Paging File Location and Settings Questions

I currently have one pagefile.sys, assigned to a Samsung SSD drive and it's set to let Windows do the managing.
This is the only page file I have enabled on my system.

Is there a better way to handle this file on my system?
Is it a good idea to have it located on another physical drive?
Should I have a paging file for all my drives?

There seems to be a lot of discussion about this,
with many conflicting arguments as to the setting and possible file locations etc.

I would let Windows continue to maintain it and not worry about it. :)

PolarNettles said:

Just leave it alone.

Unless you are desperate for those few GB of disk space or you have some specific purpose (like the guy on this forum that was loading 50GB of graphics assets into his Cities: Skylines game), there's no need to mess with the pagefile.

Is it okay, that I only have one page file enabled and that it's on my F drive?
Or should I just tick the little box, that lets windows manage the entire system?

PolarNettles said:

I would tick the "automatically manage paging file size for all drives" box. I would have thought it was ticked by default.

Yes, this option was and is ticked by default, but I went in and changed it.
Should I just go back in and change it to the default settings and let windows manage it?

LMiller7 said:

There is a valid principle that if you have 2 physical drives the pagefile should be on the non OS drive. However, there is the assumption, often unstated, that this drive should have performance comparable to the OS drive. In your case that is not true at all. The performance characteristics of an SSD are an almost perfect match for typical pagefile usage patterns, while those of a conventional drive could not be more wrong. In your case the pagefile should be on the SSD only. The only valid reason to put the pagefile on the conventional drive would be if you were very short on space on the OS drive. With a 512 GB SSD that should not be an issue.

This is a bit confusing...
However, my OS is installed on a Samsung 960 PRO 512GB NVMe and I placed the page file on a SAMSUNG 850 EVO 500GB SSD.
I also have a WD Black 1 TB HDD, with no page file on it.
This seems to be working well, but being that I have 24gb of installed RAM.
I may not be using the page file much anyway.
Would you say that this kind page file setup is acceptable for my system?

PolarNettles said:

You are rarely going to be hitting the pagefile anyway so it won't really matter whether it's on the SATA or NVMe drive. Windows will automatically use the fastest drive for the pagefile.

So I'm guessing here,
that putting the page file on my 850 EVO SSD,
which is the F drive and having no other page file is fine, right?