Which size SSD? Also can I upgrade it later?

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Thanks for your time.

1. The SSD must have at least 20% space free always. If I only put Windows 8.1, Steam, Skyrim with many HD mods, and 2 others for a total of 3 big games on the SSD, what size is big enough?

2. What size SSD is safe for these: Windows 8.1, Steam, Skyrim, AC 4, Guild Wars 2, and more, up to 10 big games total?

3. Can SSD drives be upgraded (ie. 128gb replaced by 256gb), even if they have Steam, games, and the OS on the original one? Do I need a special mobo for this upgradability?
 
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I would argue against this point. I find the use of SSD's to be completely frivolous at this point, the fact that I can get 1TB of hard drive storage for less than I can get 128 GB of SSD storage in no way, shape, or form justifies the speed you get with an SSD. For me to get an SSD, it will have to be pretty cheap when I purchase it, SSD's are much more of a luxury than anything else. If you aren't a patient person at all, then I guess it is a legitimate investment, but my load times for Skyrim on a weak 2.3 GHz AMD laptop APU with a 600 GB 5400 RPM laptop hard drive were about 10 seconds from clicking the load button to actually playing...
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Unfortunately there is no reasonably priced SSD that can meet your demands, however if you have a spare $500-600, you can pick yourself up a 512GB SSD and not have to worry about a single thing. That size would be the only one that would meet your requirements for #2, and possibly even #1. You could get a 240GB SSD or something of similar size now and when you have enough money and require more storage later, you could get another one and continue downloading items onto that, which you can do as long as you have a free SATA port open on your motherboard, but it must be SATA 6 in order to benefit from the speed of an SSD.
 
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Are motherboards with more than one SATA 6 port common, and not too expensive?
 
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If you're installing the 64 bit win 8, then you'll need atleast (atleast) 20GB. This is just for the OS files, you should have some headroom for updates and such. As far as space for the games goes, you can google the requirements, and add up the total needed space. You can also install an additional SSD, while keeping your OS/games/whatever on your original one. If you install programs on the 2nd SSD, it will be loaded from that SSD.
 
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For sure, but do you really only want to buy an SSD so you can only have a single game on it? But a 128 GB SSD is actually good for a few games, depending on the size you can fit probably 2-6 and still have a fair amount of free space. However, if you are into CoD Ghosts, that game is 50 GB, so it is very dependent on the specific game.


(dont get ghosts tho)
 
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I'd get a 250gb or 256gb drive if you want to store the OS and games on it. But what I do is this: I have a 128gb drive I use for the OS and programs. Then I have another 250gb drive I put my steam install and any other games on. Seems to work out just fine.
 
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Thanks so much for the help. Last question here! Would you recommend I a) leave out the SSD or b) get a 64GB SSD just for Windows 8.1 ?

Consider that I only plan to game 1-3 hours on weekends, do not care about system load times, but do care about game responsiveness and loading areas while in-game...
 
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I would argue against this point. I find the use of SSD's to be completely frivolous at this point, the fact that I can get 1TB of hard drive storage for less than I can get 128 GB of SSD storage in no way, shape, or form justifies the speed you get with an SSD. For me to get an SSD, it will have to be pretty cheap when I purchase it, SSD's are much more of a luxury than anything else. If you aren't a patient person at all, then I guess it is a legitimate investment, but my load times for Skyrim on a weak 2.3 GHz AMD laptop APU with a 600 GB 5400 RPM laptop hard drive were about 10 seconds from clicking the load button to actually playing, and even faster now with my faster processor and hard drive. The speed gain is pretty much superfluous and trivial, and in my opinion the money would be better spent/saved on better components. But hey, that's just me.
 
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