Getting New Computer

[Raven1606688515]

I read here on the forums that a lot people have the OS on a C: Drive and put DCS on D: Drive.

 

My question is do you put your Hotas and TrackIR on C or D drive or does it matter?

 

Thanks for any help on this matter.

[dburne]

It really does not matter.

I put mine on C, but I do NOT put in the program files folder.

I put like my joystick software in C://Thrustmaster, or C://Virpil, etc.

[Guppy]

Raven - based on the way your question is worded it leads me to believe you may not fully understand what you're asking and why. That sounds abrasive, but I do not mean it to be - I want to help.

 

Typically people have a Solid State Drive (SSD) as their "C" Drive (you name name it whatever what windows installs). This is a faster and more dependable storage device and allows windows to boot faster, etc. (Summarizing here). This drive is typically smaller IE: 100-500GB; usually 250GB.

 

Then people have a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) for storage and software. Typically 1TB,2.5TB,5+TB each. OR they may have multiple HDD for storage, a particularly demanding game on another SSD (seperate from the Operating system). Or a couple of games on that SSD.

 

The reason for this is because HDDs are super cheap and SSDs are far more expensive (but getting more reasonable). Additionally, it keeps your system files and install clean from clutter and use. You could just go for a large HDD and have everything on it, but that's sooo 2008.

 

I usually recommend the following, but if you're game/software heavy I'd suggest more storage:

1x SSD at 250 GB for Windows

1x HDD at 2.5TB for storage and software

 

Hopefully this helps ya... and if you already know all this then my apologies.

Edited July 12, 2018 by Guppy

[Raven1606688515]

Raven - based on the way your question is worded it leads me to believe you may not fully understand what you're asking and why. That sounds abrasive, but I do not mean it to be - I want to help.

 

Typically people have a Solid State Drive (SSD) as their "C" Drive (you name name it whatever what windows installs). This is a faster and more dependable storage device and allows windows to boot faster, etc. (Summarizing here). This drive is typically smaller IE: 100-500GB; usually 250GB.

 

Then people have a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) for storage and software. Typically 1TB,2.5TB,5+TB each. OR they may have multiple HDD for storage, a particularly demanding game on another SSD (seperate from the Operating system). Or a couple of games on that SSD.

 

The reason for this is because HDDs are super cheap and SSDs are far more expensive (but getting more reasonable). Additionally, it keeps your system files and install clean from clutter and use. You could just go for a large HDD and have everything on it, but that's sooo 2008.

 

I usually recommend the following, but if you're game/software heavy I'd suggest more storage:

1x SSD at 250 GB for Windows

1x HDD at 2.5TB for storage and software

 

Hopefully this helps ya... and if you already know all this then my apologies.

 

Thanks Guppy for your input. Yes, I should have mentioned what I will have.

1 x 1TB SSD for OS, 1 x 1TB SSD for DCS and 1 x 4TB external drive for storage and backup files.

[iKyrThraad993i]

I have my setup alittle different because I'm a OCD clean freak and its easier to deal with.

 

C: Windows 10 OS [1TB SSD] (Includes all programs, Gaming Software and Antivirus)

D: DCS World 2.5 [1TB SSD] (Only DCS World)

E: Storage [2TB HDD] (Includes my Windows 10 "/users" folder)

S: Steam Drive [1TB SSD] (Only Steam Program and Games)

 

 

 

This is personal preference but since I low speedy loads I put my OS,DCS and Steam games on my dedicated Solid State Drives. While I keep all storage on my 2TB HDD.

 

 

Any files that I have also are located on my Microsoft Account One Drive this includes images and documents.

[Raven1606688515]

I have my setup alittle different because I'm a OCD clean freak and its easier to deal with.

 

C: Windows 10 OS [1TB SSD] (Includes all programs, Gaming Software and Antivirus)

D: DCS World 2.5 [1TB SSD] (Only DCS World)

E: Storage [2TB HDD] (Includes my Windows 10 "/users" folder)

S: Steam Drive [1TB SSD] (Only Steam Program and Games)

 

 

 

This is personal preference but since I low speedy loads I put my OS,DCS and Steam games on my dedicated Solid State Drives. While I keep all storage on my 2TB HDD.

 

 

Any files that I have also are located on my Microsoft Account One Drive this includes images and documents.

 

Thanks iKyrThraad993i for your setup. This is what I had in mind also.

[Brewnix]

Just for 2 cents worth I have 3 ssd's

Windows 10 on one 223GB SSD "C:" drive.

Then in windows I spanned the other 2x223GB SSD's as one "F:" drive for 447GB