Total storage needed

[Cooter]

If I wanted to get all planes,campaigns,terrian,etc. how much storage space would I need? I looked at the planes and such on DCS site, and everyone states 120G. I've been watching a lot of Grim Reaper vids, and the most recent I saw was that they say optimum is 100G SSD. So I'm confused.

[Rudel_chw]

You need about 200 GB ... but a 256 drive will quickly be too small, so go for at least a 512 GB drive.

[AstonMartinDBS]

If I wanted to get all planes,campaigns,terrian,etc. how much storage space would I need?

My current Installation of DCS (current open beta via Steam), containing

 

• Modules: A-10C, F-16C, F/A-18C, FC3, UH-1H
  
• Terrains: PG, NTTR, Normandy
  

uses 165 GB of disk storage. I would recommend a drive of at least 512 GB, maybe better 1 TB for future.

 

If you want to get the whole DLC for DCS you'll need primarily a lot of money ;)

Edited April 29, 2020 by AstonMartinDBS

[Shahdoh]

Take GR advice with a grain of salt... My install with about 80% of the available A/C, NTTR and Persian Gulf is up to 182 gig. That does not include optional liveries and such that are on another drive, totalling another 15 gig.

 

Rudels advice for a 512 is more spot on for future growth.

Edited April 29, 2020 by Shahdoh

[Svsmokey]

You'll need extra space for dowloading/unpacking updates. And more maps and modules are coming . I'd go for 240/256 gb MINIMUM . And no , this is not a "spending other peoples money" thing - i just ordered a 1tb for a new build that is only for DCS and supporting programs . (if they fix it) or a couple of other sims if they don't .

[Cooter]

I have a 1TB SSD, so how much space does each module take? Is it 120G/ module or is it 120G for all of it? I would definitely like to get a couple of more things.

Edited April 29, 2020 by Cooter

[Shahdoh]

Several examples given showing 165-185 gig for their whole install. 1Tb will be plenty provided you don't have to much else on the drive. keep 200+ gb free and you will be good to go.

[DW2020]

500Gb at least otherwise you will be kicking yourself later!!

[Rudel_chw]

I have a 1TB SSD, so how much space does each module take? Is it 120G/ module or is it 120G for all of it?

 

I'm too lazy to get the size of each Module, but I have all of them (except the GPS) plus all the Maps and almost all the Campaigns .. it uses 202 GB

 

Plus my Saved Games/DCS folder uses another 7 GB, the User Liveries use 58 GB (and I have just a subset of the available liveries), my Missions Folder uses 9 GB ... there are other optional items, for example my User Mods Library uses 27 GB and my Documentation folder another 15 GB.

 

Best regards.

[Cooter]

Thank you