May 11, 20206 yr I am looking to purchase an SSD for my Prepar3D v5, X-Plane 11 and MSFS 2020 when it comes out. What size would you recommend that would leave me with space leftover to breath? I'm thinking a full install of P3D with a lot of add-ons would take about 250-500GB of space, and X-Plane 11 the same. ASUS ROG Maximus Hero XII ▪︎ Intel i9-10900K ▪︎ NVIDIA RTX 3090 FE ▪︎ 64GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro ▪︎ Windows 10 Pro (21H1) ▪︎ Samsung 970 EVO Pro 1TB NVME SSD (OS Drive) ▪︎ Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SATA SSD ▪︎ Seagate 4TB SATA HDD ▪︎ Corsair RMx 850W PSU
May 11, 20206 yr That is too small. I am using 960 GB (close to 1tb) with P3Dv5 alone - it is 50% filled with barely not whole lot. I plan to utilize XP-11 with the rest as all I need is Southern Cali for Pilotedge. Minimum 1TB required - if you can get 2TB+ You can always Raid 0 SSDs lol just make sure they are same size (one ssd failure leads to complete data loss on Raid 0) I have multiple Windows ssds for my system 1TB for P3Dv5 / (maybe xplane 11) 256 GB for FSX - only PMDG-11 and orbx global+openlc 1TB PCIE for DCS - that is 70% full with DCS modules anyway wow 1TB work station mode for work Edited May 11, 20206 yr by Skywolf How I Evaluate Third Party Sim Addon Developers Refined P3Dv5.0 HF2 Settings Part1 (has MaddogX) and older thread Part 2 (has PMDG 747)
May 11, 20206 yr I have just recently upgraded and have now one M2 SSD (1TB) for P3Dv5 and another 2 TB M2 SSD which is mainly dedicated for ORBX. - Harry 9800x3D (Strix x870e-E) - 64GB RAM (DDR5 6000, CL 30) - RTX 5090, 34'' 1440p OLED HDR - Windows 11 Pro (1TB M.2) - MSFS 2024 (MS Store, 4TB M.2).
May 11, 20206 yr Simple. Buy the biggest you can afford. It will eventually be filled up anyway. Intel i7 6700K @4.3. 32gb Gskill 3200 RAM. Z170x Gigabyte m/b. 28" LG HD monitor. Win 10 Home. 500g Samsung 960 as Windows home. 1 Gb Mushkin SSD for P3D. GTX 1080 8gb.
May 11, 20206 yr 8Tb NMVe SSD for all 3 sims to be sure. 😉 SpoilerSystem specs: MFG Crosswind pedals| ACE B747 yoke |Honeycomb Bravo throttleNow built: P3Dv5.3HF2: Intel i5-12600K @4.8Ghz | MSI Z690-A PRO | Asus Dual RTX 4070 Super OC 12Gb| 32Gb Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200Mhz |Samsung 980Evo Pro PCIe 500Gb | WD Black SN850 PCIe 2Tb | WD SA510 4Tb |beQuiet 802 Tower Case|Corsair RM850 PSU | Acer Predator X34P 3440x1440pMark AldridgeMSFS2024 SU5 & P3D v5.3 HF2
May 11, 20206 yr 2 hours ago, captain420 said: I am looking to purchase an SSD for my Prepar3D v5, X-Plane 11 and MSFS 2020 when it comes out. What size would you recommend that would leave me with space leftover to breath? 2TB minimum, preferably more. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
May 11, 20206 yr I use 1x NVMe 1TB for OS, P3D, X-Plane and MSFS and put all my scenery and add-ons in a secondary M.2 SATA 2TB drive (except for MSFS which at least for now has all packages in the same drive). The speed difference between NVMe and SATA whie loading scenery is hardly noticeable and if i ever need more storage, i can easily add another regular SATA 2TB or 4TB drive. CASE: Fractal Terra Silver CPU: AMD R5 7800X3D 5.0Ghz RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 GPU: nVidia RTX 4070 Ti SUPER · SSDs: Samsung 990 PRO 2TB M.2 PCIe · PNY XLR8 CS3040 2TB M.2 PCIe · VIDEO: LG-32GK650F QHD 32" 144Hz FREE/G-SYNC · MISC: Thrustmaster TCA Airbus Joystick + Throttle Quadrant · MSFS2024 · Windows 11
May 13, 20206 yr 2 TB..... Intel 10700K @ 5.1Ghz, Asus Hero Maximus motherboard, Noctua NH-U12A cooler, Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB 3200 MHz RAM, RTX 2060 Super GPU, Cooler Master HAF 932 Tower, Thermaltake 1000W Toughpower PSU, Windows 10 Professional 64-Bit, 100TB of disk storage. Klaatu barada nickto.
May 14, 20206 yr May I ask why the m2 for scenery? Addons? my opinion waste of money. im assuming the m2 does not make a difference? for P3d to load faster I can understand. mike
May 14, 20206 yr I currently have a 2x 1TB SSDs filled 98% with pretty much just P3D stuff. So yeah, get at minimum a 2TB, but as others said, just go with the biggest you can afford! Benjamin van Soldt Windows 10 64bit - i5-8600k @ 4.7GHz - ASRock Fatality K6 Z370 - EVGA GTX1070 SC 8GB VRAM - 16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX @ 3200MHz - Samsung 960 Evo SSD M.2 NVMe 500GB - 2x Samsung 860 Evo SSD 1TB (P3Dv4/5 drive) - Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM - Seasonic FocusPlus Gold 750W - Noctua DH-15S - Fractal Design Focus G (White) Case
May 14, 20206 yr Commercial Member I have FS9, FSX, P3Dv3, P3Dv4 and P3Dv5 on the same 512GB SSD... and it's half empty. So it depends. 🙂 @mikeymike I like M.2 SSDs for the form factor, not necessarily the performance because you won't notice the difference. Got my latest (512GB 970 EVO NVMe) for around $110 so the price difference isn't too onerous. Cheers! Luke Kolin I make simFDR, the most advanced flight data recorder for FSX, Prepar3D and X-Plane.
May 15, 20206 yr If you plan to go low&slow and not just fly in your immediate surroundings, even the biggest won't last long, since most of the addons will be TE sceneries. USA covered with ORBX and MSE will take nearly 2TB, Europe also in range of 2TB, it just dissapears.... If, on the other hand, you're into jetliners, where scenery doesn't play that much of a role, the size requirements are much smaller, since most addons will be airport sceneries and planes. And don't forget, 3x. Win 7 Home (SP1), i7 [email protected], RAM 16gb, gtx 1080 Ti, ssd disks, DELL U2715H P3d ver 4.5.12.30293, TrackIr v5, T16000M + TWCS
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