Laptop storage decision

[Guest]

Hi guys I have a Lenovo ideapad 300 15ISK and it came with a 1TB scorpio blue. I'm using it for College so my documents are saved on One Drive just so I can access them on my desktop too.
Im thinking about swapping the hdd out for a 250gb Samsung 850 EVO that I have lying get around. This is a big downgrade in storage space but an upgrade in speed.
In your opinion or personal experience is 250gb enough?

 

[USAFRet]

Size depends on use.
250GB is plenty for my wife. 2TB is marginally too small for me.

If you're using it for games as well, 250 might be a bit small.
How much used space is on your current drive?

 

[Ne0Wolf7]

If all you're doing is typing (and saving them else ware anyway) and you won't be installing too much, 256 is cutting it a little short but will be fine, meaning you'll have to remove files from the drive to one drive or something like an external hard drive more often.

 

[jsmithepa]

There is no one-size-fits-all dude. Depends what you do with it.

 

[velo3100]

For me thats too small as I play games. For normal usage it should be ok as long as you don't have a lot of music or video files.

 

[Sleepy3103]

SSDs are getting pretty cheap now. I recommend one of these 2 drives. They are really fast and very well priced. Sandisk Ultra II 480GB and 960GB SSDs. $116.94 or $212.77

480GB: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M8ABFX6/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=TRLWP7VTT2J2&coliid=I3GEQLZKL1QIZM&psc=1

960GB: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M8ABHVQ/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=TRLWP7VTT2J2&coliid=I3GEQLZKL1QIZM&th=1

I'm not sure if you have an optical drive but the way I have mine setup is I have a 240GB SSD as my boot drive and a 2.5 HDD caddy that goes in my optical drive bay for my 2TB 2.5 inch Samsung HDD. They are made by NewmodUS. https://www.newmodeus.com/

 

[orlbuckeye]

Here is the Samsung Evo 500gb. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147568

 

[orlbuckeye]

250 isn't enough for me. Remember having too much space isn't a problem but having not enough is.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147568