zazaboeing Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Hi all! I installed my P3d v3 on the same SSD the Windows10 is, and after many addons were installed I remembered somewhere down the road of my mind I have read someone mentioning NOT installing the sim on the same SSD the OS is. (can't find that post anymore) Any opinion on that? Should I recosinder reinstalling all over again, on my secondary SSD? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Banks Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I'm sure that you'll get lots of contradictory advice on this!! I installed my new P3Dv3 onto a new, dedicated SSD - but found that, like FSX, P3D spends a lot of time writing content (shaders etc.) to your *user* directory - on the system drive - effectively negating much of the advantage (I think!). My answer to that was to put in a small SSD and use Primocache to cache my system drive. I couldn't bear the thought of trying to reinstall a perfectly good Win7x64 onto an SSD proper. One major disadvantage I can think of is backups. Your P3D drive will grow and grow - and system drives can often go the same way (but maybe not so much). The two combined may mean massive backups but, again, maybe a decent utility (Acronis) could handle all that anyway. Adam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplane Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Another opinion.....I've done it both ways and see absolutely no difference at all. None, nada, zilch. I wouldn't do a reinstall. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlosb Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I was told that having both on the same drive reduces the life span of the ssd drive. I too is looking to have windows and p3d on one ssd........ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Not sure that the "limited writes" for SS D's is true, or an urban legend.. I know a highly skilled computer tech who tells me that you would have to fill and empty an SSD every day for many years to run out of writes.. I would sure like to hear of anyone "killing" an SSD in this way. That said, I have my OS on the C drive, and my sim on a raid array of two smaller SSD's and have had this setup for many years with no problems with the drives, and I have done literally dozens of re installs over said years. Teecee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplane Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 It's the writes to the SSD that causes the "life span" problem not the reads. It's true that all SSD drives have a limited life. But, so do HDD's. I agree with teecee's computer tech. Go ahead and put P3D on the SSD and don't worry about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlosb Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 So it's final I would put both windows and p3d on one ssd and don't worry about it [emoji16] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Just for the record I did not advocate that.. I spoke of the so called limited life of SSD's.. Given the option, I recommend keeping the OS on your C drive, and keeping the SSD's for the Sim. Teecee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplane Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 1 hour ago, marlosb said: So it's final I would put both windows and p3d on one ssd and don't worry about it Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Good choice. Enjoy it.....Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazaboeing Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 Thanks for all the replies! What I have actually are 2x 1Tb SSD's (identical). Both are quite empty (so far ) So I guess it doesn't matter, performance wise right? Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplane Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 That's right, it doesn't matter. - Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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