two ssd drives

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   If it was me I'd use one for the OS, and the other for FSX/Scenery/add-ons.
I'd also have a standard SATA drive for large data storage and other games/progams. 
Why would you need an additional sound card? One should be enough..  You get pretty acceptable sound with any on-board sound card these days, although some people like a separate sound card - can't say it's made very much difference for me to be honest.  The Asus Xonar sound cards get good reviews, but stay away from Creative X-Fi which seem to have driver issues.

Remember the main limiting factor with FSX is your CPU and GPU - with an SSD, FSX will load faster, but it won't necessarily translate to a performance increase in-cockpit.

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Slopey Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator in Command AirHauler Developer Joined: 11 Jun 2008 Points: 8280	Post Options Post Reply Quote Slopey Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: two ssd drives Posted: 24 Apr 2014 at 10:14pm
	If it was me I'd use one for the OS, and the other for FSX/Scenery/add-ons. I'd also have a standard SATA drive for large data storage and other games/progams. Why would you need an additional sound card? One should be enough.. You get pretty acceptable sound with any on-board sound card these days, although some people like a separate sound card - can't say it's made very much difference for me to be honest. The Asus Xonar sound cards get good reviews, but stay away from Creative X-Fi which seem to have driver issues. Remember the main limiting factor with FSX is your CPU and GPU - with an SSD, FSX will load faster, but it won't necessarily translate to a performance increase in-cockpit.
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	Hi - just want to know the best way to install FSX on Windows 7 Home Professional if I use two SSDs. Do I use one (both 250gb) for OS and FSX and the other for Scenery, Add-ons, etc.? Also, do I need an additional sound card?