the heat would probably be from SSD itself, i don't think changing OS would help much

i did suffered BSOD once in a blue moon, recent one being yesterday. from what i observed the heat usually felt on touch pad area where it was usually cool all the time (mSATA slot 2, where i placed my 'extra attachment' there). it BSOD then shutdown automatically, then i had to wait for my mSATA to cool off else i would not have any OS to boot with

as stated, BSOD happened 'once in a blue moon', probably due to my exploit over it's capability to run multiple virtual machines and assign each of them with heavy jobs.

as of yesterday's scenario, i got multiple youtube on my main windows, virtual box machine 1 running dev + 2 SQL servers processing and virtual box machine 2 doing all the heavy-duty por- i mean... 'documentaries' downloads (plz dun tell me boss about me exploit... )

perhaps hyper-dude can temper OS property to ensure SSD is a 'boot only'/ 'application only' area? relocating folders (downloads, documents, pictures) to normal HDD would offset and mitigate much of I/O off SSD, therefore reduce heat generated

hope it helps

owh, i see

must had mixed both of his issues up

it depends on formatting method la boss... if it's a quick format then should be ok since OS nowadays are really sophisticated compared to old times

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yo hyper,

that would means your SSD would probably be 128GB (or higher), seeing that WoW is roughly 26GB and GTA V is about 65GB, counting in OS would consume roughly 30GB

as for optimization, do consider SSD I/O usage as a primary concern.

when i claimed about how i had my SSD heated up is not without evidence: my main cache ('Temp'/ 'Tmp' folders) is still in C:\, and virtual machines were actively accessing the cache due to my laziness to keep the settings for '%USERPROFILE%' variable (accessible via registry editor) as shown below... hence the BSOD followed by a shutdown after i had managed to drive my mSATA to werk like a slave...



you might consider lower the usage by relocating few storage-based folders in the profile (My Music, Downloads, My picture) to HHD, as those would clunk up storage space.

SSD should not heat up so easily, as long as the usage is kept in manageable

drivers concern, it's better to use the provided installers to ensure compatibility; it's like the files that would run on Windows NT would probably have issues in windows 2000, or drivers that is compatible for windows 2000 would cause issues in XP, albeit mentioned OS are NT based.

in b4 'OMG CHING CHONG CHING CHONG!!! U MADE THE 1337 MACHINE INTO CINAPEK CLUNK OF METAL!!!'

if you install your windows in C:\ then your base directory (or root directory) is C:\. drivers and certain components are required to be at root directory in order to function correctly.

a quick hack to go about testing windows environment variable without visiting registry editor (plus all those security warnings and prompts while reaching there)

start menu -> key in "cmd" at the search bar -> key into the command prompt "echo _____" (fill in the blanks, without the double quotes)

it will write the correspondence file path out

some windows environment variables can be referred in link below
http://libertyboy.free.fr/computing/reference/envariables/

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right click 'my computer' and select property -> select 'Advance property' (on the left) -> 'advance' tab -> 'environment variables' button

take note that not all are covered in the list and, while changing some of the variables *may* offload work on C:\ (such as moving 'temp' folder to HDD), some are not recommended to change as it would screw up your OS

before doing any drastic changes, do spend some time to read and understand the consequences for each adjustments u made to offload SSD I/O