Hello is 128GB ssd on a laptop enough?

[michael1337]

In buying a laptop for someone, he uses it for school, watches videos, playes small games and I guess plays Minecraft or something on it?


The laptop I chose has 128GB SSD and I was wondering, is this decent? Or is this like a huge rip off and can you like not do anything with it?

I mean its better than the 32GB laptops but it stills 128GB storage.

Thank you

 

[heavyartillary9]

wel it depends, I have a laptop with 1000gb of storage on it, but I'm only using about 175gb. but I have a lot of games and a few big programs on it, so 128 might be enough, but its cutting it close

 

[mcnumpty23]

unless they are going to download a lot of stuff or install big games it should be ok though doesnt sound a lot compared to mechanical drives

if you were installing a ssd yourself 250/256gb would be the size to price ratio to go for

 

[USAFRet]

In buying a laptop for someone, he uses it for school, watches videos, playes small games and I guess plays Minecraft or something on it?


The laptop I chose has 128GB SSD and I was wondering, is this decent? Or is this like a huge rip off and can you like not do anything with it?

I mean its better than the 32GB laptops but it stills 128GB storage.

Thank you

If it is the only drive, 128GB is rather slim. Especially if they are not into managing that drive space.
Very quickly, they'll have you on the phone asking what to do.

 

[michael1337]

What? So 128gb ssd equals 250gb hdd?

 

[michael1337]

No its a laptop with 128gb SSD only. Is there a way to manually increase storage? The Laptop doesnt have a SD card reader by the way.

 

[USAFRet]

What? So 128gb ssd equals 250gb hdd?

No. Size is size. Price is the difference there.
If at all possible, get the SSD. But do NOT get a laptop with only a 128GB SSD.

 

[heavyartillary9]

no, 128gb ssd = 128gb hdd. the ssd is just much much faster

 

[USAFRet]

No its a laptop with 128gb SSD only. Is there a way to manually increase storage? The Laptop doesnt have a SD card reader by the way.

The only way to increase is to put in another drive.
Some laptops can take a second drive. Some can't.

 

[heavyartillary9]

you would probably be better off getting a laptop with a regular hdd then upgrading it to an ssd if you wanted to

 

[mcnumpty23]

depends--some laptops you can remove cd/dvd drives if it has one and put in a second hard drive

or you could just buy a bigger ssd and swap that into it yourself

as said would depend who is using it if they are careful its doable

 

[michael1337]

Can you maybe advice me a HP laptop max 350 dollars ?

 

[heavyartillary9]

why hp only ? most hp laptops are overpriced 🙁

 

[michael1337]

Eh okay but dude the laptop has a SD card reader should I use an SD card as an extra hard drive?

 

[heavyartillary9]

that would be soooooo slow, it would b like using a flash drive as a hard drive

 

[michael1337]

Dude but there are some with 100mb/s is that quick enough?

 

[michael1337]

Which one looks cooler/better?

http/www.mediamarkt.nl/nl/product/_hp-14-am005nd-1455687.html

Or


http/www.mediamarkt.nl/nl/product/_hp-15-ay082nd-1467003.html

 

[heavyartillary9]

ah, I'm not sure if that's a good deal in your country to be honest, but I would go with the hp15 instead

 

[michael1337]

I think it looks ugly so thats why I hesitate

 

[USAFRet]

Eh okay but dude the laptop has a SD card reader should I use an SD card as an extra hard drive?

No, for multiple reasons.
Slow, limited reliability, easy to lose.

Just get a laptop with a proper size drive. Either HDD or SSD, whatever fits in the budget.
240GB minimum.

For a non-techie user, I'd rather get them something with a 250GB HDD, vs a 128GB SSD.