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adamabraham
By adamabraham
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Hi there, i have been adviced to use an ssd in my new build. But i'm concerned that i gonna go over my tight budget (if i choose like 240/120gb ones). Because i know one of the cheapest ones is those kingstone v300, wich is bad(as far as my reasearch tell), and even over my budget (for 128gb one). So i want to know, is 60 gb is enough (just for the os) ? Because that is the only option if i going for get an ssd for my new build. And i gonna pair it with a 1TB seagate drive for software and mass storages. Any thoughts would be helpful. Thanks...

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You will regret 60gb, save the extra $5-10 for 120gb

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60GB would be more than enough for only the OS, but if you can get one that's 120/128GB for not too much more, I would really recommend that option.

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You will regret 60gb, save the extra $5-10 for 120gb

Okay, but is it enough just for the os?

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60GB would be more than enough for only the OS, but if you can get one that's 120/128GB for not too much more, I would really recommend that option.

thanks man, i will search for more ssd, within my budget
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My win 10 install was 18gb from fresh. I only run 40gb ssds in my machines.

If it's win 7 then it will be around 32gb with all updates. Not sure about win 8.

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My win 10 install was 18gb from fresh. I only run 40gb ssds in my machines.

If it's win 7 then it will be around 32gb with all updates. Not sure about win 8.

okay. I'll maybe going to install win7, if not win10. I have a win8 laptop, and i hate it really much.
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My win 10 install was 18gb from fresh. I only run 40gb ssds in my machines.

If it's win 7 then it will be around 32gb with all updates. Not sure about win 8.

 

Wow, im running 8.1 and have 10gb left on a 120gb SSD, only things on the SSD are windows, gamesaves and a few programs that have documents on the SSD

Gaming PC: CPU: i7 4770k@4.2GHz w/ CM Nepton 140xl, GPU: Gigabyte 1070 @2050, RAM: ADATA XPG V1 16GB@2133MHz, Mobo: MSI Z97 Gaming 7, Case: Corsair NZXT S340.

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In my opinion the only reason to get a small capacity SSD is for use as a scratch drive in multimedia applications

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In my opinion the only reason to get a small capacity SSD is for use as a scratch drive in multimedia applications

Depends on your setup, 2 of my machines have 40gb ssds and storage is all "redirected folders" to my server.

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It also depends on the volume of the files you wish to store. If you are working on a "lightly loaded" client machine then, yes it is ideal.

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