How much space to set for W7 Bootcamp Partition?

[SmugMac]

I'm not really experienced in setting up Bootcamp on Mac, but I have a few Windows games that I want to play; so I'm taking the plunge and installing W7.

I am looking at installing:
-Bioshock
-Bioshock 2 (when me order arrives in mid-feb)
-Unreal Tournament 3
-Sims 3 - maybe....

So how much space does W7 really need, I have a genuine W7 Ultimate x64 to install (got 8GB DDR3 on my 27" iMac) so there seems to be no point installing x32... Probably...

Seems I need 20GB just for W7 x64... But how much space to leave for the games I want with a little space to grow?

 

[A Macbook Pro]

If it's your iMac your talking about, I'd say a good 300GB. With 2TB, I think you could even go for 500. That way you can install the games you want and have enough spare room for Windows to run efficiently.

 

[SmugMac]

If it's your iMac your talking about, I'd say a good 300GB. With 2TB, I think you could even go for 500. That way you can install the games you want and have enough spare room for Windows to run efficiently.

Thanks ^_^

I think I'm going to give W7 x64 320GB of space, I think it will be ample.

 

[Gav Mack]

The more the merrier - a lot of gamers I know rip their disks to an image, apply the necessary nocd patch and mount them via daemon tools for better performance.

I know it's seems a waste of ram and a 'backward step' but unless you are sure the games have proper (and more importantly stable) support for 64 bit I would go 32 bit..

 

[SmugMac]

The more the merrier - a lot of gamers I know rip their disks to an image, apply the necessary nocd patch and mount them via daemon tools for better performance.

I know it's seems a waste of ram and a 'backward step' but unless you are sure the games have proper (and more importantly stable) support for 64 bit I would go 32 bit..

Oh. Never thought of that... Good point!