/3/ - i dont know how computers work and i dont know if - 3DCG

Anonymous

09/06/19(Fri)03:19:15 No.698158

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Anonymous 09/06/19(Fri)03:19:15 No.698158 Archived

i dont know how computers work
and i dont know if i have been shooting myself in the foot for the past few years or not

Anyway, I'v had an ssd for a while but its not huge, only 128gigs. I use it for program installs and windows stuff.
All my assets, textures, work etc is saved in another drive, a HDD, because I simply can't afford an SSD big enough, all my assets and projects are over 1TB.

Anyway. To my point, should I actually have me program, like substance for example, installed in the same HDD or in the SSD?
Right now, they are in the SSD, but i notice loading in textures libraries and shit takes a fair bit of time and I can't help but think its cos they are on seperate drives.

Will I see better performance if I start installing my 3d applications on the same drive?
I know, ideally, everytihng would be on SSD but if I could I would. I'm just wondering if its better to have them on the same drive than just have the programs on the SSD..

Pls help

Anonymous
09/06/19(Fri)03:23:59 No.698159

Anonymous 09/06/19(Fri)03:23:59 No.698159

>>698158
It's such a non-issue that it doesn't matter.
Use the questions or discussions thread next time please.

Anonymous
09/06/19(Fri)03:34:12 No.698161

Anonymous 09/06/19(Fri)03:34:12 No.698161

>>698159
how is it a non issue?
i dont think the difference would be nelegible

also, i refuse to use the question thread, thats for blendlets

Anonymous
09/06/19(Fri)03:43:07 No.698162

Anonymous 09/06/19(Fri)03:43:07 No.698162

>>698161
It absolutely would be. You're only loading the shelf into memory once. Really RAM would be more helpful.

Anonymous
09/06/19(Fri)03:47:14 No.698163

Anonymous 09/06/19(Fri)03:47:14 No.698163

>>698158
It's better to have things spread out over multiple drives. RAID0

Anonymous
09/06/19(Fri)03:51:27 No.698164

Anonymous 09/06/19(Fri)03:51:27 No.698164

>>698158

ITT: No one knows wtf they're talking about

First off, /g/.

Second off, keep your program on the SSD. HDD takes forever to read and write, so if possible, try and keep references onto the SSD as well

Anonymous
09/06/19(Fri)03:51:49 No.698165

Anonymous 09/06/19(Fri)03:51:49 No.698165

>>698162
so its not a non issue, you answered my question
i should leave the installs on the SSD and not worry about having them on the same drive as my assets

Anonymous
09/06/19(Fri)03:53:27 No.698166

Anonymous 09/06/19(Fri)03:53:27 No.698166

>>698164
i didnt wanna go to /g/ and then get a bunch of replies from nerds that dont do at least do similar work
at least asking here im sure people have an answer
and i got one thanks anon

gonna have to just hold out till i can get abigger SSD

Anonymous
09/06/19(Fri)07:09:10 No.698188

Anonymous 09/06/19(Fri)07:09:10 No.698188

>>698158

Programs on the ssd. Are you using the latest version of the substance softwares as loading has improved. If the project file is on a hdd then of course loading will be longer. I have an m.2 ssd and loading can still take a while in substance if you use big textures or have a big library.