I believe the theory of a full hard drive slowing down a computer would be more accurate on a standard hard drive, not an SSD. I think this test would have had better results without the SSD. Standard hard drives are more prone to speed issues from fragmentation due to the mechanical read head, and with more and more use over time, you're going to be filling up the drive, while at the same time fragmenting the hard drive over time. The hard drive will struggle to do the most basic tasks due to the fragmentation and trying to read files with the mechanical moving pieces. SSD's don't have that problem. Let me know what you think, I could be wrong.
Maybe if he used a spinning hard drive and the data is fragmented. The time for look up and write, would be significantly increased. Instead of the ssd table look up, which is all solid state.
Very interesting. We have all probably experienced slow down as there are so many variables. I am a self confessed hoarder and every time I upgrade my pc I carry over the old HDD and integrate it. I use my first 500gb HDD from my XP build and it it horrendously slow to start up any application. The smaller HDD were thrown out begrudgingly 😅
I thin the theory is more into running games rather than opening stuff. Like it will give you more fps drops etc since it uses a lot of temp files during a gaming session
what? of course harddrive free space won't affect anything. unless it's literally near 100% full and you're running into errors. thanks for testing anyway
Hello I like your videos and I know their is alot of videos already up on how to install windows10 on old pc but I would like to see your version of it as people have different ways of doing this so I would like to see your way if possible thanks in advance
Thank you! I have a video called "Gaming PC build guide for beginners". At the end of that video, I show a step-by-step guide on how to install Windows 10. I hope that helps.
You could induce a scenario where your SSD would be slower the more it's filled. It's just not realistic at all. I think this is because as computer and tech enthusiasts, we tend to overexaggerate small details
That's correct. If your drive is very filled, Windows will try to make sure your SSD has at least 1GB of space (by deleting temporary files). So I would recommend leaving 2GB or 3GB of storage space just to be on the safe side. Anyway, what you've said is correct, a full (or at least very close to full) SSD will not lose performance.
Hm. My parents iMac from 2015 has ground to a sluuuuuuugish speed, can’t figure out why. Drive is not even 10% full. But that amount consists of hundreds of thousands of tiny files. Scanned images, notes, mp3s, tiny downloaded images, PDFs, etc. Could the AMOUNT of files affect it? It takes forever to boot and open applications. But once an application is FINALLY open, it runs pretty smoothly.
It sounds like a program has been installed that is slowing down your computer and is running in the background from the moment the computer is started up. It could be many other things instead, but a particular program running in the background is a common cause for a computer slow down.
i have 2 8tb hdd. both new, same model. one has 3tb free space and it gets 185+mb read and write speed while the other one only has 1.5tb free space and it gets 165mb read and write speed. is filling up hdd space effects writing speed or did i just get worse batch on one of those? :(
I recently loaded an external hard drive up= it has 500 GB capacity and now it shows in the red, only 11 GB space left. Is this ok, can I leave it like this ?
I have 1 tb of hard disk and i have divided it into two equal drives and now my C drive has 246gb disk space available and D drive has 20gb available because i have installed tons of games on it and my computer is 3times slower than it was when i built it...!! Switching on takes about 1min (window loading and then 40-50sec black screen and then welcome and after that all the other stuffs take another 1min to load like all the pinned app near the search bar etc) it's really frustrating to wait about 3-5min and then properly use it😞
Hey Dave same thing applies to external hard drives? because my external drive has 50gb storage left and transfer speeds are slowed down and it heats up quickly too, this have something to do with storage space or any other issue? please let me know :)
If your external drive is a hard disk drive, it may slow down as it gets more filled with data. You could try defragmenting it which could help speed it up again. If it's a solid state drive, it won't slow down with 50GB of storage left. Try to keep it cool as the heat might be slowing it down.
My SSD most of the time only has 500 mb - 3 gb free, but my pc generally feels very slow and less responsive than it is after doing a fresh install. What causes this exactly?
The thing that will slow a computer down the most is programs that are running in the background. The more programs you have, the more likely it is that more programs will be running in the background and slowing down your computer. Often those programs can be disabled from running in the background without uninstalling them.
I bet it is backgrounds programs... Using your ssd. Steam downloads so fast that it uses 100% of your ssd to write the files on it, just pause a game update, most of the times my pc is slow it is steam or windows updating in the background.
It's best to have more room on the drive. Otherwise the same small part of the drive that's free will keep being used when files are moved around (by Windows in the background). If your 1TB is only used for storage and doesn't get used very often, then it's ok to leave it with just 12GB of space.
