32gb ssd enough for bootdrive ?

chaotic_uk · 17 Feb 2011 at 01:27

is a 32gb ssd enough for windows 7 64bit bootdrive ?

DragonQ · 17 Feb 2011 at 01:31

Erm, depends how much space you need?

chaotic_uk · 17 Feb 2011 at 01:33

well for storage i have 2x 1tb harddrives but boot times are over 30 seconds

MagicBoy · 17 Feb 2011 at 01:39

Barely. W7 HP needs approx 20Gb, more for Pro or Ultimate. Factor in overheads for formatting and the pagefile and you'd be very close to the capacity of the drive.

DragonQ · 17 Feb 2011 at 01:48

You need to decide what, apart from the OS, you want on that drive. To be honest, 32 GB is pretty much just enough for the OS without programs. 64 GB is needed for programs too and for some, 90 or 120 GB would be needed. Remember you need to keep a certain amount of the drive empty for garbage collection and such.

For reference, I'm using ~52 GiB with a 4 GiB page file and 11 GiB of games (some more are on an HDD).

chaotic_uk · 17 Feb 2011 at 02:18

my windows folder is 18.2gb in size so what else would be installed with a fresh install + drivers size wise ?

Cream Cheese · 17 Feb 2011 at 11:50

I've got a 32GB SSD for my OS and a few basic programs, only using 18.3GB of it so far

drifting · 17 Feb 2011 at 13:17

Guess it'll be difficult. For example, installing Windows 7 SP1 would require extra space.

phill1978 · 17 Feb 2011 at 19:28

installed lots of junk programs over the years and run win 7 64bit everything including documents, user account information, windows, drivers, 30 programs comes to 32gb on my system.

so id say go for a 64gb model no less.

Zarf · 17 Feb 2011 at 21:48

For just a plain windows install and basic apps+office, yes, 32GB is enough. My HTPC sits happily at under 20GB used on it's 40GB Intel drive.