[rymax99]

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Btw, SATA is SSD right?

SATA is an interface.

In a perfect world, SSD's would be priced like HDD's, 1 TB for around $50, but that is simply not the case. In general, anything that requires faster than HDD speeds (usually around 100 MB/s) would benefit from a SSD. It's a simple principle, if something requires more performance than something can provide, then everything will slow down.

Back to the question - I would install my OS on the SSD, any reasonably sized programs that I frequently use/rely on such as a web browser and what not, maybe a few games if they're of a reasonable size, etc. You get the point. If you're recording to a HDD then yeah, it'd make sense to drop frames if the HDD can't keep up, but most 7200 RPM HDD's can maintain at LEAST 90 MB/s write speed. My WD black maintains around 130-140 MB/s sustained write speeds. You can try using one of the various disk benchmarking utilities out there to benchmark the drives in question - if one is too slow to record to, it's likely that there's a serious issue with it, I'd start by backing up any crucial data. Apart from replacing it, you can try switching the SATA wire, the SATA port it's using, etc.