New setup Micro SD card size
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Hi newbie to all this, can someone please help. If I understand correctly, build a pie, and put retropie image on SD
- do the ROMs for different consoles go in different folders ie 1 for Atari, one for N64 etc
- what is a typical ROM size I guess they vary by console
- what size micro SD card is recommended, asking how much space for basic software leaving x? Gigabytes for games, is 64GB SD card too big or not big enough
- is this card compatible / good enough SanDisk from Amazon SDSQUAR-064G-GN6MA
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Yes
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From less than 1 kilobyte to over 1 Gigabytes
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I started with a 32GB which is plenty for Arcade Games ... as soon as you add consoles, well, i got a 64GB card which lasted a month before i got a RPI4 and was able to add even More Consoles .. picked up a 128GB card. Will see how long that lasts ;) ... prob end up using a hard drive for game next and just use a smaller SD Card for the Retropie OS
TLDR: SD Card Size will Depend on what systems/consoles you intend on playing.
Oh, and if you compress you roms/images (ie. i have compressed all my PS1 games to PBP format and Dreamcast/3DO/Sega Saturn games to CHD format ... saves a TON of space !)
- Yeah, should be fine .. all my cards a Sandisk
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