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What size SSD to I need?

As the title suggests.

 

I'm currently contemplating between 250GB or 500GB.

 

I plan on using it for my OS boot and somewhere between 2-4 games at a time (pretty big files though).

 

I also have a 1TB HDD in place for all the other non-sense that won't profit from the SSD.

 

Any tips on what size I should get?

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Minimum is 240GB for OS + 1-2 games. (With each game being a 60GB AAA thing)

 

Since you want 2-4, I'd recommend 500GB.

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Just now, bob51zhang said:

Minimum is 240GB for OS + 1-2 games. (With each game being a 60GB AAA thing)

 

Since you want 2-4, I'd recommend 500GB.

Thanks very much!

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3 minutes ago, Unistash said:

As the title suggests.

 

I'm currently contemplating between 250GB or 500GB.

 

I plan on using it for my OS boot and somewhere between 2-4 games at a time (pretty big files though).

 

I also have a 1TB HDD in place for all the other non-sense that won't profit from the SSD.

 

Any tips on what size I should get?

500GB would of course be the best option in any case, because of faster speeds and extended life on top of simply more storage, but a 250GB should do the trick.

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2 minutes ago, Unistash said:

Thanks very much!

A good rule of thumb is to keep around 30% of the SSD empty, so if you want to estimate further, windows is about 30GB and you can personalize depending on the size of your games.

Want to know which mobo to get?

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Choose whatever you need. Any more, you're wasting your money. Any less, and you don't get the features you need.

 

Only you know what you need to do with your computer, so nobody's really qualified to answer this question except for you.

 

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Definetaly 500

 

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