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Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2)

Im installing Windows 7 on there.

How many games realistically should I expect to get on there without slow down?

I have another hard drive, 320GB going in as well that will be for everything else.

:)
 
I have Win 7, MS Office Enterprise, Starcraft 2 and a load of apps on there and still have about 65gb spare.

The M4 128gb ssd is the single best upgrade for my pc I have ever owned, enjoy!
 
well I'm only planning a 64GB partition on a 256GB M4 for Windows 7 + games.

I will not be installing 10 games and playing them infrequently!.

At most I will be playing 3 games in a given period of time. When I've had enough I will uninstall and install another game. [keeping saved game data (just in case I have cravings)]

.. and so on :)
 
Windows 7 will take up about 20GB, so you'll have about 100GB left for applications. I think Tingle's estimate is a reasonable one; My BF3 folder is about 15GB, Witcher 2 is about 18GB, Deus Ex:HR is about 9GB, BF2 is 4GB, etc.
 
inSilica said:
well I'm only planning a 64GB partition on a 256GB M4 for Windows 7 + games.

I will not be installing 10 games and playing them infrequently!.

At most I will be playing 3 games in a given period of time. When I've had enough I will uninstall and install another game. [keeping saved game data (just in case I have cravings)]

.. and so on :)
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That's how I plan to run mine, OS + Apps, then the games I play the most :)
 
welshdragon said:
I have Win 7, MS Office Enterprise, Starcraft 2 and a load of apps on there and still have about 65gb spare.

The M4 128gb ssd is the single best upgrade for my pc I have ever owned, enjoy!
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Should be able to deal with;

Skyrim
Football Manager 2012
Fifa 2012
Saints Row 3
MW3

Im not sure what the average size for a computer game is. I'll stick my music and videos on the other drive. I'd like to leave a bit over on the SSD for programming. That, along with the occasional bit of gaming is the reason for the SSD.
 
Also, some games may not benefit too much from an SSD so they could be installed elsewhere.

I've found SteamMover to be very useful. You can use it to move games onto the SSD using Junction Points. I then install all games on my normal (1TB Samsung F3) HDD and then move over my 'current' games to the SSD with SteamMover. Then move them back when done.

It also works with non-Steam games. In fact it'll work with pretty much anything. Regardless of the name it just moves directories.

I've moved BF3 onto mine. Although the only difference I've really noticed is that it loads the maps quicker so I get to see a lot more of the countdown timer before the match starts.

Although unlike a number of people I saw very little overall improvement when I added my SSD. There was a bit, but it was a fresh install of Windows so that usually helps too. Give the PC 6 months so that it gets back into a similar state and... I wont be able to tell the difference as I'll have forgotten what it was like pre-SSD...
 
Basically my c300 256gig was fine with 2gig of spare space when it was my bootcamp drive so leave just enough to do sleep (your ram amount) and you shouldn't experience any problems :)

Plus SSD BEST upgrade :D
 
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