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[m0r7if3r]

If you don't have like 5MB+ Internet connection it can take hours to download and install a game like Battlefield or Skyrim. I'd rather have the games ready to click and play than be in the mood for something, then realize it will take 45-90 minutes before it's ready to play.

My schema is pretty simple. Given, this is based around my gameplay habits, but it's what works for me. I keep some games to just mess around with on all the time (eg: Super Meat Boy, Frozen Synapse, Monaco, etc), these games are for the moments when I need to just kill time and feel like doing something largely mindless (where I don't need to keep track of a plot). These are basically static, they don't really get removed from the computer.

I also keep keep a few games that are my current fancy, for plot, etc. These games are generally removed shortly after I finish the plotline of them (unless they roll to another category). Right now that's stuff like Reus, Mirror's Edge, Fez, and Trine 2, but it's generally just whatever I got recently.

The final category of games that I have is games that I use to suck up spare time. This is stuff like Civ V, Men of War, and Godus where I stop playing when I realize I haven't eaten in about 12 hours. These stay on my computer constantly, and change occasionally.

From time to time I will go through my game list, evaluate what's on there, and remove anything I don't anticipate playing any time soon. When I decide I want to play through something, or play through something again, I just set it to install and get to it the next day. FWIW, I'm on the cheapest internet comcast will provide to my area...I'm definitely sub 1 megabyte/second.

Just how I do it

 

[NoRmAl GuY 41]

Exactly, Tyerker!!!

 

[Tyerker]

What I ended up doing with mine is I put Windows, drivers, browsers, and I believe 3-5 games on my SSD. The games I chose were based largely on the way that load times can impact the gameplay experience. So I put Skyrim, Planetside 2, DOTA 2, and Saints Row the Third on the SSD. The load times for online games, and for open world games, really enhance the experience. Then I put all my other games on my big drive. I have recently decided to use the Raptor for Linux. I used to put my high-end single-player games (Bioshock Infinite, Dark Souls, Ghost Recon Future Soldier, etc) on the Raptor, but now I just put almost everything on the big drive now.

 

[MongGrel]

Because it is. SSD's are leagues ahead of HDDs for performance and access times. They just aren't quite there yet for pricing, but they're WAY cheaper than they were say 4 years ago. My 2010 build using a 128GB SSD was 420 bucks. And well worth it. I could never go back. And you can get a Samsung 120GB 840 Evo for around 100 bucks now; so it's pretty hard to avoid the SSD craze. It's worth it.

Yep, I'd just been watching SSD prices since they came out, and finally bought a couple when they seemed dependable and dropped in price low enough to be feasable.

It's hard not to have at least one these days I'd say performance wise.

 

[NoRmAl GuY 41]

Hey guys, sorry for writing in this ancient post and writing a bit off topic, but here's my new build. I got 3000$ on a completely new PC so here it is... My beauty...I will call her "The ****" lol
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2ZSyq