questions: PT3 + new grind box

[RobertAdams]

hi,

1. i have two PT3 installations already: 1 on old desktop (not used at all anymore) and 1 on current laptop (hoping to keep this installation)
i'm getting a new grind box (desktop): can i install PT3 without any issues for the 3rd time on this new computer? if not, how do i solve situation? (i read somewhere that PT3 can only be installed on 2 computers simultaneously, not sure, pls confirm)

2. i'm getting a 1Tb HDD and a 180Gb SSD
noob question, what is the best setup: install operating system and PT3 on HDD, with PostgreSQL on SSD?
or does PT3 also have to be installed on SSD? pls tell me more if i've got wrong ideas

thx for a reply

[kraada]

(1) If you don't use the old machine anymore as in it never turns on you don't need to do anything - if you use it regularly just not for poker you should uninstall PT3 from it - but otherwise you won't have any problems; it's only the number of concurrent licenses that we worry about (and you are allowed up to two).

(2) You'll get the most bang for your buck in general by installing the OS on the SSD and using the HDD for storage. If you don't expect to have very large databases putting PostgreSQL on the SSD will provide a nice boost as well (expect to see import time cut roughly in half if the CPU is comparable, more if the CPU is going to be much better than what you have, reports will load considerably faster, etc). It may help you to know the rule of thumb for database size calculation: 1 million full ring hands = 10G on the disk. If you play 6 max it's 6G. With 180G of raw drive you'll probably have something like 150G or so of usable space after your installation and software is installed - so unless you're going for seriously multi-million hand databases you should be ok putting PostgreSQL on the SSD also. If you are going to make some really big databases you'll want to put it on the HDD anyway so that you have the extra space even if it ends up being a bit slower.