Distributing Steam Games

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Soon I'll be building my first computer, would it be possible to distribute specific Steam games between an ssd and a hdd. For example, would it be possible to have Arma 2 and a couple of others on the SSD and the rest of my steam library on the hdd?

Not too bothered about it, but if it's possible I might as well make use of the extra space on the ssd after installing windows.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-Technology-120GB-2-5-inch-Adapter/dp/B00A1ZTZOG/

http://www.ebuyer.com/193712-wd-1tb-black-desktop-drive-wd1002faex

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When you go to download a game on steam, it asks you where you want to install the game to. Just chose whichever drive you want it on.

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you will have to choose which hard drive to choose and that drive will be designated to pull its sources when needed. I say put steam on what drive have the most storage space. Again, that's just me.

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Related: I have an SSD boot drive and save all my steam games to a 1TB WD Blue. Every time I download a game I have to select the 1TB. Is there a way to select the 1TB as the default drive? It is a small annoyance.

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The default location is probably where the .exe is located. Installing steam t(the client itself) to the 1TB drive will probably do the trick

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That worked. I didn't even have to re download my games. Just told Steam where they were and I was good to go. 

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You can move the specific game folders to your SSD and create J-links to them.



I described how to do this in another thread to someone that wanted to move data off of an SSD because it was getting overcrowded.



https://teksyndicate.com/forum/hdds-ssds/how-do-i-transfer-installed-files/158326