How big is a Windows 7/8 Install?

[rootworm41]

Hi everyone.

My friend is building a PC and wants a tiny SSD to give Windows a boost . How big should the smallest SSD be to fit windows (With hibernation turned off).

Thanks again

[HavocXphere]

Rather don't buy too small - he'll regret it.

A 60 drive should do - I wouldn't try anything smaller. That being said, I've got a 128 and regret not buying bigger. Remember realistically you want to fit your most played games on it too...and those aren't getting any smaller.

On top of that you can't fill a drive completely...60/70% max then you take a hit on speed.

[dampi256]

Rather don't buy too small - he'll regret it.

A 60 drive should do - I wouldn't try anything smaller. That being said, I've got a 128 and regret not buying bigger. Remember realistically you want to fit your most played games on it too...and those aren't getting any smaller.

On top of that you can't fill a drive completely...60/70% max then you take a hit on speed.

Yeah, I'm looking at a 256gig SSD as the games I want to play online like Ghost and BF4 is almost 40gig each. Putting them on a 2nd 1TB hard drive will not be ideal for me as it will impact performance and negate the reason why I'm getting the SSD.

The issue I have is it's price. The price of an SSD is impacting on the other components I want to get so I have to make a few sacrifices somewhere.

[HavocXphere]

That is pretty awesome. Do you have link for what you are talking about?

http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinks...kshellext.html

The tutorial looks a bit complicated - never read through it. I just trial & error'd a bit. Think I mostly used symbolic links.

Just take care - if the hdd or ssd bombs then you're left with half a game.

Yeah, I'm looking at a 256gig SSD as the games I want to play online like Ghost and BF4 is almost 40gig each. Putting them on a 2nd 1TB hard drive will not be ideal for me as it will impact performance and negate the reason why I'm getting the SSD.

The issue I have is it's price. The price of an SSD is impacting on the other components I want to get so I have to make a few sacrifices somewhere.

Yeah - prices are crazy at the moment. I had luck on my side when I bought my PC...prices shot up shortly thereafter.

[rootworm41]

http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinks...kshellext.html

The tutorial looks a bit complicated - never read through it. I just trial & error'd a bit. Think I mostly used symbolic links.

Just take care - if the hdd or ssd bombs then you're left with half a game.


Yeah - prices are crazy at the moment. I had luck on my side when I bought my PC...prices shot up shortly thereafter.

I have a 120GB and its doing pretty well at the moment. Got Windows 8 and all my drivers, and planning on putting CS6, BF4 and Ghosts on it. The other SSD is for my friend so it is his choice

[Kwaai]

Windows 8.1 is 15gb+-, so he could use a 32gb ssd as a boot drive but no space for games :/. I wouldn't recommend anything lower than 120gb.

[rootworm41]

Windows 8.1 is 15gb+-, so he could use a 32gb ssd as a boot drive but no space for games :/. I wouldn't recommend anything lower than 120gb.

He is on a bit of a budget so I will tell him to either buy a 32GB windows SSD (At least) or get a smaller one, if his budget doesn't allow, and use it as a cache drive.

Thanks

[HavocXphere]

He is on a bit of a budget so I will tell him to either buy a 32GB windows SSD (At least) or get a smaller one, if his budget doesn't allow, and use it as a cache drive.

Thanks

Rather tell him to save up if he can't get a 60.

I don't really like the cache drive angle tbh.

Also...you can cheat a bit with link shell extension. I use it to split games over SSD and HDD. e.g. I only play MP on cod4...so I've got the MP maps on the SSD whilst the big data files are sitting on the hdd.

[rootworm41]

Rather tell him to save up if he can't get a 60.

I don't really like the cache drive angle tbh.

Also...you can cheat a bit with link shell extension. I use it to split games over SSD and HDD. e.g. I only play MP on cod4...so I've got the MP maps on the SSD whilst the big data files are sitting on the hdd.

That is pretty awesome. Do you have link for what you are talking about?

[Lyt]

You can find it here.