Is a 20GB hard drive enough for me?

I only want to use it for game saves, backwards compatibility, and Xbox Live arcade downloads. There are like 3 or 4 different games I want to download.

Will a 20 GB hard drive hold that much and not be completely full for when new stuff comes that I want?

I only want to use it for game saves, backwards compatibility, and Xbox Live arcade downloads. There are like 3 or 4 different games I want to download.

Will a 20 GB hard drive hold that much and not be completely full for when new stuff comes that I want?

siversonicboom

It should be enough, although you may have to delete some stuff to make some more room. The system already takes about 5-6 GBs alone. So you have about 13-14 GB of actual free space. Personally, I dont think it's enough because I find myself having to delete a lot of stuff which defeats the purpose of having storage space. Down the line, I dont think it will be enough.

Well i have 13 gig i think which has saves, arcade games(about 13), themes and pictures but i dont have demos or music. i have left about 9 gig i think.

Well that's good to hear. I really didn't want to shell out $160 bucks for a 120gb model. That's a little too steep for me. Demos usually don't last long anyway. So I guess I have nothing to worry about. Oh and I assume when you download a game you can redownload it as much as needed correct? This includes the original games as well, I can't wait to play through Pyshonaughts again!The_Dark_Jester

You can download them again on the same profile as many times as you want.

Once you start downloading game content the 20GB fills up fast, but for just game saves and arcade titles it will be fine.

I only want to use it for game saves, backwards compatibility, and Xbox Live arcade downloads. There are like 3 or 4 different games I want to download.

Will a 20 GB hard drive hold that much and not be completely full for when new stuff comes that I want?

siversonicboom

I have a 20 gig hard drive but even though the capcity is around 13 gigs... yet even though I am just using 1.6 gigs for a couple of saved games, and have no videos/demos/music or anything, it says I only have 5.5 gigs of free space. ; \

Any idea where the missing gigs went?

I have had my Xbox for about 8 months now and I have never had less than 6 gig free on my 20 gig. So it should be enough unless you want to download a ton of videos and demos and not have to delete anything.

Also I just learned this, im sure a lot of you already knew this but i didnt until today. If you want to upgrade to a larger drive you can re-download all your paid for content to the new drive for free. Your Xbox live account keeps track that you already paid for it and does not make you pay again. So that is pretty cool.