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Hi All,

I'v been working on a PC upgrade after my old one died.

I have ordered most of the parts already, but I am wondering: would a 120GB SSD would be enough for a Windows 10 system drive. I probably would install larger programs onto a HDD instead of the SSD. 

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definitely enough, tough i recommend getting a bigger one if you plan to play (new) games from it, as mine is already pretty much full after i installed Windows 10, Fallout 4 and The Witcher 3 on it

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definitely enough, tough i recommend getting a bigger one if you plan to play (new) games from it, as mine is already pretty much full after i installed Windows 10, Fallout 4 and The Witcher 3 on it

Yes, more than enough, you could even throw some intensive applications on there like Adobe Premiere for faster load times.

120GB SSD is plenty, theres a few tricks to save on SSD space if you want to make sure it wont fill up as fast.

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What would you guys suggest as a good SSD for an <%50 budget. I've seen these on newegg, for about the same price, whats your opinion?

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What would you guys suggest as a good SSD for an <%50 budget. I've seen these on newegg, for about the same price, whats your opinion?

i'm using a Sandisk one right now. speeds seem to be pretty good for the price, tough the build quality is pretty terrible. my sata connector on the SSD broke off after about a week of using it!

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What would you guys suggest as a good SSD for an <%50 budget. I've seen these on newegg, for about the same price, whats your opinion?

To be quite honest I would go with this, it's a little over your budget but these SSD's by Samsung are top of the line. I wouldn't buy the Sandisk one, they got caught bullshitting about the read / write speeds on one of their SSD's.

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