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    Partitoning a 64GB SSD for boot + SRT?

    Hi guys

    I'm looking to build some time soonish, probably wont get a SSD just yet, not sure.

    Anyway, if I was to get a 64gb SSD, does anyone think it would make sense to shave off say.... 10 or 20GB and use that for SRT?

    I'm sure i can fit OS + antivirus etc onto 40GB (or less) once I disable hibernation and shrink the page file etc, so i guess my question is would leaving 20GB available to SRT be a wise investment of that precious SSD space? And also i presume there are no problems by partitioning it and using the two partitions in this way?

    system will be used almost entirely for gaming.

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    Re: Partitoning a 64GB SSD for boot + SRT?

    I personally wouldn't. 60GB is small enough to begin with......shaving anything off will be a real pain to work with.

    Also partitioning the drive like that you may find you get in a situation where very little of the flash cells are being changed - and the ones that are, are changing a lot - and then the drive will wear down unevenly.....basically killing it before it's time.
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    Re: Partitoning a 64GB SSD for boot + SRT?

    Quote Originally Posted by shaithis View Post
    Also partitioning the drive like that you may find you get in a situation where very little of the flash cells are being changed - and the ones that are, are changing a lot - and then the drive will wear down unevenly.....basically killing it before it's time.
    All modern drives avoid this. Wear is approximately even. They move data around to avoid this.

    To the OP. Inly bother doing that if you like making life unnecessarily complicated for yourself. Either use the whole drive as a cache or the whole drive as a boot drive. IMHO 64GB isn't enough anyway.
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