A new SSD hard drive and slave the old standard HD, should I put steamm on the new hd or leave it on the old HD?

[WombRipper]

I will install a SSD with a new OS and slave the old HD.
Do I leave steam on the old HD or move it to the SSD?

[tacoshy]

uhm what. slave on the old HDD? YOu mean you going to use it as secondary drive? Anway you should format the HDD to remove ever piece of the old OS not to conflict with each other and free up a lot of space.

[WombRipper]

oK, I am going to use it as a secondary drive, I'll put all programs on the new drive

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

for 'modern systems' (SATA only/no PATA motherboards), all drives are master, there are no slave drives, the primary drive is determined by boot order as set in the BIOS.

if you mean secondary drive, then it is your choice.
primary boot drive should be reliable and preferably fast (SSD or =>7200rpm HDD)

[[☥] - CJ -]

Many games are just fine on HDDs, only a select normally large open world games make use of an SSD.

So it depends on the game.

[Duck]

Originally posted by ☥ - CJ -:

Many games are just fine on HDDs, only a select normally large open world games make use of an SSD.

So it depends on the game.

Lol, what?

[[☥] - CJ -]

Originally posted by Duck:

Originally posted by ☥ - CJ -:

Many games are just fine on HDDs, only a select normally large open world games make use of an SSD.

So it depends on the game.

Lol, what?

If you dont understand what i said, do some research.
every single game does not require an SSD.

[𝔇ave]

Originally posted by ☥ - CJ -:

Originally posted by Duck:

Lol, what?

If you dont understand what i said, do some research.
every single game does not require an SSD.

this is true. open world games benefit greatly from an SSD. other games will benefit but they are completely fine running from a HDD.

[Duck]

Originally posted by ☥ - CJ -:

Originally posted by Duck:

Lol, what?

If you dont understand what i said, do some research.
every single game does not require an SSD.

A SSD greatly improves boot times for the OS, like a minute or two reduction, and decreases the loading times in almost every game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4zdft1HDbY

[_I_]

if the ssd has room for steam, install steam on the ssd, and a library on the hdd for larger games

open world games are better on ssd
along with some multiplayer games you need to load fast

[[☥] - CJ -]

Originally posted by Duck:

Originally posted by ☥ - CJ -:

If you dont understand what i said, do some research.
every single game does not require an SSD.

A SSD greatly improves boot times for the OS, like a minute or two reduction, and decreases the loading times in almost every game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4zdft1HDbY

We arent talking about the OS
The OP already stated he is putting the OS on the SSD, hes specifically asking what to do about games on the HDD.

Not every single game is going to benefit or make sense wasting space putting them on the SSD when the majority games are perfectly fine with modern day HDDs.

Its on a game by game basis for whats best on an SSD
Games such as the Battlefield series and the like are best on SSDs due to the size of the data and map transition times. Games that are smaller in size are perfectly fine on HDDs/SSHDs.

[pasa]

The games are fine on the HDD, at least most of them. In steam you can create several libraries and install games into which it suites.

As the file system supports links, you can even copy the content over and replace the folder with a link to the other location. Simple way to experiment whether you see actual difference.