i wanna play gta 5 but there might be one problem

[knighttime]

i have a c and d drive and one of them is getting full. gta5 is bought and paid for on steam now i just have to install and download it. will doing so slow down my gaming pc? i have a solid state drive and my pc is lighting fast so whats the problem? hitman 2016 and hatred run smooth with no lag or stutter.

[999999999]

Downloading and installing a game does not "slow down" a PC.

[knighttime]

Originally posted by 999999999:

Downloading and installing a game does not "slow down" a PC.

geeksquad told me that one of my drives is full and he said you can download gta 5 but it might slow down your gaming pc.

[Devilangel]

Moral of the story? Notify your geeksquad they need new members who know what they are talking about.

Also there was already a post asking this same question - not exactly. It is a couple years old though. Anyways.

No, your computer will not run slower just because you download/install games onto it. The reason downloading GTA V is slow is because - look at how much data you are downloading, and then realize you are downloading it through internet connection so all of that data is being 'transfered' to you at a speed which your network connection is allowing at this moment in time.

Oh and yes, while you are downloading/installing GTA V, any games which require some sort of network connection - you may start to feel lag in the games because your network is already being busy. This is usually bypassed considering Steam will automatically pause downloads so you can peacefully play your game which may - or may not - require internet connection.

Think of it like filling up a water bottle. The water bottle is your drive, the faucet is your data being downloaded. There is only so much which can go through at one given moment, and only so much space it can be in. At a certain point, the faucet will turn off because there is no more space. Now if we want two faucets to pour in the bottle, but only one can do it at a time, then it needs the faucets have to alternate when they are allowed to fill up the bottle. In computer-world this is milliseconds apart which we can never notice because it is too quick for us to even think or react to. It's like trying to watch a bullet fly through the air or a minigun's rotation of the barrels and trying to keep an eye on just one of them. It's just too quick for us to see. This does not mean we won't feel the effects of the network becoming 'too busy' which will lag up everything else that requires a network connection - like watching youtube while downloading a 50+ GB game. There will be lag somewhere.

[knighttime]

new volume (D:) capacity> 931.39GB free space> 931.18GB 100% free

windows (c:) capacity> 232.56 free space> 39.99 GB 17% free

this is why im wondering if i can download gta 5 without any problems. my specs^

i could be wrong but i THINK all my games are running off the c drive

[appleseedcarrot]

See this is the problem with people these days, everyone in my school just thinks they're experts at technology and all that crap. No filling up your hdd doesnt make your computer slower! Unless your filling it up with bloatware than is constantly running in the background, getting a game will not slow it down. If i were you id get a new hdd because you have no space and youll need more for the future.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Your C Drive is nearly full; but as long as you maintain roughly 10-15% free space then you should be fine.

Now that you have that 1TB HDD, you can move/migrate Steam Games from C over to D if you like. Steam Games have a move option in their properties.

[knighttime]

Originally posted by Bad_Motha:

Your C Drive is nearly full; but as long as you maintain roughly 10-15% free space then you should be fine.

Now that you have that 1TB HDD, you can move/migrate Steam Games from C over to D if you like. Steam Games have a move option in their properties.

so could i download gta 5 or is that to big? i really wanna play that game. bad motha i gave geeksquad permission to remote access my pc. it turns out the edge browser was fine. in any event, the agent, "defragged my hard drive to optimize it" should he have done that? im playing hitman 2016 and the fps seem to be a little lower (maybe its just me) could he have unintentionally messed something up? im not gonna bash geeksquad but, would it be in my computers best interest to stay away from them? get this, the agent said, to move steam games from c to d, i would have to visit my local geeksquad. lol

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Not unless you free up space on your SSD.
GTAV is approx 71GB

[knighttime]

Originally posted by Bad_Motha:

Not unless you free up space on your SSD.
GTAV is approx 71GB

when you get a chance would you tell me how to move my steam games from c over to d? or do i also have to free up space on my ssd?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

If Steam Games are majority of what's taking up so much space on C drive, then this should be rather easy.

Steam Client > Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folder
Create and then designate a Steam Library folder on D Drive.
Once done you always have those two locations on C and D drives to select from upon game install, or for moving. Once this is created and done, click OK out of the Steam Settings area.

Right click a game in Steam Library that is installed to C Drive, click Properties > go to Local Files at top, click Move. Select the Steam Library on D Drive. Wait until it completes.

Once you have approx 90-100 GB free on C Drive, that should leave you enough for GTAV, and also still enough free space for your OS and such.

[Devilangel]

Honestly I am surprised you didn't just have Steam download everything in your D drive from the beginning... A heck a lot more space there. Follow the advice from above to download your games into D drive and you should not have to worry about storage for a while.
I still have 1.51TB of space for my A drive and my C drive has 39.4GB.
My A drive have my games while C drive has a bunch of software + core software programs I need to have my computer functional.

[knighttime]

Originally posted by Bad_Motha:

If Steam Games are majority of what's taking up so much space on C drive, then this should be rather easy.

Steam Client > Settings > Downloads > Steam Library Folder
Create and then designate a Steam Library folder on D Drive.
Once done you always have those two locations on C and D drives to select from upon game install, or for moving. Once this is created and done, click OK out of the Steam Settings area.

Right click a game in Steam Library that is installed to C Drive, click Properties > go to Local Files at top, click Move. Select the Steam Library on D Drive. Wait until it completes.

Once you have approx 90-100 GB free on C Drive, that should leave you enough for GTAV, and also still enough free space for your OS and such.

i tried it says, "selected drive already has a steam library folder" "steam will manage multiple game installs in a single folder for you"

did i not do this right bad_motha? i thought i was

[Bad 💀 Motha]

So you have Steam Library Folders already on both C and D drives; then u should be fine to go ahead and move a game to D from within Steam.

[knighttime]

Originally posted by Bad_Motha:

So you have Steam Library Folders already on both C and D drives; then u should be fine to go ahead and move a game to D from within Steam.

are you saying that i can download gta 5 right now or are you saying there is work that needs to be done first? i followed your directions but that is what it told me. please dont get frustrated i just wanna solve this.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Ok go to Steam Library Folders in Steam Client; what is listed ?