Joni Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Hi there! I have one SSD 250gb with windows 10 and DCS 1.5 on it, I was thinking about getting another SSD 250gb for DCS world 2 but I wanted to ask you if you think I will run short on space. Buying more than 250gb is a clear NO here in my country since more than 250gb are too expensive. So do you think a 250gb SSD will cover the future of DCS 2 and their maps? I dont even know how much the NTTR weights. Is there a chance of using both ssd for one DCS 2? Intel Core i5-8600k + Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO | Gigabyte GTX 1070 Aorus 8G | 32GB DDR4 Corsair Vengance LPX Black 3200MHz | Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 3 | WD Black SN750 NVMe 500GB | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB | WD Green 240GB | WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA 3 | WD Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 3 | EVGA 650 GQ 80+ Gold | Samsung CF391 Curved 32" | Corsair 400C | Steelseries Arctis 5 --- Razer Kraken X Lite | Logitech G305 | Redragon Dyaus 2 K509 | Xbox 360 | Saitek X-52 Pro | Thrustmaster TWCS | TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudel_chw Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 I have one SSD 250gb with windows 10 and DCS 1.5 on it, I was thinking about getting another SSD 250gb for DCS world 2 but I wanted to ask you if you think I will run short on space. You should do fine .. I've three different versions of DCS installed on a 256 GB SSD, with Nevada, Normandy and all planes ... the space used is: DCS 1.5.6; 33 GB DCS 1.5.7 Openbeta; 39 GB DCS 2.1 Openalpha; 78 GB You should also consider space for the Saved Games folders, with setups, missions, etc ... I'm currently using 4 GB for this. On separate folders I have my Mods (6 GB) and Liveries (16 GB) So, total space I use on DCS is 176 GB ... thus, you should be fine. Buying more than 250gb is a clear NO here in my country since more than 250gb are too expensive. same on mine :) Is there a chance of using both ssd for one DCS 2? Yes, you can split and put the DCS program files folder on one, and your Saved Games folder on the other. For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1 Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 Thanks amigo! Intel Core i5-8600k + Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO | Gigabyte GTX 1070 Aorus 8G | 32GB DDR4 Corsair Vengance LPX Black 3200MHz | Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 3 | WD Black SN750 NVMe 500GB | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB | WD Green 240GB | WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA 3 | WD Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 3 | EVGA 650 GQ 80+ Gold | Samsung CF391 Curved 32" | Corsair 400C | Steelseries Arctis 5 --- Razer Kraken X Lite | Logitech G305 | Redragon Dyaus 2 K509 | Xbox 360 | Saitek X-52 Pro | Thrustmaster TWCS | TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woolfe Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Hello! I have ssd size problems (currently only 5gb left), my DCS_updater_64bit folder is 24.6GB. Anyway to get rid/reduce the size of this. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 what is that folder you talk about? dont know it Intel Core i5-8600k + Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO | Gigabyte GTX 1070 Aorus 8G | 32GB DDR4 Corsair Vengance LPX Black 3200MHz | Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 3 | WD Black SN750 NVMe 500GB | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB | WD Green 240GB | WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA 3 | WD Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 3 | EVGA 650 GQ 80+ Gold | Samsung CF391 Curved 32" | Corsair 400C | Steelseries Arctis 5 --- Razer Kraken X Lite | Logitech G305 | Redragon Dyaus 2 K509 | Xbox 360 | Saitek X-52 Pro | Thrustmaster TWCS | TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woolfe Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Its sitting in my downloads folder? C:\Users\woolfe\Downloads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 ive never seen that folder, i dont have it and never did Intel Core i5-8600k + Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO | Gigabyte GTX 1070 Aorus 8G | 32GB DDR4 Corsair Vengance LPX Black 3200MHz | Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 3 | WD Black SN750 NVMe 500GB | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB | WD Green 240GB | WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA 3 | WD Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 