Which SSD?

[Taz1004]

Just ran some benchmark on my two SSD's and wondering which drive to install DCS.  I'm thinking the Samsung SSD is better to put DCS on since it handles larger files better but would like some second opinion.

Kingston M.2 already has DCS and that's why its free space is low.

 

Edited December 22, 2020 by Taz1004

[Beirut]

I bought the XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB NVME (just for Steam DCS, not my C drive) because it got good reviews that showed it to be close to the Samsung 970 in performance and reliability, but was considerably less expensive. 

 

I've also used the Samsung 860 SSD and they're great. Crucial MX500 SSD is almost as good but much cheaper and gets very good reviews. If I was going to clone a drive, I'd get the Samsung because their cloning software is excellent. Otherwise I'd get the Crucial, save the cash, and never notice the un-noticeable dip in performance.

Edited December 22, 2020 by Beirut

[Taz1004]

14 minutes ago, Beirut said:

I bought the XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB NVME (just for Steam DCS, not my C drive) because it got good reviews that showed it to be close to the Samsung 970 in performance and reliability, but was considerably less expensive. 

 

I've also used the Samsung 860 SSD and they're great. Crucial MX500 SSD is almost as good but much cheaper and gets very good reviews. If I was going to clone a drive, I'd get the Samsung because their cloning software is excellent. Otherwise I'd get the Crucial, save the cash, and never notice the un-noticeable dip in performance.

 

 

Thanks but I'm not buying new drive.  Those are the two SSD's I have.  And was asking which of the two are better for DCS.

[Bryn of BRA]

My DCS folder is 169GB and because SSDs and HDDs generally run faster when you have 100GB or so free I'd pick the 500GB 850 Evo. 
Depending on your folder size though you might want to think about deleting or moving some files to free up space.

[Taz1004]

1 hour ago, Bryn of BRA said:

My DCS folder is 169GB and because SSDs and HDDs generally run faster when you have 100GB or so free I'd pick the 500GB 850 Evo. 
Depending on your folder size though you might want to think about deleting or moving some files to free up space.

 

I was asking about the speed... not space.

Edited December 22, 2020 by Taz1004

[Beirut]

12 hours ago, Taz1004 said:

 

Thanks but I'm not buying new drive.  Those are the two SSD's I have.  And was asking which of the two are better for DCS.

 

Sorry, kinda noticed that later on. Sorry to drone on. 

 

Apparently the in-game difference between a good SSD and an NVME is pretty much un-noticeable. I used a NVME drive just because I was building a new rig and I figured an extra $30 for an NVME was worth it, even if it was just for the fun of it. Running the game on a good SSD that always has at least 20% empty space (or else it slows down I've heard) would be just fine.

[reece146]

I would look at it from a holistic point of view.

 

DCS beats the disk, Windows swap and OS beats the disk.

 

Of those two swap would be the most intense, large bulk transfers (potentially GBs at a time when swapping RAM).

 

I'd put Windows and the OS on one device, DCS on the other. Once booted the OS doesn't load much else in the grand scheme of things but swap is active.

 

Relative difference between what to put where - probably more along the lines of "bench racing" metrics at that point. That said, if it were me I'd be inclined to put the OS and swap on the smaller, faster of the two drives. You'll need the space for DCS.

$0.02

[BitMaster]

I'd move DCS to the Samsung drive and be done.

 

Apropos Adata...    read that article linked in that thread, you might get shocked

 

[javelina1]

2 hours ago, BitMaster said:

I'd move DCS to the Samsung drive and be done.

 

Apropos Adata...    read that article linked in that thread, you might get shocked

 

great article, thanks!  I've only purchased Samsung SSD's by default.  (Glad I did).