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In recent years, 240 GB SSDs have gradually become more and more popular. Installed users will always use 240GB SSDs. So is a 240GB SSD enough? And how to reasonably split a 240 GB solid-state hard drive?

Is a 240 GB SSD Enough?

The 240GB SSD is neither too small nor too big. After all, mechanical hard drives are now over 1TB.

Because manufacturers and methods for calculating capacity of computers vary, firmware inside SSD must also take up storage space. So actual usable capacity of 240GB SSD we purchased is about 223GB.

In real world, if hard disk capacity is relatively large, it is generally recommended that you allocate about 100 GB of space on system drive (C drive). Since capacity of 240 GB solid state hard drive is small, about 60 GB of space should be reserved for total system disk, and software is recommended to be installed on D drive.

So remaining hard drive capacity is only 223-60 GB = 163 GB. For most general users, as long as they only install QQ, a browser, and a small amount of online games rather than downloading a lot of movies or storing data, around 100GB of remaining space is usually sufficient.

About 60 GB is reserved for later activities, which can be used to store small documents and junk files generated by system.

For most average computer users, therefore, a 240 GB solid-state hard drive is basically enough to form habit of regularly taking out the trash, even if only for a short period of one to two years. Of course, if it's professional design, big data storage, and installing a few big games, a 240GB SSD is clearly not enough and should be used in conjunction with a mechanical hard drive.

How should a 240GB SSD be partitioned?

In actual use, it is generally recommended to allocate about 60 GB of space on system drive (C drive), and games and software are not installed on C drive, so remaining hard drive capacity is 223-60 GB = 163 GB.

For most general users, as long as they only install QQ, browsers and a small amount of online games and don't download a lot of movies or store data, about 100 GB of remaining space is usually sufficient.

About 60 GB is reserved for later activities, which can be used to store small documents and junk files generated by system.

Of course, if you have an SSD + mechanical hard drive combination, then SSD is only recommended to be divided into two areas, system drive (C drive) allocates about 60 GB of space, and remaining 163G is used for D drive, mainly for install frequently used software and games that help improve read and write speed, and leftover mechanical hard drive is most suitable for use as a storage drive.

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In fact, rationale for partitioning 240 GB solid state hard drives cannot be generalized. Everyone has different needs, so reasonable partitioning of 240GB SSDs is also different. For example, more game programs are used, we share more game discs and use less software, there is not much software in common use, so we can use less.