I am on a REALLY tight budget. Is the 32GB SSD good for 64bit Windows 7 with drivers and stuff? If not a 64 GB?
I am on a REALLY tight budget. Is the 32GB SSD good for 64bit Windows 7 with drivers and stuff? If not a 64 GB?
32GB is going to be a tight fit. If you go with that make sure you move the page file and "My Documents" location to a secondary disk. 64GB is much more doable. I have a 120GB SSD with just windows, documents, and regular programs on it; I'm steadily sitting at 30GB used with 80GB free. Games are on a secondary HDD.
I'd say 64GB is the sweet spot for a Windows installation.
If you can only afford 32GB use it as a cache drive instead
I have a 32 GB SSD myslef. What I do is this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unm3VMTMZu4
Windows boots fast as hell, programs take a while to catch up but overall I'm happy with this configuration myself.
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Desktop-Caching-SSD-SDSSDRC-032G-G26/dp/B008U3038I/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1373245318&sr=1-3&keywords=32+gb+ssd+sata Something like this would be ideal in your case. Low fuss, easy install ,reboot a few times and it does it for you.A standard 32g solid state is to small really to be practical. 64 is better but has to be setup correctly and monitered to ensure you always have 15 percent left . 120 ssd, hdd hybrid is the best practical min standard config.