October 29, 201510 yr Hi guys, I have recently built myself a new desktop PC, just to be clear, these are the specs: AsRock H97 Anniversary Intel Core i5-4590 3.3 GHz (unfortunately locked but the coming back to FSX idea kind of came to me after I had bought it, otherwise I'd probably go for a K version) MSI GeForce GTX960 2GB OC 8 GB RAM (1600 MHz) CoolerMaster 3rd party CPU cooler And now for my storage solution... I bought a 1 TB HDD and found an unused SSD (OCZ Vector 128 GB) at home. At that point, this seemed perfect but it only took Win 10, FSX and its add-ons to completely fill that SSD. My question is, should I invest in the 256 GB SSD or should I just reinstall the whole thing to the neighbor HDD? Will I witness a huge setback if I choose the second option? Currently, after some tweaking and pretty much all the standard "best buy" add-ons, I'm getting 30 fps (the ceiling) in smaller aircraft and 17-22 in for example PMDG T7 virtual cockpit, while looking forward. I would be very thankful for every suggestion. Thanks. Tomas Pokorny Tomáš Pokorný SYSTEM -> CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 5.0 GHz | GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Ti @ 2027 MHz | RAM: 2x8 GB G.Skill Trident RGB 3200 MHz | MOBO: AsRock Z370 Extreme 4 | SSD: Kingston 256 GB, Samsung 860 EVO 1 TB | HDD: Western Digital 1 TB | CPU COOLER: Corsair H115i | CASE: Corsair Obsidian Series 750D | PSU: Seasonic Focus Gold 750W EQUIPMENT -> YOKE: Saitek Pro Flight Yoke System + Throttle Quadrant, Saitek X52 | RUDDER PEDALS: Saitek Pedals | CAMERA: TrackIR 5
October 30, 201510 yr Commercial Member I wouldn't use an OCZ SSD for anything other than a coaster. Been there, done that, lost the data. Cheers! Luke Luke Kolin I make simFDR, the most advanced flight data recorder for FSX, Prepar3D and X-Plane.
November 1, 201510 yr I use an Intel ssd 240 gb for Win 10 and program installs and a Samsung ssd 250 gb 850 evo for P3Dv3. This seems to be working well so far. I also mirror image backup both drives, daily. Best advice anyone could give a fellow flight simmer !! Cheers Steve
November 1, 201510 yr Regarding your storage, the difference in a 250 gig and a 500 gig is only a couple of pounds/dollars. Personally I would get the bigger storage and use it for other things as well. You will get faster loading times with a SSD as well. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Solid-State-Drive/dp/B00P73B1E4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1446378750&sr=8-1&keywords=500+gig+ssd http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Solid-State-Drive/dp/B00P736UEU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1446378816&sr=8-1&keywords=ssd
November 2, 201510 yr I believe I purchased the intel ssd nearly 3 years ago. Indeed much better prices now ! :smile:
November 2, 201510 yr SSD gives you faster load times and prevents a few stutters when sound files are loaded. It doesn't give higher FPS though. Invest in a larger SSD is still my recommendation. I'm personally allergic to any computer that doesn't have an SSD as OS drive.
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