@@EasyPcRepairs i have a separate ssd for where my windows . The 1TB hdd is where all my games are installed. i only play at least 2 hours a day though . should i delete some games or is it okay to leave it like that? i appreciate the quick response thank you .
YESSS THE MOST RELAXING TECH VOICE EVER!
Better than linus' squeeky ass
@@Marcus-qf8if I find Linus' voice annoying
@@grinuts3866 yep especially when he does the CriNgY ad
@@Marcus-qf8if LMAO
U helped a lot,i built my first pc with your video,and im here to support you back!Never give up mate!
I appreciate the support... Thank you!
I was copying data from my 16GB drive to my 32GB drive. I found this really helpful.
At least game lag won’t be such a problem anymore.
How calmly this video started actually scared me
"and then I had to beat them to death with their own shoes..."
why does this man's voice sound like gentle guitar playing
it is very good
Great information...
And I felt like I'm listening to a guided meditation, your voice is extremely calm
Thank you!
I believe the theory of a full hard drive slowing down a computer would be more accurate on a standard hard drive, not an SSD. I think this test would have had better results without the SSD. Standard hard drives are more prone to speed issues from fragmentation due to the mechanical read head, and with more and more use over time, you're going to be filling up the drive, while at the same time fragmenting the hard drive over time. The hard drive will struggle to do the most basic tasks due to the fragmentation and trying to read files with the mechanical moving pieces. SSD's don't have that problem. Let me know what you think, I could be wrong.
You're correct. This video was a test for SSDs, but like you've said, hard disk drives do slow down as they become more filled with data.
@@EasyPcRepairs I had my SSD for months now, and it said 0 bytes free of 118 GB. Now my PC is slow.
0:21 That's not a hard drive bro, that's an SSD
the answer is no
The voice is tickling my inner ear.
Well he is british so
Great info, really turns conventional wisdom on its head!
Maybe if he used a spinning hard drive and the data is fragmented. The time for look up and write, would be significantly increased. Instead of the ssd table look up, which is all solid state.
Very interesting. We have all probably experienced slow down as there are so many variables. I am a self confessed hoarder and every time I upgrade my pc I carry over the old HDD and integrate it. I use my first 500gb HDD from my XP build and it it horrendously slow to start up any application. The smaller HDD were thrown out begrudgingly 😅
I keep some of the old hard drives myself. I'm sure I have an old 40GB HDD lying around somewhere!
i'm building a pc now and when i finish i will continue using my 2009 HDDs 😂
Nice and to the point ... Love such UA-camrs, who don't sound dramatic always
my ready for screaming intro: *COVERS EARS*
the video : hai
This is why no one should think anything is true without proof xD I knew this was such a baseless myth lol
The best ssd info i found.
Is he a dubbing actor?
His voice reminds me the announcements in airports and flight cabin ...
question finally answered thanks
I thin the theory is more into running games rather than opening stuff. Like it will give you more fps drops etc since it uses a lot of temp files during a gaming session
"the hard drive I am using for this test is a ssd"
Was thinking exactly the same thing and this is the only comment I saw mentioning it 🤔
unintentional asmr
exactly what am looking for...thank you sir
Happy to help!
great video but i wished you would've done it on a hdd as opposed to an ssd
what? of course harddrive free space won't affect anything. unless it's literally near 100% full and you're running into errors.
thanks for testing anyway
No problem!
Hello I like your videos and I know their is alot of videos already up on how to install windows10 on old pc but I would like to see your version of it as people have different ways of doing this so I would like to see your way if possible thanks in advance
Thank you! I have a video called "Gaming PC build guide for beginners". At the end of that video, I show a step-by-step guide on how to install Windows 10. I hope that helps.
Dam those computer geeks who told me "ohhhh dont use up all the storage because it's going to slow down your ssd." Thanks for clearing the air.
No problem!
thats apply for HDD,
SSD are faster and have no problem with storage full
You could induce a scenario where your SSD would be slower the more it's filled. It's just not realistic at all. I think this is because as computer and tech enthusiasts, we tend to overexaggerate small details
Damn I am getting concentrate in the video and keep getting distracted because of his voice 😂
it would be cool if you could tell me a bed time story, super chill voice lol, if u worked for audible i'd listen to it haha
It is an ssd not an hard drive!
Yes it does, I once filled it til it was red now my old laptop was laggy lmao
soo if i have an ssd with full memory storage i wont lose performance?
That's correct. If your drive is very filled, Windows will try to make sure your SSD has at least 1GB of space (by deleting temporary files). So I would recommend leaving 2GB or 3GB of storage space just to be on the safe side. Anyway, what you've said is correct, a full (or at least very close to full) SSD will not lose performance.
