Sami has a quick question today, "How much hard drive space do I realistically need? I play a lot of games, but I don't use them all of the time."

If you're only going to use your gaming computer to play games, then you can realistically get away with only a few hundred Gigabytes of data storage. Of course, realistically, you're going to use your computer for a lot more than gaming, including:

• Music
• Movies
• Chat (IM and voice)
• Web browsing
• Word processing
• File sharing
• etc ...

There are other factors when buying lots of hard drive space. In particular: magnetic storage is downright cheap. You can buy a 500GB hard drive for as little as $50, while 1 Terabyte hard drives can cost around $90.

So, while you only, realistically, need a few hundred Gigabytes to store all of your games, you're better off - economically and technologically - buying more space so you can not only play your games, but also store all of your digital stuff.

Do you have a question you need answered? E-mail me! lordkat@gmail.com

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Be safe,

Jason