System Boot SSD size

[willians1002]

How much space do I need to boot my OS? Do I need 250GB?

 

The PC I'm building has:

1x 1TB SSD (for games and programs)

1x 1TB HDD (for files and folders)

0x ??? SSD (for boot)

[WereCatf]

120GB is just fine for Windows and some smaller apps.

[Crunchy Dragon]

120Gb is fine for your OS and a few applications.

[willians1002]

Having programs separatly from the OS SSD will affect performance in anything?

 

For example, i have photoshop installed in disk F (1TB SSD) and the windows at C (250GB SSD)

[Crunchy Dragon]

2 minutes ago, willians1002 said:

Having programs separatly from the OS SSD will affect performance in anything?

 

For example, i have photoshop installed in disk F (1TB SSD) and the windows at C (250GB SSD)

That won't hinder performance.

[willians1002]

Thank you all

[dizmo]

Why not just put the money you'd spend on the smaller SSD into a 1TB NVME drive?

I wouldn't bother separating games and programs from the Windows drive.

 

You need to quote or tag people like this @willians1002 if you want them to know you've replied to their post.

[willians1002]

4 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Why not just put the money you'd spend on the smaller SSD into a 1TB NVME drive?

I wouldn't bother separating games and programs from the Windows drive.

 

You need to quote or tag people like this @willians1002 if you want them to know you've replied to their post.

I think I'm not going to use the full Read speed since games don't use the full.

For example, GTA V max loading speed is less than 3200Mbps an NVME can reach.

 

The 250GB SSD + 1TB SSD cost me total a total 273€

A 1TB NVME cost 330€+ and i think at the moment i will not use all the speed NVME have to offer.

(I'm new in M.2 SSD's so i don't know that much)

[Pixel5]

i had 120GB for a while and ran out of space rather quickly simply because some programs only install to the C drive and windows always fills space up with update shit and temp files.

 

id recommend 250GB or to make it much easier since you already want to get a 1TB SSD just use this as a boot drive as well, there is no real reason to have a separate boot drive.