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Mummelmann on 15 May 2016
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torok said:
maxleresistant said:

SSDs are still really useful to have your OS and programs on it.

I own a laptop, when I bought a mSATA SSD to put my OS and apps on it, my laptop went Super Sayan. I'm never going back to HDD only. 

But weirdly enough, for games it's not really different.

Sorry, I meant SSDs for game storage. For the OS + drivers + key software, it's a beast. I don't use on on my laptop because I really use a lot of space (developer tools, VM, etc). For my desktop, it's on my buy list. Games + files on the HDDs and SSD for the previously mentioned items. Even with dual-boot on my PC, anything above 200GB would be perfect for me, so I wouldn't need a huge, expensive SSD.

I will probably grab an HDD for the PS4 first, since things there are critical with 500GB. My PC really doesn't need more space and I can deal with slower boot times and program launches for now.

I use a 500GB SSD for my games, it has plenty of storage for me and I have behemoths like TW3 and GTA5 installed on it, I also have a fairly sizable download folder on it. If it gets crowded, I move something to my external drive or I simply uninstall a finished game or delete something. I really don't see the need for 1TB or more storage today, with streaming being so common. On my older rigs, I had 1-2TB's of movies and TV series, but those days are gone.

I would easily recommend SSD for games as well, the performance improvement is well worth it, especially if you have a performance rig and are looking to eliminate possible bottlenecks.

PS: Of course, I have a SSD system disc as well, but it's only 256GB.