How To Choose The Best Storage For Your Gaming Computer

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As a dedicated gamer, you are probably all too aware of the importance of having extra storage on your computer, and if you are in the market for extra storage then you need to be looking at purchasing an SSD storage solution. The best quality SSD’s have the ability to read hefty amounts of data at a rate that exceeds 500MB per second, as well as the ability to write in excess of 300 MB per second. Top speed for accessing random data is an impressive .1 milliseconds. The advantages of having an SSD can not be over emphasised, and as a competitive gamer, you will notice just how much easier things become.

Of course, with SSD technology, comes the price tag, and a good quality SSD will cost you a lot more money than a standard hard drive. When you come to buy your SSD, you need to understand that there are a few things you are going to need to look out for, and this should help you to get the very best gaming experience that you can out of your computer.

HDD or SSD for Gamers

To begin with, you need to look at the amount of storage you can afford and if you have the funds, you should make sure that you can get enough storage for all your gaming needs. As a minimum I would suggest that you try and aim for a storage capacity of 250GB for your solid state drive, which should give you more than enough storage for your games. One of the advantages that solid state drives have over mechanical devices is that they do not require defragmenting, however, just like a hard-drive, if you use up all of the storage space, they will run slower, and this is down to how the data gets written on the drive. This was a big problem with the first generation SSD’s, however, newer models have an algorithm that helps to remove unwanted sections of data when it is idle.

All modern day SSD’s will have TRIM support. This is a command prompt that can be found in PC’s that are running Windows 7 and higher. This command is the one that alerts the SSD’s onboard rubbish collection algorithm to the sectors that have been removed at the OS level. This allows the SSD’s rubbish collection algorithm to remove these items during the SSD’s idle times. If you are planning on adding an SSD to an existing PC, then you should be looking at the possibility of buying a fast SSD and installing the Windows operating system on to it. As well as reinstalling all of the programs that you use the most, this is preferable to buying a slower caching SSD, which although will be cheaper, the difference in price is negligible.

If you are looking at building a new computer from scratch, one that is primarily going to be used for PC gaming, then you are going to need to buy at least one 250GB, although two would be preferable. As you can see, there are a number of variables when it comes to buying an SSD that is going to enhance your computer gaming experience. The best thing you can do is to take your time, do some research and try to find the best deal you can on an SSD that is going to offer you good speed and a high amount of storage space. That way you can play the very latest in high quality games that will not suffer from lack of processor speed and storage.

 

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