agrasyuk Posted December 16, 2015 Posted December 16, 2015 Hi Guys, i'm building a dedicated flight sim PC. stopped by Microcenter last night and picked up i5 6600K and a suitable MB. i will be staying with DDR3, have 16GB of RAM allocated for the build already. aside of the usual combo discount MC also had a 10$ off coupon towards SSD which i used to get another 256gb 850 evo. originally i planned on using 128GB Crucial M4 i already had as sole drive for both OS and DCS. that duty will be relegated to the new evo and now I have a spare drive. a question: do you think having OS and DCS on separate drives will be of benefit at all? thanks! Anton. My pit build thread . Simple and cheap UFC project
dburne Posted December 16, 2015 Posted December 16, 2015 Probably not as much as it used to be if any , especially with SSD's. In any event, I always recommend installing outside of the program files folder if installed on the C drive. Sometimes windows gets into some crazy permissions things inside that folder. Having said that, I do have two SSD's - one for my OS and programs, and another dedicated for games and DCS. DCS runs splendidly on my system. Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero|
cichlidfan Posted December 16, 2015 Posted December 16, 2015 (edited) I had DCS on my SSD with Windows back in 2011 and it did not seem to create an issue. However, since then I have kept my OS on a separate drive in my flight sim machine. EDIT: Of course, back then, DCS ran quite well on my i7-2600K and a GTX 560ti. :) Edited December 16, 2015 by cichlidfan ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
Cibit Posted December 16, 2015 Posted December 16, 2015 I have had it both ways. No noticable difference in load times Etc. I do however like my DCS install seperate and to this end get my 3rd SSD for Christmas fingers crossed :) i5 8600k@5.2Ghz, Asus Prime A Z370, 32Gb DDR4 3000, GTX1080 SC, Oculus Rift CV1, Modded TM Warthog Modded X52 Collective, Jetseat, W10 Pro 64 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Adding JTAC Guide //My Vid's//229th AHB
cichlidfan Posted December 16, 2015 Posted December 16, 2015 ... to this end get my 3rd SSD for Christmas fingers crossed :) If you are unsure of whether you have been a good boy or not, you probably haven't. ;) :santa: ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
agrasyuk Posted December 17, 2015 Author Posted December 17, 2015 thank you for the input guys i was also leaning towards "absolutley no gain. use 2 anyways" :) Anton. My pit build thread . Simple and cheap UFC project
cichlidfan Posted December 17, 2015 Posted December 17, 2015 thank you for the input guys i was also leaning towards "absolutley no gain. use 2 anyways" :) That pretty much describes the path I took. :) ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero, i7-6700K, Noctua NH-D14 Cooler, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2133, Samsung 950 Pro NVMe 256GB, Samsung EVO 250GB & 500GB SSD, 2TB Caviar Black, Zotac GTX 1080 AMP! Extreme 8GB, Corsair HX1000i, Phillips BDM4065UC 40" 4k monitor, VX2258 TouchScreen, TIR 5 w/ProClip, TM Warthog, VKB Gladiator Pro, Saitek X56, et. al., MFG Crosswind Pedals #1199, VolairSim Pit, Rift CV1 :thumbup:
Cibit Posted December 17, 2015 Posted December 17, 2015 If you are unsure of whether you have been a good boy or not, you probably haven't. ;) :santa: :D i5 8600k@5.2Ghz, Asus Prime A Z370, 32Gb DDR4 3000, GTX1080 SC, Oculus Rift CV1, Modded TM Warthog Modded X52 Collective, Jetseat, W10 Pro 64 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Adding JTAC Guide //My Vid's//229th AHB
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