# Some SSD questions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-ssd-questions/670044>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 30, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-ssd-questions/670044 "2013-09-30T22:04:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-ssd-questions/670044/21 "2013-10-07T11:42:12Z")

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I have found my SSD to be really useful for my Adobe apps, not just startup but for handling large files. At least I assume it’s the SSD that is helping out. It may just be Win7, my GPU, or having a decent amount of RAM. Or all those combined.

I install all my Steam games on a regular drive, because it’s definitely the graphics card that matters the most there, and an SSD won’t have much impact.

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**Author:** ![yo\_han\_go](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yo_han_go/32/130_2.png) [@yo\_han\_go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yo_han_go)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-ssd-questions/670044/22 "2013-10-08T21:00:34Z")

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Access time is also a lot better than on HDD. If you are a gamer playing games with a lot of small crumbled files, can help a lot. Especially open versions of old strategic games load at a fraction of time and play smoother (Open General, Open TTD, Elite Clones, etc).

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