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Hey there, so I have all my parts for my first gaming PC picked out, with no particular budget in mind. (its a good season at work). but still... i went too far. I think. I picked out a 1TB SSD and a 2 TB HDD. Now, I want to be able to use my SDD for my games and OS. And HDD for my media/pictures and music and all.

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Is 1TB too much? I want to play GTA V, GTA IV, Skyrim, Oblivion, etc. etc....
Will 500 GB SDD Be sufficient?
If i went with 500GB and later decided I want more space on my SDD, would I be able to add another 500 GB SDD? Does it even work like that? How would you even go about doing that with saving and such? wouldn't it get too confusing?
Sorry for all the questions, I am just so confused here!
 
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Most motherboards come with 6 SATA ports. So you can put 5 SSD's/Hard Drives in most systems. And that is assuming you have an optical drive still, which some people have dumped. So yes, you could buy a 500GB SSD today, and add another one later on, or a 1TB, or by then, there should be 2TB SSD's out there. Maybe even 4TB SSD's at some point. Enterprise buyers can get 16TB SSD cards now, so it won't be long before we can too.

The nice thing about custom made PC's is that everything is either expandable and/or replaceable. Its not like buying a TV and then when something bigger or better comes along, you have to throw out the old one and buy a new one. You can just change parts, and have the newer and (normally) better new thing.
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When I built this system in May 2015, I bought just a 1TB SSD. And I lived with it for 16 months without a hard drive. Not because I had to, but because my SSD was still only 15% used, and I did not feel I needed more space. Finally though, that little voice in my head that was screaming about me not doing backups got me to buy a 2TB hard drive just for backups.

I do not think buying a 1TB SSD and a 2TB drive is overkill. Its smart. You will not have to worry about running out of space, and the peace of mind is well worth it. Not to mention that probably all of your games will be able to fit on the SSD, so they will all be fast.
 
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Hmm... interesting. The peace of mind would be fantastic, for sure. But how upgradable is it? If i went with 500 GB initially and later wanted to add another 500GB. Would I be able to do that? How does extra storage units work with SSD's like as in when it comes to saving files and such, does it just merge or is it two separate drives? I know a very noob question, i'm learning! Thank you
 
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Thanks for the advice! I have a question about upgradability. So I have my parts picked out, I decided to go with the i7-6700K and motherboard ASUS MAXIMUS VIII - If i went with i7-4790K and ASUS MAXIUMUS VII for instance, would that be worth it and would I be able to upgrade those items hassle free one day should i need to? Would those two still run high demanding games? I really don't care about running at 4K- at all. The only thing I care about is running the game SMOOTHLY. What do you think? I also have a good GPU picked out, GTX 980ti and i'm content with that choice. Just nothing else.
 
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Most motherboards come with 6 SATA ports. So you can put 5 SSD's/Hard Drives in most systems. And that is assuming you have an optical drive still, which some people have dumped. So yes, you could buy a 500GB SSD today, and add another one later on, or a 1TB, or by then, there should be 2TB SSD's out there. Maybe even 4TB SSD's at some point. Enterprise buyers can get 16TB SSD cards now, so it won't be long before we can too.

The nice thing about custom made PC's is that everything is either expandable and/or replaceable. Its not like buying a TV and then when something bigger or better comes along, you have to throw out the old one and buy a new one. You can just change parts, and have the newer and (normally) better new thing.
 
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VERY helpful my good sir, thank you!
 
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