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BoyDilly2 Dec 26, 2019 @ 12:56pm

120gb ssd, how much gb of free space should I leave if I don't wanna slow down?

Or experience worse experience. Please, don't tell me to ''buy a new ssd because they are cheap these days''. I'm just searching for a straight answer.

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Rumpelcrutchskin Dec 26, 2019 @ 1:08pm

If it`s boot drive with Windows 10 then it`s good idea to have 40 GB free space.

BoyDilly2 Dec 26, 2019 @ 3:26pm

Originally posted by Karen:
maybe uninstall fortnite to save up some disk space

fortnite is on my hdd

Ghost Robertson Dec 26, 2019 @ 3:45pm

Some people can't afford better hardware and have to make do with less.

With the SSD you may wanna turn off the system protection for your SSD, even though it's good having restore points it can use a big chunk of what you don't have.

Also use something like C cleaner and do your best to install everything to the HDD and not the SSD.

My 500GB SSD uses about 200GB and i have a 1TB storage drive with 300GB used on it.

Ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍 Dec 26, 2019 @ 3:56pm

I'm still thinking about going to Walmart tomorrow and buying that 200 gigabyte SSD for 40 bucks.

Can never go wrong with some
Super speedy storage

BoyDilly2 Dec 26, 2019 @ 4:03pm

Originally posted by Hannah Montana:
There is no exact answer. Rule of thumb is between 10-20% so that would be 12-24 GB. That's to protect against going over the lifetime of write cycles on a particular sector of the SSD.

But yes, if you got the money definitely go larger. 120GB is only enough for OS and a handful of programs.

that's the answer i needed. 12-24 gb is great, i was trying to save like 40 gb of free space.

Cee Dec 26, 2019 @ 4:06pm

Usually you want to have *atleast* like 10 gigs. That's what ive noticed on a few laptops & pcs

MADWACZ Dec 26, 2019 @ 4:11pm

By this today standard having 100 GB SSD to store the main OS is kinda too crampy. As above me I also recommend too storing the main OS on a 200 GB-ish SSD.

Snow Dec 26, 2019 @ 10:11pm

If it's 120GB and not 128GB - then this been solved already by manufacturer. See, 120GB ones still have 128GB technically, but only 120GB are allowed to fill up, with those extra 8GB being hidden from user exactly so it won't drop performance even if you fill all the available space. If it's 128 one - stick to the number manufacturers agreed on, which is 8GB for every 128GB.

JG | Luxe Dec 26, 2019 @ 10:12pm

get a 1TB M.2 SSD and don't worry about it :)!

Plaid Dec 26, 2019 @ 10:16pm

You'll want to set aside about 20% of your hard drive space to keep it running smoothly.

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Rumpelcrutchskin Dec 26, 2019 @ 11:32pm

Not good idea to buy anything smaller then 240-250 GB anymore for OS, they should just stop manufacturing smaller ones at all since it`s just waste of resources and times have moved on since SSDs were first introduced.

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BoyDilly2 Dec 27, 2019 @ 6:04am

Originally posted by Plaid:
You'll want to set aside about 20% of your hard drive space to keep it running smoothly.

i suck at math.

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BoyDilly2 Dec 27, 2019 @ 6:48am

Originally posted by JG | Luxe:
get a 1TB M.2 SSD and don't worry about it :)!

i said in my post don't tell me to buy a new ssd.

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Youtube: Scarybob Dec 27, 2019 @ 10:23am

Originally posted by Zeone123:
Originally posted by Plaid:
You'll want to set aside about 20% of your hard drive space to keep it running smoothly.
i suck at math.

ME TOO

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