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Does moving your game folder break the installation/require a full reinstall?


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I'm thinking about buying a 960 EVO, if I want Fallout 4 on it would I have to reinstall   

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  1. 1. If I want to relocate my game installation, would it require me to do a full Reinstall?

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My system currently has a 500GB Samsung 850 EVO and a 2TB HDD for backup. I'm finding the SSD performance to be fantastic but as a Bethesda games fan who likes Fallout 4, Skyrim and Oblivion I'm having to take care to not run out of space, so I was thinking of buying another SSD. I'm finding it won't be feasible to also leave other big games like GTA V on the SSD. My motherboard has an m.2 slot so I am thinking of getting a 960 EVO either a 500GB or 1TB since I think Fallout 4 could stand to benefit even more from a faster SSD and the files size are a lot larger since my folder's at 125GB after 1 month(albeit I do have the 60GB HD DLC installed). My plan would be to relocate Fallout 4 to the newer SSD and leave my 850 EVO to be used by Skyrim/Oblivion/GTA V/a choice multiplayer game plus general usage like the modding programs and leave a good amount of headroom to allow max performance.

 

Would it break my install or cause big problems if I wanted to just move Fallout 4 to a different drive?

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my guess is yes, fresh installs will save dramas latter, moving/copying folder/games will bite you on the arse sooner or later, i run all my games on 1tb hdd and leave my ssd for system stuff, check your power suppy size before adding another drive

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my guess is yes, fresh installs will save dramas latter, moving/copying folder/games will bite you on the arse sooner or later, i run all my games on 1tb hdd and leave my ssd for system stuff, check your power suppy size before adding another drive

Can I just copy over the really big files like >1GB B2A's? Mainly I'm thinking I'd do this for the HD DLC(60GB total) & a few of the larger mods.

 

I'm using a 600W currently.

 

According to pcparts picker my build uses about 349W. I think it'd be borderline if I went SLI GTX 1080s as it said it would go up to 539W. Since the 1080's & i7 use a kind of dynamic clock where they'll up things a little for extra power, like the 1080 can go to 1.9/2 Ghz from the automatic boosting. This is without trying to do any regular overclocking and it happens automatically so technically it could kick in for a sec even on a game like Oblivion as it'll up the power a bit when it senses the current operation can benefit.

 

I'd bought a 750W originally but it arrived dead so I refunded it and just got a 600W since I didn't think SLI would be really worth it.

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