3 | EVGA 650 GQ 80+ Gold | Samsung CF391 Curved 32" | Corsair 400C | Steelseries Arctis 5 --- Razer Kraken X Lite | Logitech G305 | Redragon Dyaus 2 K509 | Xbox 360 | Saitek X-52 Pro | Thrustmaster TWCS | TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-tk Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Or run two 120's in raid 0. Right now a few retailers are having sales on the 120 SanDisk ssds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 Dont know anything about raid Intel Core i5-8600k + Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO | Gigabyte GTX 1070 Aorus 8G | 32GB DDR4 Corsair Vengance LPX Black 3200MHz | Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 3 | WD Black SN750 NVMe 500GB | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB | WD Green 240GB | WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA 3 | WD Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 3 | EVGA 650 GQ 80+ Gold | Samsung CF391 Curved 32" | Corsair 400C | Steelseries Arctis 5 --- Razer Kraken X Lite | Logitech G305 | Redragon Dyaus 2 K509 | Xbox 360 | Saitek X-52 Pro | Thrustmaster TWCS | TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woolfe Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Moved the file and it did not affect the game so now have and extra 30gb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worrazen Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 (edited) I think it's not worth investing in a high quality SATA SSD anymore, let NVMe mature a bit and them move to that, for those that can afford. That's what I would do. I can't afford either at the time, but my past experience with DCS on my Win7 install was pretty bad for the past 2 years, testing it on a clean Win10 intall on surprisingly a single HDD got rid of 85% of stuttering, no more buggy mouse movement camera lag and other constant stuttering, it does stutter a big genuinely loading the assets when I speed up the gameplay that's totally acceptable as the stutter is only momentary and doesn't happen during normal gameplay. Also I'm not sure it's Win7-to-Win10 difference at all, it could just be the clean install without the mouse drivers. Edited August 13, 2017 by Worrazen Modules: A-10C I/II, F/A-18C, Mig-21Bis, M-2000C, AJS-37, Spitfire LF Mk. IX, P-47, FC3, SC, CA, WW2AP, CE2. Terrains: NTTR, Normandy, Persian Gulf, Syria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 I think it's not worth investing in a high quality SATA SSD anymore, let NVMe mature a bit and them move to that, for those that can afford. That's what I would do. I can't afford either at the time, but my past experience with DCS on my Win7 install was pretty bad for the past 2 years, testing it on a clean Win10 intall on surprisingly a single HDD got rid of 85% of stuttering, no more buggy mouse movement camera lag and other constant stuttering, it does stutter a big genuinely loading the assets when I speed up the gameplay that's totally acceptable as the stutter is only momentary and doesn't happen during normal gameplay. Also I'm not sure it's Win7-to-Win10 difference at all, it could just be the clean install without the mouse drivers. You are not alone. I also experienced that Dcs on an HDD works better and has less graphics stutter (loading stutter is obiously more). Intel Core i5-8600k + Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO | Gigabyte GTX 1070 Aorus 8G | 32GB DDR4 Corsair Vengance LPX Black 3200MHz | Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Gaming 3 | WD Black SN750 NVMe 500GB | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB | WD Green 240GB | WD Caviar Black 1TB SATA 3 | WD Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 3 | EVGA 650 GQ 80+ Gold | Samsung CF391 Curved 32" | Corsair 400C | Steelseries Arctis 5 --- Razer Kraken X Lite | Logitech G305 | Redragon Dyaus 2 K509 | Xbox 360 | Saitek X-52 Pro | Thrustmaster TWCS | TrackIR 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spetz Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 I've got my OS on an NVMe drive, off to full boot in 4 seconds, but only a 120gb drive. I have 1.5 and 2.1 installed on a 1Tb SATA 6Gb SSD and they load within seconds. From mission select to in cockpit, maybe 10-15 seconds? Zero stutter in game either. From my experience I would save the $$$ over a NVMe and just use a SATA SSD for DCS. I used to use a simple WD 7200rmp HDD which would take MUCH longer to load and have occasional stutters... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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