What would be the maximum amount of space a games would take up?

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HammersFan10

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I don't know if a 60gb ssd is enough for windows 7 and one game, so I just wanted to the max space required for a AAA game? Should I get a 120gb ssd?
 
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Andreas414

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For one game, 60 GB is plenty. To be honest it's probably not worth getting an SSD unless you go for a 120 GB, since you'll be able to store programs such as Office on it; Generally price/GB improves at that level, and it'll last longer due to less wear on each cell.
 
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rachet

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60GB for windows alone is tight with little room to install common big applications to take advantage of the SSD, adding a game to that can work but thats pushing it to the limits. I built my gaming rig back in early 2011 and installed a 60GB ssd system drive and average about 20GB free space with no huge applications installed and no games either.

My advice to anyone building a PC now and wants an SSD is to get 120GB minimum, 60GB should be the last resort if budget can't accommodate anything else.

Cheers!
 
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robax91

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Go for the 120GB or 128GB SSD. You get more GB/dollar and you'll need the space. Some games are really big, like Mass Effect 3 or Skyrim with mods getting up to and past 30GB which isn't leaving much room for Windows and other media.

Cheapest 120GB SSD, $80 http://pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-internal-hard-drive-sv300s37a120g

Cheapest 64GB SSD, $50 http://pcpartpicker.com/part/a-data-internal-hard-drive-asp600s364gmc

Entire list: http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/internal-hard-drive/#s=65000,33000&t=0&sort=a8
 
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robax91

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Generally yes, an HDD is enough for games. It really makes a difference in online games however. Load times and map generation are incredibly shorter when using an SSD. As with any PC part or feature, don't get it unless you intend to use it. (I'm staring at you USB 3.0... does anyone actually have any 3.0 devices or are we all using those old 2.0 flash drives? :p )
 
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manofchalk

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As a general rule you don't want games on your SSD unless load times are an issue (Skyrim, Fallout, MMO's).
As for how big it is, that really depends. Something like Crysis 3 has a massive file size, Portal 2 would be tiny.

I have a USB3 external HDD. Cant imagine that it can actually use all that bandwidth though.
 
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