64GB SSD going to be big enough?

Silenced · 14 Jan 2012 at 16:03

Hey guys!

Finally going to take the plunge to put an SSD in my new rig collecting dust, got an i5 2500k all waiting to take over from my Q6600.

So, the big question is, how big of an SSD do I need, looking at my properties for everything bar Uses I have 132GB of, well, crap on my current drive. Obviously not all of those will be installed to my SSD, the only things I will put on my SSD is Windows, MW3 and any other high usage programmes.

So do you guys think 64GB will be enough for it all? Also, what SSD is best for reliability?

Silenced · 14 Jan 2012 at 16:05

Or SRT on a smaller drive going to be my best bet?

scottomus0 · 14 Jan 2012 at 16:07

im running 64gb m4 and have windows, bf3 and important things and have 20gb free still

pagefile set at 500mb

.:SAmSuNG:. · 14 Jan 2012 at 16:16

I found 64GB was too small and constantly having to worry about space. Imo a 120/128GB drive is a good place to start.

Orcvader · 14 Jan 2012 at 17:15

You can save up space from windows by turning off hibernation and lowering the pagefile however. I did this and my Windows install is now only ~20gb. Leaves about 40gb for other things.

Silenced · 14 Jan 2012 at 17:41

Hm, as I use hibernation a lot I think it'd be best to use SRT on a drive then?

Silenced · 15 Jan 2012 at 21:31

It seems finding a smallish (30GB or less) drive for a reasonable price seems to be a challenge, whenever I see one it's only marginally less than a 60GB drive. Any tips on which is best drive for SRT considering cost and etc

horrorwood · 15 Jan 2012 at 21:33

Silenced said:
Or SRT on a smaller drive going to be my best bet?

This!