When do you know you need a larger disk?
As SSD is getting cheaper, I find myself keep thinking that I should buy a bigger one.
But this isn't really a decision based on actual need - and I can tell my mind is playing tricks to convince me that "you need to get it because what if you want to install a lot of large games".
I'm thinking may be a reasonable criteria instead is to see my current utilization, and buy one only if the utilization exceeds a percentage - say ">80% disk util=> buy a new one" as a rule?
What is your criteria to get a bigger disk?
If I need more space or more speed. Otherwise, it's a waste.
One ALWAYS needs a larger disk!
As a NAS user I agree.
I personally have about 7tb of space in my gaming machine but that’s mostly because I used to have terrible internet and have been in the habit of downloading a bunch of stuff and holding since downloaded took too long. My speeds are much better now but I still hoard stuff anyway
I only have a few games and two 500GB SSDs have been more than enough for me. My first started to fill up with ~60GB left on storage so I grabbed another.
SSDs are pretty cheap now. If you can afford larger ones, I don't see why you shouldn't grab one just in case you find yourself with a big library of games in the future.
For me, I only have the one NVME slot, so I'm waiting until I can summon the motivation to switch it over and reinstall arch and all the settings the way I like it.
I only have 500GB but with a 2TB external HDD I still have 50% free space
What is your SSD's capacity now?
I have 500GB + 1TB. Both about 30% used.
With (350GB + 700GB) just over 1 TB of free space between 2 disks, I struggle to see why you would need more, even if you start downloading a bunch of games.