Actually, I can believe that people would use more than 64GB. It simply depends on their usages. Here’s two example I can think of:

First of all, think about it, the OS alone can take up to 20GB.

1- If you start adding video games installations, it will easily eat up over 64GB, if not even over 128GB.

2- If you do a lot of picture touch-ups and work at very-high resolutions, you will be able to take advantage of the SSD speed and each file can easily weight in the hundred of MBs each, adding up quickly. Even worse if you work with video or 3D modeling.

Now, in my humble opinion, very few people actually NEED anything over 128GB on a SSD, as long as they have a regular hard drive for main storage.

If you look at the poll, 3 people out of 5, or 62%, would agree with me. However, I can’t just ignore the other 38% who wants 256GB or more.

Besides, 256GB SSDs will be featured only in the highest-end builds, due to their current prohibitive cost. So, if you actually need/want that much space, you will also have to be able to afford it.

It is also my opinion that when people will see the price of a 256GB SSD, they might just decide that 128GB is just enough actually.

In any case, we feature custom computer builds on this blog, so it’s not like someone can’t decide to pick a smaller or bigger SSD based on their own choice.

Unless people can point it out to me why they NEED more than 30GB or 64GB… I don’t believe it. I think if 90% of the pollsters had to pay for the SSD they would think otherwise.

Why NOT just a 30GB or 64GB for the OS and some applications, then use a regular (relatively cheap in comparison) sata drive for data back up, music, media files, etc.

Come on Mathieu, surely you can’t believe that people need more than 64GB SSD drive at most. Will some one set me straight on this ???