How much hard drive space do I need for gaming PC?

Question

I am going to get a gaming PC and plan on playing games like COD, battlefield, minecraft and MMORGPs like Diablo 3. I just wondered how much hard drive space do I need? Here are the specs if it helps:

Memory: 8 GB 1333 MHZ (2x4GB)
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti - 1 GB
Motherboard: Asus P8H61-M LE/USB3 (Intel H61)
CPU: Intel i5 2500 - (4 x 3.3 GHZ)
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti - 1 GB
Power Supply: 700W PSU
Optical Drive #1: Samsung 22x DVD Re-Writer/Reader /- RW- Black
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 BIT
Networking: Motherboard Integrated Ethernet Lan (Broadband Ready)

Answer 1

There is no set answer, but consider:

+Windows 7 takes up 16 GB (gigabytes) of hard drive space.

+Each game can range from 1-16GB, Minecraft is 1GB and Battlefield 3 is 16GB for example. You can search for each specific games "system requirements" to get a specific number for each video game title.

+Also keep in mind how much video and music files you will want to store on your computer.

+Think about not just how much information you need to store immediately, but also how much you will want to store over the lifespan of your computer.



Personally, I would suggest buying a 500GB or larger hard drive. You will get a good value for the price around that range. Obviously, buy a larger one if your calculations go over that.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Gaming Pc Hard Drive

Answer 4

1TB should be more than enough. For better performance, if your motherboard's drive controller supports it, you could stripe 2 x 1TB HDD's.



Personally, I wouldn't waste the money on an SSD. Windows is only going to load once & w/sufficient RAM (8GB is plenty) you won't be doing much paging. Same goes for your gaming software.



I agree w/others that your choice of GPU isn't optimal. I'd recommend that you go w/nVidia's GeForce GTX 580 (more than twice the performance of the 550Ti) or better (if you can afford it, get the GTX 670 or 680). Be sure to get a vendor-certified PSU w/sufficient power & the proper connections. See the link I've provided for more GPU info.

Answer 5

First of all let's talk about you specs !

You should change the GTX550Ti for something like 6850 or maybe 6870

For CPU you should buy the new Intel Ivy bridge. There is no big improvement on the processing side but there is on the graphics side. People who already have sandy bridge don't really have to upgrade, since you are buying a new pc why don't buy the new one...

For that price you can get: Intel Core i5 3570K

BTW: You need to change the motherboard

On to the question:

1TB would do the job, 500 GB is just on the "edge" but it's better to have free space then have a lack of it :D

I recommend WD Black

Answer 6

Best thing in my opinion is to get a small HDD 120GB or 250GB and use it as a OS drive and essential files...

Buy a 500GB drive for storage (Games, Music, Videos etc....)



Always try to get a 7200rpm + drive as standard.



Most motherboards will have at least 4 SATA ports, so 1 is for Optical DVD drive, 2 can be used for the HDD's (OS drive + Storage drive) and that still leaves you with at least 1 SATA port for an additional HDD as and when its needed... If you have 6 SATA ports then its all good, you'll have plenty of options for further drives

Answer 7

I'd aim for a couple or terabytes at a minimum.





Ideally, use one drive for the Windows installation on C: (or split C: & D: for general use) and another physical drive (either D: or E:) for installing games on.



That way, Windows normal operations & background tasks accessing C: don't interfere with the games running from the other hard drive, so you avoid any stuttering due to drive access delays.



I have mine set up with four x 1.5TB drives as two raid 1 mirrored pairs, one pair is partitioned as C: & D: and the other is E: for games.



That's eliminated some stuttering I was getting when running games from the same physical drive as Windows.

Answer 8

All depends. 1 TB is usually a nice size, and get a 7200 rpm,



Btw, the 550 GTX Ti is not worth it for the price, you'd be much better off with a 6850/6870 Radeon

Answer 9

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it's a perfectly working link, no scam !

It is an excellent and super addictive game of the “casual game” type that, with its incredible graphics and detailed scenarios, makes it a truly entertaining game.

It's my favourite game.

Answer 10

Get an ssd drive much faster than standard drives, essential for gaming, anything over 200gb should be fine, get 2 hard drives, run the system from 1 and games from the ssd drive

Answer 11

Re: steam file locations You can actually relocate directory/file targets using NTFS symlinks when running win2k or later. Check out the "mklink" command. It lets you stitch together ("junction") different directories into whatever kind of structure you want. These links are different to the windows "shortcuts" that can be made from Explorer as any application navigating the folder hierarchy (eg steam) will follow these symlinks as if they were the real directory structure ...

Answer 12

Buy 120 GB SSD if you want good performance.



http://www.rossdigital.co.uk/sandisk-extreme-solid-state-drive-120-gb-internal-2-5-sata-600

Answer 13

I think 1TB is enough for a gaming laptop.

Answer 14

Make sure you have DDR3 ram,

and 250gb is alright if your ona budget but 500gb is better, and if you want get a terrabyte

Answer 15

be safe about 3gb on the whole

Answer 16

OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!!