Question Would a 128GB SSD be enough for my laptop, or should I get a 256GB model?

[Light2424]

I plan on using the SSD as my main boot drive, and will also use a 1TB HDD installed in the same laptop. So basically, a 128GB+1TB configuration.

 

[ElectrO_90]

Bigger is always better
the 128GB will fill up very quickly. I wouldn't recommend anything less than 250

 

[USAFRet]

250GB or larger.

1. Some people can make a 128GB drive work, but you end up spending a lot more time in managing that space.
2. The better quality drives don't even come in 128GB sizes anymore
3. The price difference between a cheesy 128GB and a good quality 250GB (or 500GB) drive is the price of a pizza. You'll be living with this drive for several years...don't cheap out now.

 

[popatim]

Depends on if you write a lot to the SSD.
I have a 64GB Patriot Pyro in my Win8.1 HTPC that still has nearly 30gb free on it for example but then I rarely have a need to install anything to the drive outside of windows updates.

 

[USAFRet]

Depends on if you write a lot to the SSD.
I have a 64GB Patriot Pyro in my Win8.1 HTPC that still has nearly 30gb free on it for example but then I rarely have a need to install anything to the drive outside of windows updates.

Right.
My HTPC C drive is a 120GB, 85GB free.
But its application needs are very minimal, and I haven't installed anything new in over 2 years.

My main system is a 500GB SSD for the C drive, about 220GB used space. And that is no doc/music/video/games/downloaded files...just the OS and applications.
All that other stuff lives on other drives and systems.

 

[chubbysocks8]

SSD's are so cheap now, you might as well pay for a 240GB+ SSD.

 

[sdedu77]

128 GB is a small SSD indeed. If you plan to buy one, consider at least 240 GB. Upgrading 120 to 240 is only about 10 US dollars.
Unlike an HDD, SSDs have limited writes before cells wear out. 240 GB ones have about twice TBW (terabytes written), which means that you can wrtie 2 times more data over their life. Also, check the MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure). Some have 1 million hours, some have 2, maybe even more.
Opt for SSDs that have features like garbage collection, wear leveling, S.M.A.R.T and TRIM support. Also is good to get one with a DRAM chip (the ones with cache)
About the price, I couldn't find anything less than $40 to have the upper mentioned features.
If not sure what to pick, go for a Samsung 860 Evo or Crucial MX500. Both have 5 year warranty; while 860 evo has 150 TBW, MX500 has only 100, but 860 evo is about $65, while MX500 only $50.

Update: 860 evo might actually be also $50, but with in my country the cheapest is $60. Lookes on Amazon and was $57. Anyways, both should be just fine

 

[guanyu210379]

A laptop (256GB SSD, 500GB HDD) with Win10 x64 pro (fully updated) along with Office 2007 ultimate (I know this office is old but I ain't gonna spend money to buy for a newer version) with some more stuffs like chrome, firefox, vlc, ccleaner, avast, 7zip, Nitro pdf, etc. I ended up having about still having 180GB free on my 250GB SSD.
128GB is doable but I would rather grab at least 250GB.