1 TB HDD with 128 MB SSD vs 256 MB SSD

"enterprise1927;c-16743473" wrote:
128GB and 256GB SSD price different is negligible today. So I vote for 1TB HDD + 256GB SSD. :D
128GB work well for Windows + Sims 3 + CC + many expansions and maybe some small programs. You will have problem when you want to install more games.

I'm sorry but while it doesn't matter so much what the size of a too small (less than 512 GB) SSD is if a large HDD is provided and should be used instead, I would have to say that advising a player to install TS3 directly onto a 128 GB SSD intended to carry the operating system is really poor advice. Unless they have no EPs, no added content to manage, and won't be accumulating saved games there, they will have to redo all of this so that the game is installed on the HDD before long. There just is not enough room for Win 10 with its frequent updates and the game to co-exist and leave enough free space on the drive for both of them to maneuver. There may be enough space on 128 GB after Windows is installed to satisfy the "official" minimum requirements EA states, but from a practical standpoint in the real world this becomes unworkable.

On 256 GB...okay, maybe on the program install, provided that the player still redirects their Documents library and hence their TS3 user game folder over to the HDD. Again, the SSD has enough space to satisfy the stated requirements and things won't be impossible as they would be the one half that size, but having to constantly monitor free space will still drive the average to avid player crazy if they run the entire game from it.

I "vote" for a larger drive and, if a larger SSD is not reachable at this time, then forget about it and go with a nice 1 or 2 TB HDD only. And we still need to see the other specs of the systems truly under consideration. The drive configuration becomes moot if its processor is too weak, there is not enough RAM, or it has no dedicated graphics card of sufficient strength.