How large of an SSD do I need

[nerdslayer]

In a new build, i am planning on getting an SSD to put windows 7 and steam on. To go with that i am planning on getting a 1tb HDD to put everything else on.

All I need to know is, how large of an SSD do I need for this as I am on a tight budget so don't want to overspend. I was thinking of 60gb. Would this be OK

 

[Someone Somewhere]

I wouldn't go lower than 120GB - you don't save any money by going smaller than that. Assuming you're talking about just steam and not games, that will probably be just enough.

Ideally, go for a 240GB.

 

[azca]

120GB SSD for OS and 1TB HDD for other stuff is perfect

 

[nerdslayer]

Yeh, all that would go on would be the OS and Steam, no games. That's why i was wondering if 60gb would be OK as all games will go on the 1tb HDD

 

[Jatheon]

Space never enough, so buy 240 SSD + like azca said 1TB HDD for other stuff, and you are provided with storage.

 

[azca]

yes, you can do 60GB SSD if that's all your can afford; windows will take up about 40GB, so you will have 20GB left

 

[nerdslayer]

yes, you can do 60GB SSD if that's all your can afford; windows will take up about 40GB, so you will have 20GB left

On the internet, it only said that windows only took up 20gb of space as opposed to 40gb like you are suggesting.

I am a complete noob at these things so can someone clarify this plz

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Windows will install happily onto a 20GB partition. You can use it like this.

However, it will pretty quickly expand if you have any free space, usually up to around 30-40GB.

 

[nerdslayer]

Windows will install happily onto a 20GB partition. You can use it like this.

However, it will pretty quickly expand if you have any free space, usually up to around 30-40GB.

Ah, ty. That makes more sense. However steam is still only less than 1gb on its own with no games so 60gb should still be ok?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Remember that your 60GB SSD is going to be about 50GiB once it's formatted. An office suite is going to be another 2-3GiB. Then a web browser is going to want ~2GiB for cache, storage etc.

Want to upgrade your Windows version? Make sure you've got ~5GiB free.

Hibernate? That takes up the same amount of space as how much RAM you've got.

SSDs slow down when they get near capacity, and don't last as long.

It's like $10 more for a 120GB drive, and you won't be in a world of pain in 6 months time.

 

[Jatheon]

Have on mind that when SSD get more than 50% full, performance is going down. So, it's better to have 120gb minimum, to have good performance.