OldSarge Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 (edited) I recently found a Samsung NVMe 2TB 970 EVO Plus with a decent discount. Since I have too many titles to want to go uninstall and reinstall I just did a lift and shift and moved all the games over to the SSD and left a symbolic link (i.e. mklink) on the HDD pointing to the SSD. it works great! Where before, loading a large CM title would give me time to go grab a beer now it is almost all loaded before I can leave the room. This is probably the correct thread to add this. My copy of Win11 has started automatically bitlocking drives -- without asking! If you're using Win11 check to see if your drives are encrypted. If they are, be sure that you have a copy of the recovery key for each of your drives and store it in a safe location. Find Bitlocker Key Edited August 3 by OldSarge Added M$ link 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 43 minutes ago, Sunbather said: You definitively should, at least for the drive on which you want to install your system and some games. Be aware though that most games don't profit from it. On the NVMe I only install the CM games and the RPGs I am currently playing and where a LOT of loading is involved (*Elden Ring anyone?*). For most games, the difference between SATA and NVMe is negligible or not even measurable. If you play DCS (the flight simulator) a fast SSD makes even more of a difference. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 43 minutes ago, Sunbather said: You definitively should, at least for the drive on which you want to install your system and some games. Be aware though that most games don't profit from it. On the NVMe I only install the CM games and the RPGs I am currently playing and where a LOT of loading is involved (*Elden Ring anyone?*). For most games, the difference between SATA and NVMe is negligible or not even measurable. If you play DCS (the flight simulator) a fast SSD makes even more of a difference. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 43 minutes ago, Sunbather said: You definitively should, at least for the drive on which you want to install your system and some games. Be aware though that most games don't profit from it. On the NVMe I only install the CM games and the RPGs I am currently playing and where a LOT of loading is involved (*Elden Ring anyone?*). For most games, the difference between SATA and NVMe is negligible or not even measurable. If you play DCS (the flight simulator) a fast SSD makes even more of a difference. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 43 minutes ago, Sunbather said: You definitively should, at least for the drive on which you want to install your system and some games. Be aware though that most games don't profit from it. On the NVMe I only install the CM games and the RPGs I am currently playing and where a LOT of loading is involved (*Elden Ring anyone?*). For most games, the difference between SATA and NVMe is negligible or not even measurable. If you play DCS (the flight simulator) a fast SSD makes even more of a difference. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbather Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 On 8/3/2024 at 4:01 PM, Redwolf said: If you play DCS (the flight simulator) a fast SSD makes even more of a difference. Could you repeat that? I didn't quite get it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 On 8/4/2024 at 10:20 AM, Sunbather said: Could you repeat that? I didn't quite get it. DCS is a game that has very long loading times, and it gets much worse on storage that doesn't seek fast. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbather Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Redwolf said: DCS is a game that has very long loading times, and it gets much worse on storage that doesn't seek fast. It was a joke because you've posted the same response 4 times ; ) Happens to me, too, in this forum! Edited August 8 by Sunbather 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 On 8/4/2024 at 3:20 PM, Sunbather said: Could you repeat that? I didn't quite get it. . I shall cry laughing only once. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 1 hour ago, Sunbather said: It was a joke because you've posted the same response 4 times ; ) Happens to me, too, in this forum! Oh. Forum glitch. Didn't notice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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