1TB ain't enough.

[Sitrueis]

Good evening guys,
I know it shouldn't surprise me, while downloading Mass Effect Legendary Edition my drive is getting full, so my question is simple how much you guys use and how many games do you have installed ? Cause I mostly uninstall those that I´m done with for now.

[Ogami]

I have a 2 TB NVME.2 and 4x 1 TB SSD .
Those are the ones installed in my PC, then i also have 2x 8TB external HDD, those are mainly for archiving movie files, music and some backups.

Installed i usually have like 30-40 games.

[craigsters]

Dell cheaped out on me on this PC they sold me, it came with one terabyte drive and the OS is on it, I can only have 10 games installed at once

My previous Dell PC had 2 drives, a smaller kingston drive for the OS and a terabyte drive

My current and previous PC are Alienware Aurora R12 and R7

[Qbert ⭐]

Originally posted by craigsters:

Dell cheaped out on me on this PC they sold me, it came with one terabyte drive and the OS is on it, I can only have 10 games installed at once

My previous Dell PC had 2 drives, a smaller kingston drive for the OS and a terabyte drive

My current and previous PC are Alienware Aurora R12 and R7

That's why you dont buy brand pcs

[Crazy Tiger]

I have a 1TB drive and currently 170 games installed.

[Sitrueis]

Originally posted by Qbert ⭐:

Originally posted by craigsters:

Dell cheaped out on me on this PC they sold me, it came with one terabyte drive and the OS is on it, I can only have 10 games installed at once

My previous Dell PC had 2 drives, a smaller kingston drive for the OS and a terabyte drive

My current and previous PC are Alienware Aurora R12 and R7

That's why you dont buy brand pcs

Yeah exactly but still better than back in 2010 when aI had Dragon Age Origins and Unreal Tournament 2004 installed and my drive was full lmao.
I'm planning to buy another 1TB and make it for windows and other mess like Xbox and 1st one reformat into Steam only drive. Still pretty interesting how others do these things.

[Sitrueis]

Originally posted by Crazy Tiger:

I have a 1TB drive and currently 170 games installed.

Retrogaming?

[Lord Of War]

Originally posted by Thy Sitrueis:

Cause I mostly uninstall those that I´m done with for now.

Same.
My OS runs on 128gb. My games install on 512gb, both SSD. These actually read as 110 & 471gbs.

I usually have 5-7 games installed, varying between 20 to 80gbs - which I complete by 100% and then uninstall.
Plus I have 2-3 giant games (PayDay2 and Killing Floor 2) which I can't afford to uninstall - because of slow internet, but have to keep since these two are never cease adding new DLCs and achievements.

The above leaves me with variable of 50-100gb free space
I have though of buying a bigger SSD, but decline the temptation because I know I would end up just downloading more games queuing up to be played. So... I'm happy with my current SSDs.

[KalGimpa]

i don't get rid of my old drives, so i have a lot of smaller ones that are waiting to be use

i have 9 tb or so on my windows with, roughly, a thousand games downloaded between steam, origin, ubi, amazon, itch and others

i have most of my games dl'd because i normally do not connect my windows to the internet and just like to be able to play without thinking about it

then i have a few hundred more with emulators

i have a linux that has 8 tb that i use for my daily and media

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I have 13 hard drives a combo of nvme ssd hdd's and external hdd's. I keep all my games installed.

[Apollyon]

Unless you're playing 10 games at the same time, there is no reason to have them all installed. I usually install and uninstall, depending on what I'm currently playing and how much space it takes up. 500 gigs is more than enough.

[Sitrueis]

Originally posted by Vanity Fiend:

Unless you're playing 10 games at the same time, there is no reason to have them all installed. I usually install and uninstall, depending on what I'm currently playing and how much space it takes up. 500 gigs is more than enough.

Its not, cause not every time you have mood for certain game. And I think installing and uninstalling constantly isnt good for drive.

[Apollyon]

Originally posted by Thy Sitrueis:

Originally posted by Vanity Fiend:

Unless you're playing 10 games at the same time, there is no reason to have them all installed. I usually install and uninstall, depending on what I'm currently playing and how much space it takes up. 500 gigs is more than enough.

Its not, cause not every time you have mood for certain game. And I think installing and uninstalling constantly isnt good for drive.

False. A decent SSD should last anywhere from 50 to 300 years with normal use. In fact, you can reinstall windows 10k times before damaging an SSD. Stop spreading misinformation. Also, your mood swings when gaming aren't really what this is about. Having more than 3 or 4 large games installed simultaneously is a waste of space on your drive, as you're unlikely to be playing all of them at the same time anyway.

[Darkslayer16]

Originally posted by Vanity Fiend:

Unless you're playing 10 games at the same time, there is no reason to have them all installed. I usually install and uninstall, depending on what I'm currently playing and how much space it takes up. 500 gigs is more than enough.

Then you want to play a game and have to install 100GB, it gets old

[Adam Over]

OP, you can get a USB 3 / 3.1 External Drive.
Then move some of the less graphically intense games on the External (Via Steam).
Cheapest way, easiest way.

Or, better yet.
Get a M,2 / NVME (even shop bought pc's should have a motherboard with at least 1 slot) - Check your make/model of Motherboard online. Installation is simple.

In answer to your question though.
Most of us have at least a few TB Mechanical Drive(s)
And and SSD and/or M.2.

We leave older less 'heavy' games on our mechanical.
We then put Newer, Larger games on SSD or M.2 to maximum load time.

[Apollyon]

Originally posted by Darkslayer16:

Originally posted by Vanity Fiend:

Unless you're playing 10 games at the same time, there is no reason to have them all installed. I usually install and uninstall, depending on what I'm currently playing and how much space it takes up. 500 gigs is more than enough.

Then you want to play a game and have to install 100GB, it gets old

Meh. How many 100+ GB games can you be playing at the same time? Those are usually AAA games with tons of game content. It's illogical to install multiple of these and play them simultaneously. I suppose this all depends on how orderly or chaotic your gaming schedule is. I personally prefer order so I install what I have plans to play in the near future and proceed to uninstall when finished. In my opinion, anything over 1T is an exaggeration.