January 14, 20251 yr Is it advisable now to just go with one 2T M.2 vs having two drives, one for MSFS and one for everything else. I somehow doubt I would actually use up a 2T drive. Mark CYYZ
January 14, 20251 yr I have 2T drive for MSFS and it has 600GB free now. Addons consuming much space. Two drives are better for safety, but for MSFS 2T drive is better for future use. Mark Prepare3Dv5, MSFS / TUF ASUS Z790 PRO / I9 14900K @ 5.8 GHz / GSkill 64 GB DDR5 6000 MHZ CL30 / RTX4070TI 12G / Windows 11 Home / Monitor Philips 436M6VBPAB / Force Feedback Yoke / Thrustmaster PTR rudder pedals
January 14, 20251 yr A Gen4 NVMe would make a noticeable difference. A bit more expensive but worth it. 2TB is probably the sweet spot right now. MSI Pro Z690-A DDR4 | i5 13600KF | G.Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3600MHz | RTX 3080 (12GB) | Samsung 980 M.2 NVMe 500GB | Samsung 980 M.2 NVMe 1TB | Samsung 850EVO 500GB | Crucial P3+ 2TB NVMe | 2TB Seagate HDD | Deepcool AK500 CPU Cooler | Thrustmaster T16000M HOTAS | CH Yoke | Various Winctrl hardware | 21:9 1440p UW monitor | Win 11 23H2 build | MSFS2020 | Tony K.
January 14, 20251 yr Author 5 minutes ago, speedyTC said: A Gen4 NVMe would make a noticeable difference. A bit more expensive but worth it. 2TB is probably the sweet spot right now. OK thanks, shows how far out of the technology I am. Still rocking a 1080Ti but my 7 year old system is showing its age and its time to upgrade. I think I know what to do on the CPU but the GPU is the question. Waiting for test results on the 5 series and then we will see. Mark CYYZ
January 14, 20251 yr I have three 2TB M2 drives two 1TB SSD drives and a 4TB backup drive. Raymond Fry.
January 14, 20251 yr As to drive capacity, that's always a personal call based on how much add-on space you'll need. With most SSDs, you need to keep about 10% of the capacity free to avoid slowdowns. With SSDs there's really no advantage any more to having separate drives for the OS and applications. That was once desirable with HDDs due to the relatively slow head thrashing that occurs when the heads have to track back and forth between the OS and applications located at different physical locations on the platters. With SSDs you read and write to any address on the device at pretty much the same speed. Having separate SSDs now just needlessly partitions the available storage. Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
January 14, 20251 yr I have my downloads folder on SSD drive not my C drive default, this allows me to unpack and install from there, then if I want to save the download I move it to my backup drive. I still have P3D v4 v5 v6 install on my backup drive. Raymond Fry.
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