July 22, 20214 yr In my new rig I have a single, 1TB NVme 2 SSD disk, and while I did buy a 2nd 500 GB NVme for the sims, I ended up rushing my installation and droping it all into partition = disk = C : in the 1TB disk... In the past I used a dedicated system partition, and whenever possible would install flightsims into a 2nd disk / partition, and even used to have a separate partition for the cache ! Question: does it still matter ? Should I still install Win 10 and applicatons into different partitions and preferably disks too ? What are the real advantages these days ? I have 32 GB RAM too. Thanks for any comments / recommendations ! Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
July 22, 20214 yr With a SSD, partitioning does not help as there is no physical, spinning disc, so it does not matter where files are located on a SSD. With a HD, yes, you want the OS located on the first partition so all of its files stay on the outermost portion of the HD where read and write times will be the fastest. My current computer came with a 1 TB M2 SSD, so I put Windows and FSX on that drive. For any future sims, I will likely put them on a separate SSD. 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 4, 20214 yr This post illustrates exactly why I advice against multiple partitions on a single drive. There are no technical benefits and there are better ways to organise your different sims. If you really want a separate drive letter, you can use the SUBST command to assign a drive letter to a folder. Flightsim rig: CPU: AMD 5900x | Mobo: MSI X570 MEG Unify | RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo | GPU: Gigabyte RTX 3090 | Storage: M.2 (2 & 4 TB) | PSU: Corsair RM850x | Case: Fractal Define 7 XL Display: Acer Predator x34 3440x1440 | Speakers: Logitech Z906 Controllers: Fulcrum One Yoke | MFG Crosswind v2 pedals | Honeycomb Bravo Quadrant |Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant | Stream Deck XL & Plus | TrackIR 5 Tobii eye tracking
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