how much storage for games

[leonardmartin29]

so i just built a new pc (except for gpu because of rtx3000 stock) but this post is about storage i bought a 1tb samsung 970 evo plus thinking that would be enough to get a few games installed but now im seeing games are like 100-250 gb each holy sweet mercy. as a secondary drive should i buy another nvme m.2 drive whether 1tb or 2tb or is the speed of a ssd quick enough for game storage. 

[Orange1]

2 minutes ago, leonardmartin29 said:

100-250 gb

That seems like a lot, I play games on Steam and havent seen a game like that, but there would be the rare one pretty big. 1tb hdd's are cheap.

[Levent]

I find regular sata SSDs enough for games, heck even windows. If you have spare PCIE lanes, nvme would be better. If you dont, you can always RAID0 your sata ssds (considering games dont usually need extremely high IOPS).

[bellabichon]

A decent SATA SSD is definitely fast enough for a game drive. Hell, even a 7200RPM hard drive (with a decent sized cache) will work fine as a game drive. I'm not sure you'd need another 2TB of storage though. There are some games, like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which do take up more than 200GB of space, but most games are still in the sub-100GB range. 

[leonardmartin29]

12 hours ago, Levent said:

I find regular sata SSDs enough for games, heck even windows. If you have spare PCIE lanes, nvme would be better. If you dont, you can always RAID0 your sata ssds.

i have a 10850k with a asus tuf z490 plus wifi (it has dual m.2 slots) 

[leonardmartin29]

12 hours ago, Orange1 said:

That seems like a lot, I play games on Steam and havent seen a game like that, but there would be the rare one pretty big. 1tb hdd's are cheap.

WOW starts at 100gb, call of duty modern warfare is 252 gb

[leonardmartin29]

12 hours ago, bellabichon said:

A decent SATA SSD is definitely fast enough for a game drive. Hell, even a 7200RPM hard drive (with a decent sized cache) will work fine as a game drive. I'm not sure you'd need another 2TB of storage though. There are some games, like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, which do take up more than 200GB of space, but most games are still in the sub-100GB range. 

so would a samsung 860 2 tb be "good enough" i want some wiggle room as it will also be used for movies

[bellabichon]

2 minutes ago, leonardmartin29 said:

so would a samsung 860 2 tb be "good enough" i want some wiggle room as it will also be used for movies

If I understand you correctly that your OS is installed on a separate drive, then that would definitely work. 2TB is tons of space, so you'd be good for a long while. 

[dizmo]

You're the only person that can figure out how much storage you should be getting, as you're the only person who's going to know what you're entire game library is like and how much extra stuff you plan to store on it. Go through, do the calculation, factor in some extra for future games (using the assumption that they too will be high in storage requirements, if you're going for AAA titles) and buy that.

 

3 minutes ago, leonardmartin29 said:

so would a samsung 860 2 tb be "good enough" i want some wiggle room as it will also be used for movies

Movies should really be stored on an HDD, as they don't even really benefit from even SSD storage.

[leonardmartin29]

12 hours ago, bellabichon said:

If I understand you correctly that your OS is installed on a separate drive, then that would definitely work. 2TB is tons of space, so you'd be good for a long while. 

yes i have a 1tb samsung 970 evo plus nvme drive which windows is installed on and currently some games but i am quickly running out of space just with a few games

[leonardmartin29]

12 hours ago, dizmo said:

You're the only person that can figure out how much storage you should be getting, as you're the only person who's going to know what you're entire game library is like and how much extra stuff you plan to store on it. Go through, do the calculation, factor in some extra for future games (using the assumption that they too will be high in storage requirements, if you're going for AAA titles) and buy that.

 

Movies should really be stored on an HDD, as they don't even really benefit from even SSD storage.

i am avoiding a hdd all together i dont mind spending the extra so i dont have to install a hdd cage in my case looks far to ugly. i would rather a nvme drive based on looks but i think it would just be used as ssd speeds with my mobo and cpu config. 10850k asus tuf z490 plus wifi motherboard. if its gonna run at ssd speeds then i might as well get a ssd. which means just another 2 cables ugh gross cables luckly the phanteks p600s has ssd drive sleds behind motherboard on the back so cables are hidden still ugly 

[TheBahrbarian]

A sata SSD should be enough. Personally I find a 7200 rpm hard drive plenty for most games. I use my m.2 for windows and games that typically have long load times/screens, and everything else is find on a HDD. As far as amount, that's totally up to you. I have a 1tb NVME and 2tb HDD and thats been enough for a while. 

 

21 minutes ago, Orange1 said:

That seems like a lot, I play games on Steam and havent seen a game like that, but there would be the rare one pretty big. 1tb hdd's are cheap.

Games these days are definitely getting bigger. RDR2 is 120gb+, Rainbow Six Siege is almost 90gb, Dirt Rally 2.0 is 112gb, my entire steam library of about 30 games is about 1tb.

 

[dizmo]

10 minutes ago, leonardmartin29 said:

i am avoiding a hdd all together i dont mind spending the extra so i dont have to install a hdd cage in my case looks far to ugly. i would rather a nvme drive based on looks but i think it would just be used as ssd speeds with my mobo and cpu config. 10850k asus tuf z490 plus wifi motherboard. if its gonna run at ssd speeds then i might as well get a ssd. which means just another 2 cables ugh gross cables luckly the phanteks p600s has ssd drive sleds behind motherboard on the back so cables are hidden still ugly 

Seems like a waste, you must not download too many movies. I have an external HDD for my media, and I have to upgrade it this year to a 4TB unit.

I think you mean m.2 drive; you can also get SATA drives in m.2, which would be cheaper.

You can also get 2.5" HDDs that will fit into the sleds on the back of the motherboard tray.

[leonardmartin29]

12 hours ago, dizmo said:

Seems like a waste, you must not download too many movies. I have an external HDD for my media, and I have to upgrade it this year to a 4TB unit.

I think you mean m.2 drive; you can also get SATA drives in m.2, which would be cheaper.

You can also get 2.5" HDDs that will fit into the sleds on the back of the motherboard tray.

right now i only have about 200gb of movies/ tv shows when im done watching them i delete them. 

[Orange1]

3 hours ago, TheBahrbarian said:

Games these days are definitely getting bigger.

Hard drive are getting cheaper to.

[SavageNeo]

1-2tb sata ssd/ sata m.2ssd (if you do nto liek cables)

 

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2-4tb HDD for movies