I am going to replace my aging Windows 7 system and saw an offer that includes a 128GB SSD. I have an SSD on my Win 7 system and definitely want one on a new computer. Is 128GB sufficient for Windows 10?
I have had Windows 10 on my 120GB SSD since you could upgrade from Windows 7. I never got it over half full. That being said, if you install a lot of Steam games you might use up some major space. I have read that until you get down to around 20% free space you won't run into any slow down.
I am planning on getting a 250 as soon as I can just to have more space, but I have not ran into space issues with my 120 so far.
I currently have 87.5GB free of my 120 SSD. That includes over 4GB of pictures.
Hope this helps. :)
If that is the only drive, then no.
If you have an hdd as well, 128 GB is ok but you will need to manage space carefully. 240+GB is better really but not essential.
Thanks. I should have stated that there is a 1TB hdd also. I have 256GB now but most of it is unused (only 84GB used)
I want Windows to be fast, but I also want all other disk access to be fast. So everything goes on the SSD. And it's fast.
That requires a larger SSD, so I got a 512 GB SSD.
I used a 128 GB for Windows 10 and it worked fine. However, I used a 1 TB spinning HDD for my files and programs, as well as my user folders.
This strategy worked well until I lost my spinning drive to the CHKDSK gods, and the backups failed.
I started over with a 500 GB Samsung SSD for Windows 10 and files. The only thing that I do differently than perhaps other users do, is that I bought a 250 GB SSD to put my Steam games on, as they eat up a lot of room. So I have a separate drive just for games.
I don't see myself running our of space for the foreseeable future. My recommendation is to use a second spinning drive for your programs and files is you are using a 128 GB drive for Windows. Just make sure to securely back them both up.
Well I run a 512GB NVME SSD for my OS and program and 1 TB 850 pro,SATA SSD for storing my data. So I have no mechanical drives in my notebook at all.
That's where I'll end up eventually ... no mechanicals. For now I have a 512 GB SSD, a 2 TB HDD, and another 2 TB HDD for backups. The latter will soon be replaced by an 8 TB HDD. But someday I'll have a 32 TB SSD. Yay!
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