What is the point of having a larger than 128gb SSD

[Mugenjynn]

I run a 1tb hard drive with a 128gb ssd on my gaming pc and I don’t understand the point of having more memory on the ssd.

[lmeneses]

1 minute ago, Mugenjynn said:

I run a 1tb hard drive with a 128gb ssd on my gaming pc and I don’t understand the point of having more memory on the ssd.

put more games and programs to load quicker, rather then just the os and a few programs 

[Airdragonz]

Faster storage. For example, it's useful for me for larger video editing projects that I am working on. The mechanical hard drive could then me used for storing them after I'm done. 

[Jurrunio]

128gb SSDs often use less  NAND flash module than larger capacity ines, which means it has less bandwidth. This makes them slower in general.

[desertcomputer]

My case is too small to have any hard drive installed. While SSD is small enough where I can just stick it somewhere in case. Also I have server for my mass storage needs which is another room and spinning hard drive is kinda annoying at idle when PC is pretty much right next to me.

 

Plus the fact SSD is becoming pretty cheap nowdays, 100 AUD for 500GB is pretty decent and 500gb is pretty much what everyone need nowdays unless you're power user.

[Pickles von Brine]

I use a 1TB SSD so I can install all my games, have my data and whatnot on it. Much quicker and allows me to record my gaming sessions directly to the SSD without having to worry about running out of room. Nothing like recording off of OBS at 50k bitrate. Plus it allows me to scrub through files quicker and easier. 

 

The other reason is faster game load times, overall better reliability and overall easier data management. 

 

I do have a 4TB RAID in my system as well but it is mainly for extra stuff: Archives of my streaming sessions, storage for my PS2 games for emulation and anything else I deem of lower priority. 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

The larger the percentage of an SSD that is kept empty, the longer it will last and the faster it will be (in addition to the speed increase for being larger). The speed increases from larger SSDs aren't particularly noticeable, at all, but the life increase can be significant. SSDs ideally should have 20-25% empty space in addition to the factory overprovisioning. 

 

How large an SSD is needed will vary from user to user. Most users who don't do any gaming and just use a few programs can do just fine with 120-128GB for a separate boot drive (and keep data on other drives). Slightly heavier users with more programs or occasional games will be better of with 20-256GB. Gamers or heavy users may need even larger SSDs. People who multiboot will need larger drives.

 

Notebooks and smaller and/or cheaper laptops have room for only one drive so, to take advantage of the greater speed of SSDs when booting and opening programs, an SSD in one of those has to double duty as a boot drive and data storage. I'm running a 2TB Samsung 850 EVO in the notebook I'm using at this moment that has 693GB free space on it. It has four partitions: System Reserved, C:/ for the OS and programs, E:/ for data only, and the factory recovery partition.

 

While HDDs are still king for storing data due to being far less expensive than SSDs, SSDs have advantages that can overcome their higher cost. My recently deceased desktop machine had four 4TB SSDs in it (I recently purchased more drives to add a fifth one when I finish the machine I'm building). While the increased speed of the SSDs is highly desirable, the primary reason for me to get them was the reduced size and weight of the backup drives. Lugging 3.5" backup HDDs to and from my safe deposit box at my credit union was killing my shoulders and back (I'm a disabled flatulent geriatric). For me, the cost of the SSDs was well worth it.

[Pickles von Brine]

16 minutes ago, Lady Fitzgerald said:

The larger the percentage of an SSD that is kept empty, the longer it will last and the faster it will be (in addition to the speed increase for being larger). The speed increases from larger SSDs aren't particularly noticeable, at all, but the life increase can be significant. SSDs ideally should have 20-25% empty space in addition to the factory overprovisioning. 

 

How large an SSD is needed will vary from user to user. Most users who don't do any gaming and just use a few programs can do just fine with 120-128GB for a separate boot drive (and keep data on other drives). Slightly heavier users with more programs or occasional games will be better of with 20-256GB. Gamers or heavy users may need even larger SSDs. People who multiboot will need larger drives.

 

Notebooks and smaller and/or cheaper laptops have room for only one drive so, to take advantage of the greater speed of SSDs when booting and opening programs, an SSD in one of those has to double duty as a boot drive and data storage. I'm running a 2TB Samsung 850 EVO in the notebook I'm using at this moment that has 693GB free space on it. It has four partitions: System Reserved, C:/ for the OS and programs, E:/ for data only, and the factory recovery partition.

 

While HDDs are still king for storing data due to being far less expensive than SSDs, SSDs have advantages that can overcome their higher cost. My recently deceased desktop machine had four 4TB SSDs in it (I recently purchased more drives to add a fifth one when I finish the machine I'm building). While the increased speed of the SSDs is highly desirable, the primary reason for me to get them was the reduced size and weight of the backup drives. Lugging 3.5" backup HDDs to and from my safe deposit box at my credit union was killing my shoulders and back (I'm a disabled flatulent geriatric). For me, the cost of the SSDs was well worth it.

You are such a smart cookie.

 

But yes pretty much hit the nail on the head there.