SSD choices for Arma

[Rewindlabs 10]

I am thinking about picking this up for ArmA

Would it be possible to have ArmA do all of its caching on the drive without having to store my OS on it?

[Baff1 0]

I have mine as a secondry drive with just ArmA installed on it.

[cjph 0]

I used to run the OS and game off an HDD and the game addons from a Kingston SDD. Worked a treat til it went wonky with a flat 3mb/s for all reads and writes.

cj

[EDcase 87]

Yes, it is possible and beneficial to install ARMA on a SSD. (You should uninstall and reinstall rather than move an existing installation)

The Windows cache should still be on HDD I think.

As for that one. I suggest looking at several reviews to make sure the transfer rates are good. SSD's do vary in performance so make sure to get a good one.

I have the OCZ Vertex 30Gb which works well enough tho there are faster ones now.

[5133p39 16]

I have installed ArmA on OCZ Revo 120GB for PCIe, and i am very happy with it.

It's not exactly the cheapest choice, but it was worth the money.

And i will definitely buy another one for the OS (but i want to upgrade my computer first, so the new SSD will have to wait).

[jerryhopper 286]

OCZ Vertex2, 120GB ( faster write speeds than the Intel competitors. )

i run my OS, ArmA & Adobe master collection on it.

... All i need now is a 8GHz cpu ;)

Edited October 27, 2010 by jerryhopper

[Pyronick 21]

OCZ Vertex2, 120GB ( faster write speeds than the Intel competitors. )

i run my OS, ArmA & Adobe master collection on it.

... All i need now is a 8GHz cpu ;)

Yeah, I was looking for one of those things. But I want a SAS 6G variant, and I still need a SAS 6G controller which aren't easy to come by. :(

But I assume SATA already satisfies your needs?

[dmarkwick 261]

Yes, it is possible and beneficial to install ARMA on a SSD. (You should uninstall and reinstall rather than move an existing installation)

The Windows cache should still be on HDD I think.

Is there a reason for an uninstall/reinstall rather than a manual move?

[kklownboy 43]

its easier, unless you know how to change the paths and some reg stuff.

[MrBump 10]

its easier, unless you know how to change the paths and some reg stuff.

Use a program like Application Mover, moved Arma 2 over to my Vertex 2 today, no issues.

[bangtail 0]

OCZ's Sandforce based drives are excellent (Agility 2, Vertex 2 etc), as are Crucial's C300s.

[MrBump 10]

OCZ's Sandforce based drives are excellent (Agility 2, Vertex 2 etc), as are Crucial's C300s.

Yeah cause they don't slow with age it seems.

[bangtail 0]

Yeah cause they don't slow with age it seems.

They will eventually but long after they find their way into a landfill or tech museum :D

Edited October 30, 2010 by BangTail

[dmarkwick 261]

its easier, unless you know how to change the paths and some reg stuff.

Ah, OK, 'cos that's what I did :) I went digging about in the registry & changed the paths :D

Works fine so far.

[nuxil 2]

i have 2 Crucial C300 in raid 0.

i dont regret 1 second on getting them. after putting the os & arma on thouse ssd disk it was like a new computer.

and DO NOT PUT THE PAGEFILE ON THE SSD DISK. you will kill them. or a more presice way. ther lifespan will drastically reduce

[Baff1 0]

I'm pretty sure the same is true of whatever drive you put it on.

[nuxil 2]

I'm pretty sure the same is true of whatever drive you put it on.

umm. well all disk will die eventually

the ssd drastically reduces its w/r speed much much faster than a hdd, if you put the pagefile there.

well i learned the hard way.

im not doing the same mistake with thise disks.