August 14, 20205 yr I have also placed an order for a 1 TB m2.nvme drive but I was wondering, what would be the long-term durability of this type of memory for MSFS use? I mean, solid state drives have lower write/delete cycles than an HDD and I guess that the way MSFS will work is reserve a part of the memory to write scenery data and delete parts of it when full. So in the long term, a big part of its memory is going to be re-written many times, while HDDs do not suffer from this problem. Any ideas? Simulators: Prepar3D v5.4 | X-Plane 12 | DCS World | MSFS 2024 | PC Hardware: Dell U3417W | AMD Ryzen 7 9800 X3D | ASUS TUF 5070 Ti | ASUS TUF B580 Plus Wifi | G.Skill Z5 Neo 64GB 3000Mhz CL30 | Samsung 990 Pro 2TB + 970 EVO Plus 1TB + 860 EVO 2TB + 850 EVO 1TB, Western Digital Black Caviar Black 6TB | Corsair RM1000i | Corsair 280 Titan RX | VRM Fan | Fractal Design Define S2 Gunmetal | Flight Controls: Fulcrum One Yoke | Virpil VPC WarBRD Base | Virpil VPC MongoosT-50CM Grip, Thrustmaster Warthog+F/A-18C Grip | VIER IM POTT Sidestick CPT Side | Thrustmaster TPR Rudder Pedals | Virtual Fly TQ6+Throttle Quadrant | Sismo B737 Max Gear Lever | Monsterteck Desk Mounts | WINWING EfisL+FCU+MCDU | My fleet catalog: Link
August 14, 20205 yr Commercial Member Most people write around 2-3TB a year to the drive - it will take about 250 years to wear out at that rate. Cheers Luke Kolin I make simFDR, the most advanced flight data recorder for FSX, Prepar3D and X-Plane.
August 15, 20205 yr On 8/14/2020 at 9:55 AM, Luke said: Most people write around 2-3TB a year to the drive - it will take about 250 years to wear out at that rate. Cheers I think for the majority of personal computer owners, the SSD should be considered a very long term investment. My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
August 16, 20205 yr I've just ordered a new system with a 500G SSD and a 1T hard drive. I didn't order it just for flight sim as I have a DAW that requires more power, and when I'm creating music, I want no slow downs. I have never had this kind of configuration so what I wanted to know is, would I just put the exe's on the SSD and then things like scenery and aircraft on the HD or does everything have to be on the same drive?
August 17, 20205 yr Commercial Member If you've got the space, put everything on the SSD. Don't overthink things - put everything on that fast drive. Cheers! Luke Kolin I make simFDR, the most advanced flight data recorder for FSX, Prepar3D and X-Plane.
August 21, 20205 yr Does any one know how the scenery cache is managed? I'm asking because I'd like to install MSFS on an SSD, but keep the scenery cache (plan to start with 50 GB) on my HDD. Is this possible? Haven't installed the game. Thank you.
August 21, 20205 yr Commercial Member IIRC you can specify where the cache is located. Cheers! Luke Kolin I make simFDR, the most advanced flight data recorder for FSX, Prepar3D and X-Plane.
April 22, 20224 yr It's not really obvious here. I just looked at the minimum and recommended system requirements for fs2020 and they are very different. In theory, if you install this game on hdd, then everything should be fine.
April 26, 20224 yr Moderator @RonValentiNEO, welcome to AvSim. Replying to a topic appoaching two years old is frowned on. Yes, an HDD will function but the read and write rates will be a fraction of an SSD. Given the relatively low cost of SSDs there's no reason not to buy one. Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
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