60gb SSD Enough?

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hey i am building a new system and i was wondering if a 60gb ssd will be enough for CS:GO, windows 8.1 and basic drivers for mobo, gpu, wifi adapter, etc. and how much space you guys estimate that will take up. i have a 500gb hdd for general storage. thanks!
 
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"i was wondering if a 60gb ssd will be enough for CS:GO, windows 8.1 and basic drivers for mobo, gpu, wifi adapter, etc."

Now we're considering putting Steam and the game on the HDD.
With only the OS on the SSD. Why bother with the SSD then? You're throwing away a lot of the benefit of having an SSD.

'Just the OS' is pretty useless. OK, faster boot time. Big deal.
If you can't afford a 120GB or larger in your market, don't bother.
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I just built a Win 7 system. A basic load of utilities, and MS Office (~3GB).
Once all the updates were done, it takes up 46GB.

60GB is too small, even without CS:GO.
 
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so it will not be enough? remember once those things are installed i will never install anything else on that drive.
 
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Famous last words.

No, it is not enough. Remember, you also have to leave 10-15% free space on the SSD. So we're now down to ~52GB actual usable space.

How much does CS:GO take up?


EDIT: From Steam - "Hard Drive: 8 GB available space "
 
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so if i only install windows and drivers will it be enough, never install anything else?
 
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Save up another $30, and your space problem goes away
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=9083336&CatId=5300

Better drive, & better $ per GB.
 
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at the stores near me 60gb is the best ssd i can buy, and if i were to order one online the shipping would be waayyyy to much. so should i scrap the idea or will i just be able to squeeze by with the 60gb?
 
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SSD's of 60Gb and below have only one real advantage, that being used in Intel Smart tech as a cache drive. Basically it's a giant Windows temp drive that runs everything through it at SSD speeds, then writes the saved data back to the Hdd when it gets a chance. Seagate has already followed this direction with the advent of the Hybrid drive, a HDD with a built-in SSD. It's a good compromise, but still middle-of-the-road, faster than a standard HDD, but overall slower than a SSD. For a basic pc with only one or two large, often used programs, a 120/128Gb SSD is fine. If you are planning on much more than that then a 250/256 Gb SSD would suit better. Whatever size is chosen, never load them anywhere close to full, the remaining space is used by Windows etc for its temp working space, and without that space you'll find the pc gets very slow, very quickly.

Setting up a 60Gb as a cache drive will require doing from the start, its not an additional drive as such, but an add-on to an existing drive. If that's a possible direction, even a 32Gb maybe a cheaper option, yet retain the advantage of the SSD. Otherwise, a 60Gb would pretty much be a waste of money as a Windows only C: drive.
 
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Well..I just linked from the same source you did.

But seriously, a 60GB is right on the ragged edge of too small.
As said...I just finished a basic Windows 7 build. Updates finished yesterday. 46GB used space. Add 8 for CS:GO, and we're at 54GB.

Now go add a couple of addons to CS:GO...:)

A 60GB drive is too small. IMHO.
 
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but it will be enough? i mean i know it will be literally JUST enough but i will actually have steam and CS:GO on the HDD
 
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From your original:
"i was wondering if a 60gb ssd will be enough for CS:GO, windows 8.1 and basic drivers for mobo, gpu, wifi adapter, etc."

Now we're considering putting Steam and the game on the HDD.
With only the OS on the SSD. Why bother with the SSD then? You're throwing away a lot of the benefit of having an SSD.

'Just the OS' is pretty useless. OK, faster boot time. Big deal.
If you can't afford a 120GB or larger in your market, don't bother.
 
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An alternative would be to have a trusted friend someplace else go to a store that has 120Gb or larger ssd's physically buy one and then mail it to you. With the weight of the SSD that'll only run $4-$8 USD, and with conversion it may end up cheaper than the 60Gb as they can catch sales. My dad lives in Australia, I live in the US, so occasionally I end up going shopping for him, saves him usually @50% of the cost.
 
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sorry to bring this thread back but the 60gb ssd was enough for everything and more, i have my windows, drivers, steam, black ops 2, csgo and minecraft and i still have 15gb left.
 
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If it fits, then go for it. Just be careful of installing anything else on that drive.
 
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I just thought that as a good refernce for anyone that stubles across this thread for advice the 60gb ssd is plenty I have windows, three games, steam and all my programs. Although i do recommend deleting the hybernate info (look up a tutorial on it) because it saves as much memory as you have ram. And with all that installed i have 25gb left over
 
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