I have an SSD as my OS drive and HDD as a storage drive. If I setup any program to save downloaded files to my storage HDD (specifically the program Newsleecher for Usenet downloading) and allowing it to extract the downloaded rar files into the same storage HDD, would the files still "go through" the SSD before finally saving/extracting to the HDD?
Shouldn't be a problem. I also change the path of the download folder in windows explorer by right clicking the folder/properties & changing the path to the HDD. Then edit other programs to the new path.
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I've got a similar setup and I use Usenet and RAR files.
I use GrabIt rather than Newsleecher.
I download from Usenet to a mechanical hard drive.
Grabit puts my subscribed Usenet group caches on my SSD, but I don't think downloaded RAR files have any direct contact with my SSD. I use 7-zip to unzip the RAR files and 7-zip is installed on my SSD, so the SSD is involved in the extraction.
You've given me an idea--I might see what I can do to put the group caches on a mechanical drive.
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Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bitIntel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)none; graphics are integrated on CPU
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Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
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All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
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Pale Moon
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All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
Browser
Pale Moon
Other Info
All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
