What will Steam install do to my Windows 7 computer?

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  1. Posts : 56
    Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #11

    BugMeister said:
    - it's relatively unobtrusive, though it will update occasionally
    - if you want to, you can remove it from Start-up via "msconfig"


    - it can get quite large, if you're not careful...
    - mine has reached 168G in size, so far..

    - I installed Steam on my HD to avoid it eating up SSD space..
    168GB?! My drive is 320GB (160GB on my old XP email-reader, which I also have it installed on but haven't run yet). How does it get up to that big? Just the games? I only have Shadowrun and some other 2D games purchased.
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  2. Posts : 364
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #12

    Many games now start-off with 8gb-14gb default installs (not including update data). The better games get, the bigger they get I myself have a 217GB game collection (both steam and non-steam games)

    Phill3990
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  3. Posts : 58
    Win 7 Home Premium x64
       #13

    For me, I love Steam so much that I prioritize it meaning that I will close other programs if they interfere with Steam. It's such an awesome program.

    the 2nd column is RAM usage


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