Short time is the sweet spot in gaming. From loading up with a first person shooter, an ever growing open world to take in or a delicate strategy game to monitor and manage, if your system isn’t working within your expectations it can make the difference between a great game and just that. Upgrading to a solid state drive (or SSD) is one of the biggest bangs for buck deals you can make to your game set up. Unlike a traditional hard disk drive (HDDs), you get immense performance gains for the SSD which equates to faster load times, less stutter and a nicer overall more enjoyable gaming experience. In this article, we will take a look at 5 key reasons SSDs are good for gaming, and how an upgrade from an HDD could be a gaming change.
1. Faster Load Times
A significant advantage of playing with SSD will always be the equivalent load time. In fact, SSDs are much faster than HDDs due to the spinning disks used for reading and writing data which can be painfully slow than the flash memory in SSDs.
Faster Game Launches: But given that SSDs shorten load times, games like open world games and AAA games are the most benefited. If you have an SSD then games will load far faster and you will have more time to play and less time to wait.
Reduced In-Game Loading Screens: SSUs don’t make much difference to loading times, but they do improve flow between zones in super large and ‘clever’ games where every subcomponent counts.
2. Improved In Game Performance and Responsiveness
For game performance and total responsiveness improved, that means.
Faster Data Access: SSD works much faster in read as well as write speed than HDD. As a result, all the assets, textures, and everything inside ‘game’ load quicker, resulting in smoother frame rates with no stuttering at all.
Reduced Frame Hitches and Stuttering: Stuttering or frame hitching is a problem in gaming because of its impact on performance and break it can give in immersion in a game. All of these problems are remedied by an SSD which makes data accessible to your game in a consistent, fast way.
Quicker In-Game Navigation: Almost instantly, levels and even the environments and menus load faster, resulting in a fast and responsive gaming cheek.
3. Better Boot Times, and an enhanced level of System Responsiveness
SSDs don’t just help speed up the time it takes your character to load into a game; they make the whole system faster.
Quicker Boot Times: You can make your games or a system installed on SSD to boot faster. Instead, it’ll eat less of your time waiting for your computer to start up and more of your time playing your favourite games.
Reduced Application Launch Times: SSDs’ fast read and write speeds help launch applications, browsers, background services, and do so faster, translation into faster application across the board.
Enhanced Multitasking Capabilities: So it makes the task more smooth by shrinking down system lag, and from that scale down SSD. You’ll be able to move, browse the web or game without any performance hits.
4. Durability and Reliability
Along with this, SSDs are also blessed with some other important benefit over traditional HDDs related to their durability and reliability.
Shock-Resistance: But the flash memory they use is different from HDD. Cons: Less vulnerable to physical shocks and vibrations (good thing for mobile gaming devices like laptops)
Reduced Heat and Noise: SSDs generate no noise and are far less ‘hot’ because they include no mechanical components. That means your gaming setup will be quieter and cooler for longer gaming sessions.
Conclusion
That sounds silly, but upgrading an SSD can be one of the best things you can upgrade when it comes to your gaming setup. SSDs also brings in system responsiveness and reliability, but gives us faster load times and better in game performance. No matter if you are playing an open world RPG, or FPS, or casual game, you will be playing better faster more immersive games. A good SSD will future proof your rig for years and also boost games you’re playing right now. If you ever want to game at 60 FPS or higher, you’re going to have to move to an SSD.