I am about to upgrade my computer so it will be a serious gaming machine, instead of the quite boring office rig it is now. I already have some drives laying around, a Intel 520 series 240GB SSD and a Hitachi 5K3000 3TB I intent to use as OS and data drives. Is there anything I need to know about how to combine them or is it just as simple as keeping them separated as two drive letters and then point files to either drive depending on were I want to save data? What about my Steam library, should it be on the SSD or HDD, the SSD is quite big so there will be enough space for at least a few titles (Im just not sure if it would matter for in game performance) The machine will be: eVGA SuperNova 750 Watt G2 PSU ASUS Maximus Gene V MB Intel i5 3570K CPU 16GB GSkill RipJawsZ RAM Inno3D iChill Hercules Z Ultra Air Boss X4 GTX 970 Everything will be OCed above standart.
I would install the OS and steam/games on the SSD and then as you say direct all your storage to the HDD. Having your games on the SSD will definitely help with load times.
+1 Friend of mine has a newer pc than mine, but no ssd. My loading time of bf4 for example destroys his loading times
Very similar build to mine. (Check my sig) It will be even more similar when I get paid on the 20th as I will then be on the hunt for a 3570K.
