CS:GO, TF2, etc.—to your HDD. Your COD:AF, FC4, and Skyrim with mods are also on the SSD. Most applications remain on your HDD, including your B:\program files\ and B:\program files (x86).
1 ) Organize files using Mod Organizer, #1 mod program. 2 ) It varies by mod type; textures are big, gameplay changes usually involve code. My Skyrim mod folder is 27GB (just Mod Organizer plus mods, actual game elsewhere). I’ve made some texture updates and checked disk usage. Skyrim consumes a lot of SSD/HDD space—mostly read/write, not writes. It’s an older game, using under 4GB RAM and CPU; performance boost comes from 1) VRAM and 2) a fast SSD (if you intend to mod).