Space on NVME for OS

[TSM08]

I am going to have a nvme in my build with OS, but how many GBs do i need. Is 250GB enough or 500GB?

[AMD A10-9600P]

At least 256GB, 512GB is my preferred option for OS SSDs. You can get away with 256GB if you don't plan to store a lot on there aside from the OS.

[ObsidianAura]

1 minute ago, AMD A10-9600P said:

At least 256GB, 512GB is my preferred option for OS SSDs. You can get away with 256GB if you don't plan to store a lot on there aside from the OS.

Why do you need so much space on your system drive?

[Stahlmann]

If it's strictly for your OS only, you can get away with a 128GB drive. But if you want to install a few more apps on there you should go for a 250 or 500GB drive.

[AMD A10-9600P]

5 minutes ago, ObsidianAura said:

Why do you need so much space on your system drive?

Peace of mind; plus when talking about the OS drive, other things always get installed on there, especially if it's the only SSD in the system. Games and mass storage are typically the only things that most people offload to their additional drives, but things like browsers, music players and office suites generally stay on the OS drive.

 

But yes, you can get away with 128GB, if you know you won't be wanting much else on there, but I think even 256GB is cutting it a bit fine.

[aDoomGuy]

I've used a 128 GB SSD as a system drive and it will do it's job however it will not leave room for much other things. A problem that I had was that GTA V had to be installed on the same drive as the user documents folder and that the Rockstar Social Club thing had to be installed at C:\ and had to also be on the same as the game. I worked around this with symlink to Social Club. 

Another trick is to disable hibernation which should save you some space. 256 GB or higher is recommended however.

 

EDIT: A larger drive will last longer also so theres that as well.

[ObsidianAura]

7 minutes ago, AMD A10-9600P said:

Peace of mind; plus when talking about the OS drive, other things always get installed on there, especially if it's the only SSD in the system. Games and mass storage are typically the only things that most people offload to their additional drives, but things like browsers, music players and office suites generally stay on the OS drive.

 

But yes, you can get away with 128GB, if you know you won't be wanting much else on there, but I think even 256GB is cutting it a bit fine.

For me the system drive is just for the system, everything else can be redirected elsewhere, comes to about 70GB, but I tend to just partition a larger drive so can always make it bigger if I need to.