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    Posted: 11 Jan 2013 at 10:55am
I am planning on purchasing a DS gaming computer in the next month or so and I have never owned a SSD drive before.
 
What is the minimum SSD storage capacity that I will need to config the DS system with to support the OS and the full game installs from my copy of Steam as well as new Steam purchases.
 
All of my music, videos, pictures will go onto either a 1TB or 2TB hard drive.
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I would think the 120GB would do it.    Windows is good for 30Gigs or so, leaving room for several games.   All depends how many games, their size and room for saves.   
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I have a 96GB boot SSD in my current system, and with only a few games on there it's down to 12GB of free space. I did all the tweaks including moving the user and data directories to a platter drive from the very beginning.

You have to remember that even when you install programs on a separate hard drive, very often the boot drive still gets some part of those programs installed on it. It all adds up quickly.

And as bpratt22 pointed out, it does depend on how many games you play at once and whether you play and then uninstall or keep the games on there for a while.

I'm buying a new system when I get my tax refund back (haven't decided whether to build it myself like my last few or have DS do it for me), and it will have a 240GB or 256GB SSD depending on whether I choose the Corsair Neutron GTX or Samsung 840 Pro. I don't recommend anything smaller than that.

Edit: Something else I forgot -- I've read in several reviews that SSDs have a kind of "Turbo mode" when less than half full. Fill them beyond that and they downgrade to "Non-Turbo mode" and their performance decreases. Better to have the extra max-performance headroom, yes?

Edited by MaxHeadroom - 22 Jan 2013 at 12:14pm
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The SSD fills up quickly.  I tried to keep the games, programs and most utilities installed on the HDD.  The SSD has my OS, drivers and other software that I feel is vital to Windows operating correctly.  Currently I am using 122GB of the 240GB SSD drive.
Don't forget, there is a ton of update files to download from Microsoft when you get your system.
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my ssd is 480gb and a 1 tb hard drive. Haven't been able to use my rig yet so can't tell you the performance on it or anything.

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just purchased and received the following config; I thought a 240 gb ssd would be more than enough but I run a lot of graphic programs like photoshop, acad, sketchup, illustrator and games, etc. I'm down to only 90 gb free space on C: and wish I went for the 440 or larger. I don't intend on buying another setup for a while. I can always add another ssd and set i up as raid 0 but I hate having to reconfig myself. Go for more, you will eventually use it if you use a lot of programs. My data is all on the 2tb raid 1 setup drives.

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Posts: 28 		  Quote MaxHeadroom Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 30 Jan 2013 at 8:17pm
I wouldn't go so far as to recommend a huge drive like a 480/512GB model. They actually tend to have slightly less performance than the 240/256GB models. Plus, very few people want to spend $450+ on that size of drive.

240/256GB is a good sweet spot.

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Posts: 4314 		  Quote ArkansasWoman777 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 31 Jan 2013 at 6:41am
Well i know most people wouldn't want to spend that much on a ssd drive but its always good to have a lot of space than very little space and i read that the Intel 520, 480 ssd drive has good performance and is fast.

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Posts: 13 		  Quote D1 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 31 Jan 2013 at 8:03am
I don't disagree with MaxHeadroom or Arkansaswoman777 in that a 400-500gb ssd is not cheap, my point was more to emphasize and note as Jerry W did that you can fill up a smaller ssd very quickly. It all comes down to how many programs you intend to install and want on the drive, and I was simply noting how rapidly my own 250 ssd was filling up and I still have a dozen more programs to load on. And I don't even have many games, just one. It's obviously a matter of preference as to where you want to put your money, all things being equal. Once I have my basic system configured including a very good gpu and adequate memory, my next choice, personally, would be to increase the size of the ssd for ops. This isn't an issue of right or wrong, simply an observation of personal fact. And, if in fact SSDs do perform notably faster if kept less than 50% full, as MaxHeadroom notes, it is all the more reason to give consideration to the matter.
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One item I noticed with Steam is if you have a SSD and HDD, it does ask which drive you want to install a game on so you can manage game space in this way and maybe load some games on SSD and some HDD if important to you.
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