August 19, 201114 yr Would like Guru advice on HD's in a new setup. Question is: 1 HD 2 HD's, HD plus SSD? If more than one, what goes on which drive? Thanks Dan Cole Dan Cole
August 19, 201114 yr HD + SSD. SSD for Windows and FSX (120GB should be plenty, unless you have addons like FSGlobal), a 1TB Caviar Black 64MB for the junk. You could install addons like GEX etc here Di Agron Dell XPS 15 L502X | Intel i5-2540m @ 2.60GHz | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (2x2GB) | nVidia GT525M | Seagate 500GB 7200RPM | 15" 1366x768 | 23" LG 1360x768 | Got a hardware question? Ask: HERE (Mobo's, Ram, CPU's, custom builds, general hardware etc) HERE (Graphics cards, monitors, drivers etc) HERE (Peripherals/Hardware and related drivers) HERE (Internet/Networking) PMDG FMC NavData out of date message fix HERE
August 19, 201114 yr Commercial Member I have a 128GB SSD for OS, a 256GB for FSX, and I use several 600GB Velop's for my add-on sceneries. I have a lot of photoreal scenery so that eat's up a lot of real estate quickly. Intel i9-12900KF, Asus Prime Z690-A MB, 64GB DDR5 6000 RAM, (3) SK hynix M.2 SSD (2TB ea.), 16TB Seagate HDD, Gigabyte GeForce 5080 RTX, Corsair iCUE H70i AIO Liquid Cooler, UHD/Blu-ray Player/Burner (still have lots of CDs, DVDs!) Windows 10, (hold off for now on Win11), EVGA 1300W PSUNetgear 1Gbps modem & router, (3) 27" 1440 wrap-around displaysFull array of Bravo, Saitek and GoFlight hardware for the cockpit. Varjo and HP VR headsets for mixed reality.
August 19, 201114 yr Yeah. If you have a ton of photoscenery, you'll need a lot of space. But most can be installed outside of FSX (thats what your 1TB disk is for) Di Agron Dell XPS 15 L502X | Intel i5-2540m @ 2.60GHz | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (2x2GB) | nVidia GT525M | Seagate 500GB 7200RPM | 15" 1366x768 | 23" LG 1360x768 | Got a hardware question? Ask: HERE (Mobo's, Ram, CPU's, custom builds, general hardware etc) HERE (Graphics cards, monitors, drivers etc) HERE (Peripherals/Hardware and related drivers) HERE (Internet/Networking) PMDG FMC NavData out of date message fix HERE
August 20, 201114 yr Author HD + SSD. SSD for Windows and FSX (120GB should be plenty, unless you have addons like FSGlobal), a 1TB Caviar Black 64MB for the junk. You could install addons like GEX etc hereWhat means junk? For instance where does MS Office go? On the SSD with Windows and FSX? Thanks Dan Dan Cole
August 20, 201114 yr MS office would be junk. MS Office requires very little space and when you have the enterprise version like me you don't want them all wasting valuble space on the SSD. Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ~Gil Stern
August 20, 201114 yr Dont install the photo scenery on the 1TB. The main point of the SSD would be faster texture (or in this case photo scenery) loading times that can be obtained from the SSD thus helping to avoid LOD related blurries. With my FSX install there is no way W7 and FSX could reside on a 120gb SSD You could always consider an 64gb ssd for the OS, 120gb (or 240gb if you need it) for FSX and an HD for 'junk' storage, or just the 240gb ssd and the junk hdd. lots of ways to skin a cat............ Glenn Ryzen 3700X, X570 Pro Wifi, 32GB 3600mhz RAM, Nvidia Titan Xp "Galactic Empire", RM750x PSU, H700 case, 2x NVMe M2 SSD, 1x SATA SSD
August 20, 201114 yr Well it depends on how many addons you have. For example my FSX install with all addons (including GEX, REX & UTX) is 95 GB. So I could easily fit this plus my OS on a 120GB Di Agron Dell XPS 15 L502X | Intel i5-2540m @ 2.60GHz | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (2x2GB) | nVidia GT525M | Seagate 500GB 7200RPM | 15" 1366x768 | 23" LG 1360x768 | Got a hardware question? Ask: HERE (Mobo's, Ram, CPU's, custom builds, general hardware etc) HERE (Graphics cards, monitors, drivers etc) HERE (Peripherals/Hardware and related drivers) HERE (Internet/Networking) PMDG FMC NavData out of date message fix HERE
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