Will an SSD make a difference?

[Anton_]

Title Will an SSD make a difference?

Launcher Type Curse App

Modpack Direwolf20 1.10

Modpack version Latest stable

Have you modified the pack? No

Link to log file

Details of the issue The game hangs frequently, with a lot of audible disk activity during the pauses.

I have C: as a puny 110Gb SSD (±12Gb free), and D: is a 1Tb HDD (±670Gb free).

Minecraft and related files are installed on D: drive. I'm playing DW20's latest modpack.

Question: Is it likely that there will be a worthwhile improvement in performance if I get another SSD, and migrate MC and the modpack onto that?

My rig:
Intel Core i5-4440 @ 3.10GHz
8Gb RAM
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Acer 2560x1440 @ 144Hz, with G_Sync.

Many thanks.

 

[Henry Link]

Money would be better spent on a RAM upgrade. Most of your disk activity is windows page out memory to the HD. 8GB of RAM is awful tight with 1.10.2 mod packs.

 

[Anton_]

Thanks Henry Link. Would 16Gb RAM do the trick?

 

[jikuja]

Total 16 GB should be ok. And for powerusers increase from 8 GB to 16 GB never hurts.