Steam installation in ssd sata or nvme m.2?

[Q]

Does it matter? i just bought new nvme m.2 an sn850x 2TB

so i just made a new steamlibrary in that nvme ssd but kept the steam installation, the steam files in my old 500gb Western Digital ssd Sata.

i assume game will take advantage of nvme m.2 speeds without being limited by steam which is operating from the old ssd sata, right? i really didn't want to move the entire Steam library (300gb) to new nvme.

so before installing more new titles i thought i should ask because if steam is crippled by staying in the old ssd well then i better move everyting to new nvme.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

For Steam, it wont matter.

And only some newer games really takes advantage of NVME speeds.

[_I_]

yea, either

make a steam library on the larger drive for games

[Q]

thx for the replies, i left steam in the old ssd and just installed new games in new ssd with new steam library, everything is running Ok.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

I run Steam Client from an HDD.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Phénomènes Mystiques:

I run Steam Client from an HDD. :csd2smile:

That's rather foolish. It slows down the entire Client, like running an OS off a HDD instead of SSD.

[ᶻ𝗓𐰁]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

For Steam, it wont matter.

And only some newer games really takes advantage of NVME speeds.

Is there a list?

[Lithurge]

Originally posted by ᶻ𝗓𐰁:

Is there a list?

The nearest you're likely to find is this https://steamdb.info/tech/SDK/DirectStorage/ but the reality is that you're really talking about a small difference in loading times. Maybe you can dig through google and find people who've done comparisons between 'SSD' and NVME but the majority do HDD to SSD.

[ᶻ𝗓𐰁]

Originally posted by Lithurge:

Originally posted by ᶻ𝗓𐰁:

Is there a list?

The nearest you're likely to find is this https://steamdb.info/tech/SDK/DirectStorage/ but the reality is that you're really talking about a small difference in loading times. Maybe you can dig through google and find people who've done comparisons between 'SSD' and NVME but the majority do HDD to SSD.

Thanks, that is a surprisingly small list. I guess I will have to move GTAV to my NVME.

[Kue8all]

OS, Steam etc on SATA ssd, games on an NVME

[ragnarok]

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

Originally posted by Phénomènes Mystiques:

I run Steam Client from an HDD. :csd2smile:

That's rather foolish. It slows down the entire Client, like running an OS off a HDD instead of SSD.

Some of us can make the HDD last WAY longer than average, and there's more than enough people in my neighborhood who make their PCs last all the way until something comes out that finally forces their hand.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

What does long lasting have to do with "My PC will always be slow when certain apps, especially the OS are installed onto a mechanical HDD"

It's not an opinion, it's simple facts.

No OS or installed apps should be on a HDD. except maybe smaller and/or older games perhaps; like making a Steam Library on a secondary HDD for such a purpose. And using HDDs for downloads and loose files. OS, Game Clients and majority of Games should be installed to an SSD. Game Clients like Steam are quite sluggish running off a HDD and that will enforce slow-downs on everything you do with the Steam Cleint.

[AmaiAmai]

Wherever you put it, keep it away from "Program Files" folder in Windows if you want a lot of headaches avoided.

It's NOT recommended that games be installed there, even by Microsoft. I have no idea why Steam continues to default install to that location or other ones that can be restricted based on security settings and cause issues with many games and their loading time (or block them from running).

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Steam and others default there because they leave it alone and don't change it; which means relying on the OS default, which is dictated to go into either Program Files or Program Files (X86) by WinOS in the Registry.

But why people "blind-click" when installing, instead of changing the install path is beyond me.

[Q]

i know how to change steam installation, steam has instructions to do that you just need to save the exe, the steamapps folder and another folder, erase the rest then move all that to different drive and when launching the exe steam will re-download all the other necessary files.

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/4BD4-4528-6B2E-8327


The following instructions are a simple way to move your Steam installation along with your games:

Exit the Steam client application.
Navigate to the Steam installation folder. The default installation location is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam
Delete all of the files and folders except the steamapps and userdata folders and steam.exe
Cut and paste the whole Steam folder to the new location, for example:
D:\Games\Steam\
Launch Steam and log into your account.

i've done that many times before but this time i didn't want to copy & paste like 300gb+ worth of installed games, some are mmos which i need to download again because for some games this method wont work. (first descendant, lord of the rings online etc) that's why i didn't move steam from my old ssd sata and i just made a new steam library in the nvme m.2 ssd.