This article was reprinted with permission from Superpower.com.
Did everyone find that the current price of SSDs has begun to fluctuate, although there is still no price at the time before it was the cheapest, but the current price is actually acceptable. The 256GB SATA SSD can now start from 400 to 600 yuan, and it is high-performance. PCI-E NVMe SSD is about 100 more expensive, and 512GB is more expensive. Basically, it costs more than 1,000 yuan. It is estimated that the price trend of SSD will be the same in the first half of this year. Hands-on.
Previously, as the price has been rising, the 128GB SSD is the choice of many people. The 128GB is not enough, but it is barely enough. Nowadays, one game requires more than 10G, and the system and software are installed on the 128GB SSD. After that you can plug one or two games into it.
Once the author's computer only has a 128GB disk, C disk is divided into 50G, and later the Windows folder and user folder is getting larger and larger, C drive is full, 128GB is not enough, so the next 500GB hard drive ... Really, it would be much better if it were replaced with a 256GB or 512GB SSD. Here's how to squander the storage space of these large-capacity SSDs.
First, the system and software must be installed on the SSD. If you have multiple SSDs, install the system software on the faster SSD. For example, if you have a SATA SSD and an M.2 NVMe SSD at the same time, install the system. In the M.2 SSD, the boot disk is also preferably placed on the same SSD as the system disk. This is especially true for those who originally used a mechanical hard disk. When installing the system, the original system disk is unplugged and the system is installed on the SSD. inside.
The system's virtual memory is set by default on the C drive. If you have less C drive space, you can move it to other drives. However, it is recommended that you put virtual memory in the SSD. This will increase the system's response speed. Hard disk is not suitable for such frequent read and write operations.
If you have Adobe software, you must set the temporary disk to the SSD. This needs to be edited in the Edit=”Preferences” temporary disk. The temporary disk is set in the SSD partition. This operation can be obvious. Improve the processing speed of the software. This is very obvious when saving large pictures or videos. The speed of the cache disk set in the HDD and the SSD is completely different. The SSD is much faster, but the PS and AE need to handle large files. The cache disk is also very large, this really needs a large capacity SSD.
Of course, the game has to be put in an SSD, especially for those games with poorly optimized and small files. The HDD usually needs to be loaded for more than 1 minute, and then you put it on the SSD and 10 seconds worth of estimates are loaded. The loading of various textures in the game is also much faster than HDD. It is not easy to see HDD speeds that are too slow to see those ultra-low resolution textures.
Therefore, the games that you often play must be placed inside SSDs. It is recommended to purchase those large-capacity M.2 SSDs or even PCI-E SSDs to store games. They can have strong capacities and large capacities. All games on the disk can enjoy SSDs. High speed.
Summarize how to make good use of large-capacity SSD:
1. The system and software are placed inside the SSD, and the boot partition is also placed inside the SSD;
2. The system's virtual memory is set in the SSD;
3. The software cache disk is set inside the SSD;
4. The game is also placed in the SSD;
5. Photo, music and video are not different in SSD and HDD. Please feel free to.
