Newbie: SD Card for Pi3

[bart3nd3r]

@vannquish http://elinux.org/RPi_SD_cards

[UDb23]

@vannquish Yes that card is ok; and even bigger size should work (haven't tested more than 64 GB). Also you could use a USB stick or an external HD.
MicroSD cards & Raspberry benchmark here.

[Corvin]

I'm using this one: SanDisk Ultra microSDHC 32GB
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B013UDL5RU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Works perfektly.

[vannquish]

@Corvin said in Newbie: SD Card for Pi3:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B013UDL5RU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thanks. Would 32GB be big enough? What do you have setup on yours?

[Corvin]

@vannquish I'm using a retropie 4.1 with a lot of games. For that, its more than enough. If you plan to use the Pi as a mediacenter you might consider the 64GB Card.

[vannquish]

@Corvin. No, just looking to setup a table top cab using Pi3 running just the classics & old console games. So 32GB should be fine?

[Corvin]

@vannquish Depends on what games you'll play, but yes, should work.

[vannquish]

@Corvin Looking at running Master System, Mega Drive, SNES, DreamCast, Playstation.

[mrbwa1]

@vannquish said in Newbie: SD Card for Pi3:

@Corvin Looking at running Master System, Mega Drive, SNES, DreamCast, Playstation.

Play station games are generally 300-700 MB each
Dreamcast games can be 1.3 GB or so

Really anything disck-based can east up space pretty quickly. Arcade rom sets tend to be a couple GB as well.

A 64 BG card will probably be sufficient as long as your Dreamcase and PSX library isn't too large.

[vannquish]

@mrbwa1 Great, I'll pickup a 64GB SD card. Thanks for your help.