SSD Startup Drive - What's the Sweet Spot?

[EvilPenguinSon]

Hey guys, 

What do you guys consider to be the sweet spot for the size of an SSD as a Windows 10 startup drive, especially when the system is going to have multiple drives?

Thanks

[OsuMasterz]

2 minutes ago, EvilPenguinSon said:

Hey guys, 

What do you guys consider to be the sweet spot for the size of an SSD as a Windows 10 startup drive, especially when the system is going to have multiple drives?

Thanks

240GB should serve you well

[MadOrc]

I would only use a min of 240gb because 120gb just isn't enough for more than just basic files and a few small games. Anything more isn't entirely necessary, but nice to say the least.

[Enderman]

240 is great, 120 works but leaves less room for programs and stuff.

[EvilPenguinSon]

Just now, MadOrc said:

I would only use a min of 240gb because 120gb just isn't enough for more than just basic files and a few small games. Anything more isn't entirely necessary, but nice to say the least.

Thanks! There was a time where I had a 60 GB SSD with Windows 7 installed on it and it barely cut it. After getting Windows updates installed, the usage was showing in the red (roughly 10 percent remaining of the capacity) - prior to having anything installed. 

[YedZed]

9 minutes ago, MadOrc said:

I would only use a min of 240gb because 120gb just isn't enough for more than just basic files and a few small games. Anything more isn't entirely necessary, but nice to say the least.

idk I'm surviving without my games on my 120gb SSD. I would like to have them on the SSD, but I can't. 

[Mira Yurizaki]

It depends on what you need and what your growth expectations are. My C:\ drive is currently sitting at 41GB, but this is with a page file and hibernate file. You take both of those out, it drops to about 32GB. Windows itself is sitting at 15GB, but this depends on if my drive analyzer is having trouble with hard links (the "winsxs" folder that is usually blamed for taking up so much space can be made up of a ton of hard links that cause one file to be counted as many https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20160322-00/?p=93183 ).

 

So if I don't include any of my games, I can run on 60GB. Windows is just terrible at cleaning up after itself. If you do Disk Cleanup with "Cleanup System Files", it'll catch a lot more.

[Monkey Dust]

I have a 120GB SSD in my laptop, and it is a massive pain in the ass, and it's not even my main PC. So yeah 240GB minimum.