November 11, 20214 yr I have assigned a 250Gb SSD to MSFS. (I thought that would be enough). I have just seen that there is another update of 85Gb approx needed to download. When i tried i was told there was not enough space on the drive! 243Gb used. Surely, all these updates are not all new content, just overwrites for bug fixes etc? Does the program keep previous update downloads? I do have an empty 1Tb M2 but will this be enough!!!!!!! Corsair iCUE 220T Case, AMD Ryzen7 3700X, ASUS TUF X570 Plus Mb, 32GB Corsair Vengence DDR4, 8GB Radeon RX5700XT Gfx, 250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus M2 SSD (dedicated to MSFS), Corsair 550 RM Modular 80 Gold PSU
November 11, 20214 yr MSFS takes ~32 GB of space on my C-drive and ~350GB on my dedicated flightsim drive. If I left out all my third party addons MSFS would still take up >165GB on my dedicated drive. Keep in mind that every World Update will add several GB's to the sim, unless you choose not to install these. Also, MSFS might need some additional space temporarily during the update process. 250GB is on the small side, even without addons. I expect with a 1 TB drive you should be OK for at least a few years. Flightsim rig: CPU: AMD 5900x | Mobo: MSI X570 MEG Unify | RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo | GPU: Gigabyte RTX 3090 | Storage: M.2 (2 & 4 TB) | PSU: Corsair RM850x | Case: Fractal Define 7 XL Display: Acer Predator x34 3440x1440 | Speakers: Logitech Z906 Controllers: Fulcrum One Yoke | MFG Crosswind v2 pedals | Honeycomb Bravo Quadrant |Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant | Stream Deck XL & Plus | TrackIR 5 Tobii eye tracking
November 11, 20214 yr Author Thanks for that. I suppose I was in denial about the size of my drive! Now comes the bit about swapping over the drive. I bet it isn't as straight forward as copy/paste or clone! Corsair iCUE 220T Case, AMD Ryzen7 3700X, ASUS TUF X570 Plus Mb, 32GB Corsair Vengence DDR4, 8GB Radeon RX5700XT Gfx, 250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus M2 SSD (dedicated to MSFS), Corsair 550 RM Modular 80 Gold PSU
November 11, 20214 yr I have a 465 GB SSD and its got 58GB left, wondering how long that will last. Maybe time to look at 1 TB SSD's? Duane Buck
November 11, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, laurieg said: Thanks for that. I suppose I was in denial about the size of my drive! Now comes the bit about swapping over the drive. I bet it isn't as straight forward as copy/paste or clone! It could be. If you have a dedicated drive for MSFS you can probably just copy the data to the new drive, then change the drive letter of the new drive to the one you are currently using. Flightsim rig: CPU: AMD 5900x | Mobo: MSI X570 MEG Unify | RAM: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo | GPU: Gigabyte RTX 3090 | Storage: M.2 (2 & 4 TB) | PSU: Corsair RM850x | Case: Fractal Define 7 XL Display: Acer Predator x34 3440x1440 | Speakers: Logitech Z906 Controllers: Fulcrum One Yoke | MFG Crosswind v2 pedals | Honeycomb Bravo Quadrant |Thrustmaster TCA Quadrant | Stream Deck XL & Plus | TrackIR 5 Tobii eye tracking
November 11, 20214 yr The next update SU (18/11/21) required 33.34 GB (+ 1.12GB on the WindowsApps) and not 85GB. Best regards, Didier "Lagaffe" Boitier HAF 932 / ASUS Z390 STRIX-F Gaming / i9 9900K / Cruxial Ballistic 32 Go à 3200 Ghz / Gigabyte RTX 3060 Ti / 34" Samsung FreeSync 21:9 SSD: Samsung 1To + 2 Cruxial 256 Go / Stockage : WD 4To et WD 2 To / Hotas Warthog and Throttle Cougar
November 11, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, webranger said: I have a 465 GB SSD and its got 58GB left, wondering how long that will last. Maybe time to look at 1 TB SSD's? Fortunately I started with a 1 TB SSD that holds my MSFS installation. Currently 473 GB in use, but my usage on that drive includes a handful of utilities, documents, photos, and music. Roughly 60 GB that is not MSFS related. I store MSFS addons in a dedicated folder set that use with the Addons LInker. Those addons account for 100 GB of the 473 GB. 90 of those 100 GB are freeware addon scenery, mostly GA airports. At one time I was over 600 GB consumed on that drive. I took a look at what was consuming space. At the time I was keeping downloaded freeware .zip and .rar files for backup. Recognizing I could easily find and download them again if needed, and also recognizing many of them get updated anyway after sim updates, I deleted them, freeing up 100 GB of space. Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
November 11, 20214 yr 5 hours ago, laurieg said: I have assigned a 250Gb SSD to MSFS. (I thought that would be enough). 500 GB would be better... If you keep your addons in separate folders, they can be moved to other drives as required. Bert
November 11, 20214 yr For what it's worth, my MSFS installation is 130GB. All up-to-date, plain vanilla, no add-ons. 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.
November 11, 20214 yr Full Premium Deluxe version on Steam around 140 GB without addons. Edited November 11, 20214 yr by Sagoland
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