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Old 3 Weeks Ago   #1 (permalink)
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Default How Big of a SSD Do I need?

I'm planning on moving to a SSD soon but I've never owned one so I'm looking for some help :P

I'll be putting:
Windows 7 Ultimate
Maybe 3-4 frequently played games like tf2 or source

How big of a SSD would I be needing?
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64GB would do the trick

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I just got a ocz 60gb ssd(shows 59.6gb in properties). After the initial vista install I had 41gb of free space.

I installed all my drivers, Itunes, updated vista, put Unreal Tournament 3 on it, steam app with Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead demo on it and I now have 11gb of free space left.

If that gives you an idea

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64GB is plenty. I am very happily running along on a single 80GB with Vista, which is a disk hog..
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Should think bout intels 80 gig ssd, pretty good with 5 games and windows 7 pro.
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