I recently got an SSD just for my games, but I'm not sure if I am using it properly. I copied all of my Sims games files from C:/ProgramFiles(X86)/Electronic Arts onto the SSD drive. I loaded the game...
There is supposed to be one cumulative ContantPatch.package folder in there, that's the actual patch. It doesn't get opened, it just sits there within the TS3\ContentPatch subfolder.