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16 minutes ago, MattLY said:

I want to get a cheap ssd to just hold windows for a fast boot etc- I will put my game library on my hdd , how much gb do you guys recommend for this? Thanks for reading! 

I use 40gb ssds for my family's netbooks since they just web browse it's plenty big enough for the os and a couple programs.

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I want to get a cheap ssd to just hold windows for a fast boot etc- I will put my game library on my hdd , how much gb do you guys recommend for this? Thanks for reading! 

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I've used 40GB SSDs for a Win7 install with a little space left over. You could go smaller, but beyond a point a smaller size doesn't really save you a meaningful amount of cash. Just get a 120GB and not worry about it.

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http://bit.ly/28T13Pe 120gb ssd from adata

2 minutes ago, MattLY said:

I want to get a cheap ssd to just hold windows for a fast boot etc- I will put my game library on my hdd , how much gb do you guys recommend for this? Thanks for reading! 

 

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you could by a 60-120 GB ssd, but they are way worse in terms of GB/$ . Sweetspot is atm 250GB IMO

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3 minutes ago, MattLY said:

I want to get a cheap ssd to just hold windows for a fast boot etc- I will put my game library on my hdd , how much gb do you guys recommend for this? Thanks for reading! 

I've used a 60GB SSD before without issue on my minecraft server.

 

I'd probably suggest getting a 120GB minimum however.

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32GB are enough

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16 minutes ago, MattLY said:

I want to get a cheap ssd to just hold windows for a fast boot etc- I will put my game library on my hdd , how much gb do you guys recommend for this? Thanks for reading! 

I use 40gb ssds for my family's netbooks since they just web browse it's plenty big enough for the os and a couple programs.

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