is there any benefit to having the users folder on a separate drive?

My current build has the users folders moved to a separate drive (Y: ) from the boot drive due to the small SSD I could afford at the time (via a registry hack as described here: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/how...ia_storage_ssd). The documents, pics, vids, downloads, music folders are all kept on a separate drive still (Z: ) using the "move location" option in the folder properties.

Now I've bought a larger SSD I was wondering whether there is any reason to try and keep the user files on Y: remote. Presumably I'd get much more response from having them on the fast SSD C: than by offloading them onto the HDD. I would still keep the stuff on z: sitting over there to stop the HDD filling up with saved files. I'm talking about the stuff windows is (Apparently) using when it loads/runs programs' user settings etc.

Given the number of times I clear out the cache files, cookies etc (on browser close), would this adversely affect the SSD in terms of wear by having the temp internet and cookie/history folders on the SSD?

I Can't think of anything else in user files that I'd worry about having on C: versus a separate Y: drive. The Favourites folder maybe I could move to Z: for ease of back-up. And using mkdsk I could do a folder clone of desktop onto Z again for ease of back-up (or rather recovery if the SSD freezes up, as some folk report it might)

Anything else I should consider doing - want to get this thing rebuilt soon and see how fast this new SSD really is. (once I've nailed the radio intereference mentioned in another thread that is).

Absolutely nothing to worry about if you've got the space for them on the SSD - cache wipes etc. are small fry and nothing like enough load to decrease the lifespan of the drive - same thing applies to swap/pagefile - they are ideally suited to SSDs and shouldn't be put elsewhere. Also no specific need to move folders to different drives for back-up reasons - just select that folder as part of a selective back-up.

Might make it easier to reinstall the OS (if you have issues) with user configs separted from core OS but you could do that with a separate partition (e.g. your X: or Y: ) rather than a separate physical drive (unless you realy fear drive failure). Swap I would defo put on the SSD as it's what you'd want shortest read/write times on.

I use Linux so slightly different but the same broad principle applies and I have separate partitions for Swap, Root (OS & programs) and Home (user files and configs).

If you can, I'd stick everything on the SSD. Nothing to lose.