Tempest 2020 年 10 月 24 日 上午 10:02
Is 256GB enough storage?
I noticed that even some expensive gaming laptops like Alienware have SKU's with only 256GB of storage. Is that enough for a gamer like me that only keeps a handful of games downloaded? I have a 4-year-old laptop with 256GB and there are only 53GB left, but if I were to delete Rise of the Tomb Raider and Life is Strange, that would clear up another 37GB. Then I would have 90GB left, still enough for Cyberpunk: 2077. But my GPU is too old and I need to upgrade.

It just seems like with cloud storage, I'm able to keep music, videos, documents and pictures off my system and that frees up enough space for games. I basically only keep Pinball Arcade, Atari Vault, and classic arcade games on my system. I'd like to save money where I can since gaming laptops are so expensive.
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Cathulhu 2020 年 10 月 24 日 上午 10:07 
To be frank, it is piss poor. They've just put in a cheap small drive to save costs.
Wouldn't buy anything with less than 1TB.
Fluffy 2020 年 10 月 24 日 上午 10:56 
depends on the usage its enough for me because i use a fast mechanical drive for games and ssd for boot. but for games on a 256gb ssd no it is not enough imho
Autumn_ 2020 年 10 月 24 日 上午 11:05 
Enough to work with small games? Sure.
Enough to work with a lot of newer games? Nope.
I would look at something with AT LEAST 500GB, preferably 1TB, you can always add more later (Buy a larger M.2 form factor drive, and add in, or replace the current one.)

But, unless you actually NEED a laptops form factor, buy a desktop.
If you're only using a laptop for say school stuff, or basic usage, then buy some weak laptop, that way you can have it WAY more portable, and useable, and allows you to buy a much stronger PC than a laptop can provide at the same, or cheaper than, cost.
Tempest 2020 年 10 月 24 日 下午 1:26 
I have to move it around the house so I can't use a desktop. I'm trying to cut corners where I can. Definitely the monitor has to be good. Yeah, more storage would be great. I'm try to decide if I should wait until the Ampere cards and more AMD units come out. That's a long time to wait, though.
Talby 2020 年 10 月 24 日 下午 2:10 
It's a good size for a NVME boot drive - time for a 2nd cheap SATA ssd like this SP A55[www.amazon.com] for $90
🦜Cloud Boy🦜 2020 年 10 月 24 日 下午 2:31 
Yes 250 GB is enough if you install the OS and only 1 or 2 games at a time, on that drive.
And don't have to backup anything. Remember you can't fill the SSD all the way. You need to leave at least 10 to 15% of the space unused, otherwise the SSD will become SLOW.
Tempest 2020 年 10 月 24 日 下午 3:26 
10-15%? That's a lot!
Illusion of Progress 2020 年 10 月 24 日 下午 3:41 
I had a 256 GB SSD until recently. I bought it back in late 2012 or so. I replaced it late last year/earlier this year with a 1 TB drive as it wasn't enough anymore for Windows 7, programs, and a few games. I ALWAYS had (many) supplemental drives alongside it though. It was never carrying the entire burden of my needs. It wouldn't have been able to. SSDs aren't large and cheap enough.

Having just a lone drive, 256 GB is extremely low unless basic work is all you do. For games, the OS and one or two games might fill that soon. If you're looking to play games, and this will be a lone drive, you should really be looking at 1 TB or more. I'd even say 480 GB/512 GB should be looked over if possible, as while it'd alleviate your current issue, the difference in cost versus doubling of size would be worth going for.

I look at this way with storage; once something is limiting you, doubling that usually removes the immediate limitation, but then you're probably over (sometimes quite a way over) halfway towards approaching it again. When you're talking about lower values (not multiple TB+ where this less applies), it makes more sense to not just step up and double size, but to quadruple it. You already know 256 GB isn't quite working for you.

Going with cloud storage is odd given what you say about cost savings; yeah you spend less up front but you get charged monthly, and then your data isn't local (some might not care about this, I do). Stepping up from 256 GB to 1 TB should add like $70 or so? To be fair, I have no idea what cloud storage costs, but I imagine after a few years you've passed that amount (maybe many times over).
🦜Cloud Boy🦜 2020 年 10 月 24 日 下午 4:20 
My current SSD is 250 GB, it is usable. I have another 4 TB of HDD for other mass storage but i play games from SSD. After installing the OS with all the upgrade and some necessary software, there are usually 150 to 160 GB left as blank. I'm now playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey which is 98 GB in size (with DLCs). And 60 GB is still unused.
Tempest 2020 年 10 月 24 日 下午 5:52 
Cloud storage is nice because it allows you to backup things separate from your laptop in case your hard drive fails, and you can use it to access files that aren't needed to be stored locally so you don't have to worry about sensitive files if your laptop is stolen.

Another option I'm considering is going with 256GB then just adding a second drive if I need it later. I'm just hesitant because I've never upgraded the internals, before, but it doesn't look to difficult. It seems that the more difficult step for some laptops is simply opening the panel.
Rumpelcrutchskin 2020 年 10 月 24 日 下午 7:35 
With new AAA games usually being from 60 to 150 GB it`s quite terrible. When buying new SSD I would not consider anything less then 500 GB (preferably 1 TB) anymore even if you have additional HDD storage because lot of newer AAA games start to practically demand SSD install to function properly without bad loading lag.
Illusion of Progress 2020 年 10 月 25 日 上午 1:34 
引用自 Tempest
Cloud storage is nice because it allows you to backup things separate from your laptop in case your hard drive fails, and you can use it to access files that aren't needed to be stored locally so you don't have to worry about sensitive files if your laptop is stolen.
Oh, I wasn't saying cloud storage didn't have it's uses; it definitely does (though what you said about backing up isn't one of them that's exclusive to it). I was just commenting on the reasoning of cost.
引用自 Tempest
Another option I'm considering is going with 256GB then just adding a second drive if I need it later. I'm just hesitant because I've never upgraded the internals, before, but it doesn't look to difficult. It seems that the more difficult step for some laptops is simply opening the panel.
I was actually going to suggest this, but you mentioned cost as an issue, and this would actually be more expensive (less so short term/up front though). If you can save for it later though, this works, and comes with the bonus that your games will be running from a different medium than your OS (usually not really a big difference in practice but still a theoretical perk).

Just have to remember that you need to ensure the laptop will be able to take a second drive. I've replaced my HDD with an SSD in a laptop before; it's simple, but I haven't ever added one (my laptop won't fit one unless I remove the, gasp, ODD, but I don't need a second storage drive in it anyway).
fruit bat 2020 年 10 月 25 日 上午 2:14 
depends what you're playing
I got 120 gb only on my laptop and I still have enough space for another game
I only play csgo, LoL and amongus
and edit on sony vegas and photoshop
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_I_ 2020 年 10 月 25 日 上午 2:51 
a 64g drive is enough for windows with its updates and a smaller game
on a new build there is really no reason to go smaller than a 512g nvme drive
🦜Cloud Boy🦜 2020 年 10 月 25 日 上午 8:11 
250 GB SSD is usable if you also have an another bigger HDD. Then you will be able to keep the SSD clean by moving your documents, songs, photos, videos, etc to HDD. And use the SSD only for OS and few games.
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