How much storage is enough these days?

[Hexi]

I bought like a 1tb SSD years ago and I'm constantly having to delete stuff for new space. I plan on getting another 1tb drive but will it be enough?

[Thermal Lance]

Always buy more than you need.

[Mad Scientist]

Originally posted by Hexi:

I bought like a 1tb SSD years ago and I'm constantly having to delete stuff for new space. I plan on getting another 1tb drive but will it be enough?

6TB drives go on sale often, if you get large games often that run fine on HDDs then I recommend that.

[ˢᵈˣ FatCat]

I dont know man, i put my Data to HDD, my 2 nvme still plenty because i have rule finish game before install new one

[Schrobes]

No. I've seen much bigger SSD at reasonable prices. You will need at least 3 Terabytes for a reasonable experience.

I ended up getting an External Drive at 5tb that fits well with the larger games i don't want to download from Steam. I get roughly 100mb a second transfer rates when swapping between games i want to play, so i can copy paste and go smoke a cig or something and come back to it done.

I wouldn't settle for another 1tb.

[_I_]

then get another 1-2tb ssd
its easy to add storage, just make sure its compatible with the board
if the board has another nvme slot, make sure to get an nvme drive
if its m.2 sata or sata get that
*be aware, most boards disable some sata ports when using m.2 nvme or m.2 sata slots

use filters here to find what you want, and select country at the top right
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/internal-hard-drive/#t=0&A=900000000000,24000000000000&sort=price&page=1

[☄️⁧⁧Sneakydude555]

i have 3 1TB drives and one of them is a HDD. Plenty of stroage for me still and i only install the games i currently playing.

[luciferous]

Originally posted by Thermal Lance:

Always buy more than you need.

Time to make a 40pb SSD PC build

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

4 TB NVME SSD is decent enough. When building new PC would not use smaller then 2 TB NVME. Prices are kinda bad though, they should be lot cheaper then what they currently are.

[Lord Flashheart]

Originally posted by Hexi:

I bought like a 1tb SSD years ago and I'm constantly having to delete stuff for new space. I plan on getting another 1tb drive but will it be enough?

For what exactly?

On my main machine (dual boot, windows linux) - not very much.
256 Gb nvme x2 for boot drives.
1/2 TB nmve nvme for games cache.
1Tb sata SSD for local backups/storage.

Anything at all important is on a NAS (truenas) - 16TB - games, media & general fiel server.
Keeping anything important on your manin PC is likley a bad idea, especially if accessed through windows using the really awful ntfs.

[De Hollandse Ezel]

I'd say today you need 2tb storage on a budget pc.. and 4tb on a mid and highend rig.
would love to say 8tb but sadly prices for those m.2 still a bit steap.

1tb really don't cut it anymory

so I'd say :
0.5 TB : windows, programs & drivers install folder
4TB games install folder

you might want an external drive for storage of your photo's text document, downloaded movies, games (and mods) etc. so you can reinstall them even if no longer online.
(but from experiences 20gb is plenty for that.. so an 512gb usb or 1tb extrenal ssd in a housing does fine storing your most vital data. ofcourse you do want two of those.. always keep a backup...

(personally I have a classic HD in my system (first line of backup)
than a personal nas... (second line of backup)
than an usb stick (third line of backup)
and finally some burned dvdrom (fourth line of backup)

[DevaVictrix]

I’ve still never use more than 500gb for everything, inc 30k photos and all my dvds ripped. Honestly have no idea what people do with all their tbs of storage!

[De Hollandse Ezel]

my 1tb drive is always full it really is to little.,. for installing even a tiny fraction of my games..

now I have split it...
1tb windows & office instalation only.. about halffull..
4tb gamedisk alongside it has a little over 2.4tb full.. leaving me some room to expand..

my most sensitive data is less than 10GB in size.. with all my mp3 and gamefiles (instalation files for mods, hotfixes etc backups for if they ever get taken offline) added 20GB..

and with my downloaded movies collection added I maybe need 500GB

[Hexi]

Originally posted by DevaVictrix:

I’ve still never use more than 500gb for everything, inc 30k photos and all my dvds ripped. Honestly have no idea what people do with all their tbs of storage!

Video games take up a lot of space these days, some take a few hundred gigs.

[De Hollandse Ezel]

Originally posted by Hexi:

Originally posted by DevaVictrix:

I’ve still never use more than 500gb for everything, inc 30k photos and all my dvds ripped. Honestly have no idea what people do with all their tbs of storage!

Video games take up a lot of space these days, some take a few hundred gigs.

and there is storage creep.. like I not install anything new.. and hundreds of gb disapear.. to windows and steam game updates,. not sure if this is due steam not clearing out the old files when it updats a game.. or they just adding that much.. but the creep is real.. like 20gb every week just evaporates without new installs..

[shiel]

Originally posted by Hexi:

I bought like a 1tb SSD years ago and I'm constantly having to delete stuff for new space. I plan on getting another 1tb drive but will it be enough?

No such thing as "enough". I have 3x2tb m.2 and a 1tb sata ssd and am constantly deleting games to install different ones. If money was no object, I'd have 2x8tb pcie 4,0 m.2;s, and a 4tb pcie 5.0 drive. It still wouldn't be enough, but it would be enough to the point that I wouldn't be constantly adding write cycles.