{"id":3576,"date":"2019-10-09T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=3576"},"modified":"2019-10-08T14:41:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T18:41:28","slug":"is-a-128gb-ssd-big-enough-for-a-desktop-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/09\/is-a-128gb-ssd-big-enough-for-a-desktop-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"“Is a 128GB SSD big enough for a desktop computer?”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It might be, depending on how you set things up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Very broadly speaking, a PC works best with at least 15\u201325% of empty space on the drive for page files, hibernation files, caches, and such. So, a 128GB drive might be fine if you have less than maybe 100GB of live apps and files that you need to have on the disk at all times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you need more storage than that, but still want a modest-sized SSD, offload your less-important files to an external USB drive, or to a cloud account; keep only your most important and most speed-critical stuff on the SSD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But note: SSD prices are in near free-fall; you may find that larger SSDs are much less expensive than you thought!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It might be, depending on how you set things up. Very broadly speaking, a PC works best with at least 15\u201325% of empty space on the drive for page files, hibernation files, caches, and such. 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