First let me say I don't have MSFS yet. My new machine will be ready at the end of this month, when I'll purchase 2024.  I heard that there will be an option to install MSFS 2024 directly on to an SSD.  I do realize that it will still be necessary to stream information while using the sim. I know it's going to be BIG file, but I plan to install it on a 4 TB SSD that will be used exclusively for the sim.  Does anyone know when this feature will be available?

Thanks.

19 minutes ago, tamba765 said:

First let me say I don't have MSFS yet. My new machine will be ready at the end of this month, when I'll purchase 2024.  I heard that there will be an option to install MSFS 2024 directly on to an SSD.  I do realize that it will still be necessary to stream information while using the sim. I know it's going to be BIG file, but I plan to install it on a 4 TB SSD that will be used exclusively for the sim.  Does anyone know when this feature will be available?

Thanks.

In Beta currently. Works well and very easy to manage. From what I’ve read a base install is around 200GB but that’s not fact, just my 68 year old memory LoL. Hopefully the Beta (Service Update 3) will be finished by EOM and you can have your new computer and sim all at once!  Welcome aboard or welcome back whichever it is and Blue Skies to you.

-B

Welcome aboard is appropriate. This will be my first time using MSFS. I've been a P3D user for several years and I figured it was time to give MSFS 2024 a shot. I'm usually the last to show up at the party, I guess. Thanks.

I would put the MSFS2024 with a NVME instead of SSD.

Personally, i have the OS and MSFS and other Community and Cache in separate NVMEs and everything seems to run faster.

But that just me, others will say it is excessive, but NVME 1TB prices are pretty good these days compared to SSD, and NVME is much faster

Edited July 15, 2025Jul 15 by avistudent

I purchased a 4 TB Samsung 9100 Pro. It's a native PCIe 5.0 SSD, so it should do the trick. I guess I'll find out soon.

I installed FS2024on a NVME and installed all my addons and community folder on separate SSD's.

49 minutes ago, avistudent said:

I would put the MSFS2024 with a NVME instead of SSD.

 

He did get an NVME.  Fastest on the market current reviews say.  He should be well pleased and just for the record, an NVME Solid State Drive is an SSD.  

https://www.thessdreview.com/our-reviews/nvme/samsung-9100-pro-gen5-ssd-review/

-B

Whilst it is all very well downloading everything you can on to your SSD or NVMe, you will have to update everything that gets updated in future world and sim updates manually, including planes, scenery, etc.  That sounds like a bit of a potential ballache to me.

And of course, the virtual world runs in to many petabytes of data, so that will still need to be streamed irrespective of how much you can put on your own disk drive.

1 hour ago, tamba765 said:

Welcome aboard is appropriate. This will be my first time using MSFS. I've been a P3D user for several years and I figured it was time to give MSFS 2024 a shot. I'm usually the last to show up at the party, I guess. Thanks.

My most important recommendation for you is to give 2024 setup a bit of time...it's very different from 2020 and especially P3D.

But I'd say it's a good time to get into 2024 with SU3 release version right around the corner.

Something you may notice is that you have to apply a control binding profile to every aircraft (once you load that aircraft for the first time).

16 minutes ago, cianpars said:

Whilst it is all very well downloading everything you can on to your SSD or NVMe, you will have to update everything that gets updated in future world and sim updates manually, including planes, scenery, etc.  That sounds like a bit of a potential ballache to me.

And of course, the virtual world runs in to many petabytes of data, so that will still need to be streamed irrespective of how much you can put on your own disk drive.

Pretty much the same as 2020 and yet i jumped  on the feature the moment it was released and would not have it any other way. Yes we know here will be drawbacks .. the biggest is an even longer initial start time than 2020 in some cases but for the benefit it gives me and my use case it is worth it. 

Glad you are enjoying the sim the way you want to use it on your pc and very glad the opportunity is now there for me to enjoy the sim the way i need it to be configured. 

Cheers

I created control bindings for every aircraft that I use in P3D. I just import the particular aircraft profile I'm using for that flight, and it seems to work OK. Hope it's that easy with 2024. This unknown territory for me.😬