There is no "recomendation for gaming". Different games require different space on your HDD.
My friend have games that takes less than 100 GB, I have over 500 GB of games on my HDD. And I know people who keep thei whole Steam Library (hundrets of games) installed as they don't want to bother with redownloading them.
This is your answer.
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He means you need to examine your gaming habits. Do you keep a ton of games installed all the time? Do you just play a low number of games until you finish them and then replace them with others? Do you do something in-between? Once you figure it out, you'll know how large an SSD to get.
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My specs are :
Intel Core i5 3570k,
Kingston 8GB DDR3 RAM ,
ASrock Z77 Extreme4 ,
Asus HD7850-DC2-2GD5 Radeon HD 7850 Graphic Card ,
1TB SATA 7200RPM Hard Drive ,
Intel 330 120GB SSD ,
LG CD/DVD-RW Writer ,
CM922,
Windows 7 Home 64bit ,
Thermaltake TR-700P 700w PS
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Specs look fine for the most part. I have the same CPU and Mobo. The PSU, I'm not so sure about. I've heard bad things about that specific one, it has a bad track record. Go Corsair/XFX/Seasonic. A Corsair TX 650 would be fine for even CF 7850s, or like you were thinking, you could cut out the SSD for now and get a better GPU. A 660ti/670 or a 7950 would suit that rig well. Either way, I'd stick with well known brand PSUs, as they are the heart of your system and you don't want to skimp out on it.
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Lol I try. PC building is my passion/hobby and I like to help others out. I built my newest rig only a few weeks ago and the thing is rock solid and I couldn't be more happy with its performance and the overall price I spent on it :) Is this your first rig that you're building? Should be fun for you :P
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I have the 670 FTW, oh man it's a powerhouse. What resolution do you play at by the way? Your monitor's max resolution. Using a 670, while playing on 1440x900(for example) is overkill. A 670 is perfect for 1080p though, which is what I use.
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Ahhhhh same here. Luckily I have a do nothing job that pays well :P.
I'm just using some generic mouse+kb, works fine for me lol. This is my monitor. Loving it :) Luckily monitor's aren't THAT pricy. You could get a good 1080p one for cheaper than this, but there was a good sale for this one on amazon.
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Ah yea. I used to play on my bro's 21.5" monitor and I found the size was decent, but I wanted to go a little bigger. So for how far away I sit from my monitor, 23" totally engulfs my view. I can't imagine using a 27" monitor sitting only like 2-3 feet away lol.
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I'm also building a new pc, but I might cut down the whole SSD thing just to get better specs.. and because the prices here are way, way overpriced sadly :/
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Hm sounds like you're confusing something. People mostly buy SSDs to throw their OS and all their programs on for incredibly faster loading speeds and boot times. Games like MMOs, with constantly loading worlds benefit from SSDs, but other games have marginal gains in comparison.
You don't HAVE to put every game you own on an SSD. I have a 256gb Crucial M4 SSD with my OS and programs on it(C:) and then I have my 1TB HDD(D:) for Media(games/music/movies). I have Steam installed on D:\ so it's the default install location for games, but I use Steam Mover to move the specific games I want to my SSD so I can save space on my SSD.
As others have said, SSDs aren't even necessary for gaming. Conventional HDDs run games fine, SSDs just cut down loading times, depending on the game.
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If you're on a budget, I'd wait. I personally feel you don't NEED to add an SSD until your rig is completely established already. The SSD was the last thing I added to my rig. However, adding an SSD later on has a disadvantage where you'd have to reinstall Windows so it'll be on your SSD instead of the HDD you had it installed on previously. Well worth it for the incredible speeds an SSD offers imo.
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Which question exactly? I have the order of the posts flipped so not sure which you're referring to lol.
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Well with a 60gb SSD you'd probably only have 56gb SSD space to start. And iirc the windows install will probably take 20gb to start. So with those added games you'd probably have barely enough space to make it. I would honestly recommend a 120/128gb SSD at the minimum.
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Definitely worth it. I'm rockin a Corsair AX 750w and I love how the fan never turns on except when under heavy heavy loud. Really helps keep my system near silent.
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I'm not sure if 60GB is quite big enough nowadays even just used as a gaming drive - plenty of games are going over 10GB in size, Star Wars: The Old Republic (for example) is over 20GB I believe and, according to the Steam store page, Max Payne 3 requires a whopping 35GB disk space.
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Just about maybe? Some figures pinched from the Steam store:
Final Fantasy XI: 12 GB of free space or more
Rift: 15GB
Dungeons & Dragons Online: 15GB
Tera: 25GB
A few examples for you. There won't be room for much else.
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This is awkward... I don't actually own a SSD. If I was to put together a new build though I'd put a Samsung 830 128GB in it.
Here's my current build for a new PC if I wasn't almost completely broke.
With regards to managing disk space on a SSD, you can do things like decreasing the size of/removing the page file, turning off hibernate, lowering the amount reserved for system restore etc. which will free up several GB. As for installing Windows, supposedly it's best not to connect your HDD until after the installation because Windows can be a bit fussy about the whole affair, a little like the wife that I also... don't have.
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I've read some things that say that Windows gets bitchy if you move the page file. I left it on, installed Win 7, all my standard everyday programs (browsers, media players, crap like that), and put Diablo 3 on it and still have 10gb left. And since it doesn't really matter if you have extra space left over on a SSD, I could probably fit another MMO on there like Sh3iik wanted. Absolutely turn of hibernate though, nobody should ever use hibernate for any reason, ever. EVER. Last note: I had both my SSD and HDD connected when installing Win7 and it went fine.
Honestly I feel like you should either get a 60gb SSD or something 250+. If you get the 60, you put the bare essentials on it and get a storage drive with it and everything's pretty awesome. You get the 250, you can put damn near everything on it and everything's amazing. Anywhere in between just seems messy.
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Hi i was wondering what the minimum recommended size of SSD is required for gaming. Currently i have 120gb in my build but im trying to cut down costs. Thanks
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