I was watching this like at 2:30am and instead of getting the answer on the video I fell asleep bcuz of your voice
Glad this helped you relax!
My hdd is so slow it takes around 7 minutes to boot and around 3 minutes to turn off
Wtf my HDD takes no more than 1 minute and it's 500GB 5900Rpm 8mb cache
@@doomdesire3460 maybe it is 100 GB used of 500GB
Hm. My parents iMac from 2015 has ground to a sluuuuuuugish speed, can’t figure out why. Drive is not even 10% full. But that amount consists of hundreds of thousands of tiny files. Scanned images, notes, mp3s, tiny downloaded images, PDFs, etc. Could the AMOUNT of files affect it? It takes forever to boot and open applications. But once an application is FINALLY open, it runs pretty smoothly.
I ran disk utility and created a new user. New users are a bit faster but not as fast as the computer once was.
It sounds like a program has been installed that is slowing down your computer and is running in the background from the moment the computer is started up. It could be many other things instead, but a particular program running in the background is a common cause for a computer slow down.
Jesus christ.. not gonna make it thru 2 mins. Big ASMR vibes, eyes getting heavy 40 seconds in. 🤣
i have 2 8tb hdd. both new, same model. one has 3tb free space and it gets 185+mb read and write speed while the other one only has 1.5tb free space and it gets 165mb read and write speed. is filling up hdd space effects writing speed or did i just get worse batch on one of those? :(
Filling up a 'hard disk drive' can affect its read/write speeds. It's only SSDs that don't suffer from that problem.
I recently loaded an external hard drive up= it has 500 GB capacity and now it shows in the red, only 11 GB space left. Is this ok, can I leave it like this ?
Yes, it's ok to leave it like that.
I have 1 tb of hard disk and i have divided it into two equal drives and now my C drive has 246gb disk space available and D drive has 20gb available because i have installed tons of games on it and my computer is 3times slower than it was when i built it...!! Switching on takes about 1min (window loading and then 40-50sec black screen and then welcome and after that all the other stuffs take another 1min to load like all the pinned app near the search bar etc) it's really frustrating to wait about 3-5min and then properly use it😞
Use ssd for Os and playing games.
Hey Dave same thing applies to external hard drives? because my external drive has 50gb storage left and transfer speeds are slowed down and it heats up quickly too, this have something to do with storage space or any other issue? please let me know :)
If your external drive is a hard disk drive, it may slow down as it gets more filled with data. You could try defragmenting it which could help speed it up again. If it's a solid state drive, it won't slow down with 50GB of storage left. Try to keep it cool as the heat might be slowing it down.
@@EasyPcRepairs thanks
My SSD most of the time only has 500 mb - 3 gb free, but my pc generally feels very slow and less responsive than it is after doing a fresh install. What causes this exactly?
The thing that will slow a computer down the most is programs that are running in the background. The more programs you have, the more likely it is that more programs will be running in the background and slowing down your computer. Often those programs can be disabled from running in the background without uninstalling them.
I bet it is backgrounds programs... Using your ssd. Steam downloads so fast that it uses 100% of your ssd to write the files on it, just pause a game update, most of the times my pc is slow it is steam or windows updating in the background.
What to do get a 500gb ssd install ur games on there and get a hdd for things that u dont use often
Awesome
So calmm
i have a question im on a laptop and my C drive is full but i have an other D drive can i download games on the D drive
Yes. You just have to redirect where the games download to. After that, they will all go onto your D drive (unless you manually change it again).
you look like Arthur Wesely
hi, i have 1tb hdd and have 12gb left available storage. is it okay to leave it like that ?
It's best to have more room on the drive. Otherwise the same small part of the drive that's free will keep being used when files are moved around (by Windows in the background). If your 1TB is only used for storage and doesn't get used very often, then it's ok to leave it with just 12GB of space.
@@EasyPcRepairs i have a separate ssd for where my windows . The 1TB hdd is where all my games are installed. i only play at least 2 hours a day though . should i delete some games or is it okay to leave it like that? i appreciate the quick response thank you .
It would be best to delete a game or two to make some more room on your 1TB hdd. Making more room will prolong the life of the drive.
is this also the same with an SSD without a hard drive?
Yes, an SSD will stay fast on its own.
Okay thanks very much :)
@@EasyPcRepairs No, I filled my SSD at 99.999% and it is so slow That it takes 2 hours to boot.
Can it be said for Hard disk drive too??
The mechanical hard disk drives tend to slow down as they get filled with a lot of data.
what an awkward monitor for such a pc !
If your low on storage you lag more
Does it affect fps ?
OMG what did he say? I think I fell asleep listening to him