I know quite a few of you have added SSD's to your computers and I need some help in understanding what advantage they provide. I understand that due to the flash memory, the installed OS will load faster but I'm more concerned about will it increasing the processing capability of an open program.

Currently, I use two 7200 rpm black WD hard drives. Following the advice of many of you here on the forum, I have my data files (midi files, completed songs, temp files, Sampletank / Kontakt samples, audio, etc) on one drive and my programs on the other.

If I install a SSD and load my OS and programs on that, I wouldn't think it would have any effect on pulling in the data faster from the data drive...would it?

If hard drives are the bottle-neck these days, would my songs regenerate faster in BIAB / RB? Would latency from VSTi's be reduced? Could I run at reduced buffers?

So, the bottom line question is: do SSD's allow programs to load faster or will they allow programs to run faster when data is load on another drive?

If all that an SSD would do is to startup and shut down my system faster, I can live without it, but if it processes data faster, that would be an interest.

What are your thoughts?

Jeff

Win11, Intel i7 7700K 4.2Ghz, 32Gb RAM, 2x1Tb HD, 500Gb NVMe, BIAB/RB 2025, MOTU 828MK3 audio, MOTU Midi Express, Yamaha Montage 7, DX7II, TX802, Motif XS Rack, Roland Fantom XR Rack, Oberheim Matrix 1000, VoiceLive3 Extreme, Kontakt 6, SampleTank 4.3