SSD for Windows or Games?

I am buying a 250 GB SSD.
The thing is that I cannot decide whether I should it for games.... Or should I use it for Windows and other softwares.

I am confused, someone please suggest.

lolcocks said:

I am buying a 250 GB SSD.
The thing is that I cannot decide whether I should it for games.... Or should I use it for Windows and other softwares.

I am confused, someone please suggest.

Depends. Pretend that you want to install a simple program such as Notepad (it comes with Windows, but pretend that it doesn't). This program is 30 years old, so it was designed for computers with specs way below the specs of the computer that you're reading this on right now. Of course, there may have been some little changes since it was first included with Windows, but it's pretty much the same. So you get the idea - Notepad can basically run on a potato. Do you need to install Notepad on a lighting-fast hard drive? No. So to sum this up, if the program is not very demanding resource-wise, you don't need to put it on the SSD.

How about more demanding applications? The answer should be obvious - put it on the SSD. For example, Firefox. If you have plenty of add-ons, startup can seem like an eternity. If that's the case, put it on the SSD. If you don't have many add-ons and Firefox works fine on your HDD, leave it there. Virtualization programs, demanding video editors like Vegas Pro, etc. can all benefit a little from being installed on the SSD.

Just replace "applications" and "programs" with "games" and you'll get your answer to that part. DOOM, a 1993 video game, obviously does not need an SSD to run smoothly. Neither does Pinball or Minesweeper. GTA V, which needs to constantly access files, should be put on your SSD, along with other games with hefty system requirements.

Like the dude above my post said, installing Windows will definitely give it a performance boost.

I am putting windows/programs and Games on mine.

You said:

Depends. Pretend that you want to install a simple program such as Notepad (it comes with Windows, but pretend that it doesn't). This program is 30 years old, so it was designed for computers with specs way below the specs of the computer that you're reading this on right now. Of course, there may have been some little changes since it was first included with Windows, but it's pretty much the same. So you get the idea - Notepad can basically run on a potato. Do you need to install Notepad on a lighting-fast hard drive? No. So to sum this up, if the program is not very demanding resource-wise, you don't need to put it on the SSD.

How about more demanding applications? The answer should be obvious - put it on the SSD. For example, Firefox. If you have plenty of add-ons, startup can seem like an eternity. If that's the case, put it on the SSD. If you don't have many add-ons and Firefox works fine on your HDD, leave it there. Virtualization programs, demanding video editors like Vegas Pro, etc. can all benefit a little from being installed on the SSD.

Just replace "applications" and "programs" with "games" and you'll get your answer to that part. DOOM, a 1993 video game, obviously does not need an SSD to run smoothly. Neither does Pinball or Minesweeper. GTA V, which needs to constantly access files, should be put on your SSD, along with other games with hefty system requirements.

Like the dude above my post said, installing Windows will definitely give it a performance boost.

That pretty much sums up everything LOL, thank you. :)