SSD (Solid State Drives)

[B-rock]

I am thinking I might buy a SSD to put my OS on it and probably just that so that windows starts really fast. But I ask you if you think that spending $100+ on a SSD (Probably 8gb+) would be worth the money.

[BreakTheWalls]

I saw an article on Gamespot about them. While they fare better than normal hard drives, they're expensive as fuck. Fortunately, they drop in price significantly every year, so you may as well wait it out til you get one.

[scrapz]

I remember reading somewhere that while they are really quick to read, it's actually longer than a standard SATAII drive to write. So if you're going to put Windows on it (and it had better not be Vista if you want to fit it on 8gb ;)) then make sure all user data gets put onto a separate disk.

[OoooF4LiFe]

I am thinking I might buy a SSD to put my OS on it and probably just that so that windows starts really fast. But I ask you if you think that spending $100+ on a SSD (Probably 8gb+) would be worth the money.

I can't imagine it's any worse than a minute. Is that really worth $100+?


Fuck your impatient. I'd clean up your mess for half. :ahe:

[scrapz]

I can't imagine it's any worse than a minute. Is that really worth $100+?

Yeah, the GB/$ ratio kinda goes out the window there.

Go for something like a Western Digital Raptor. While slower than SSD, they're the fastest SATA drives you can get. And in much more favorable sizes/prices.

[mohaas05]

SSD isn't really worth it. Unless you're doing something that requires constant hard drive access (which i can't think of anything), you're better off getting a good SATA drive.

Plus, wait for the price of flash memory to fall later.

[Hunnter]

To be honest, unless you are going to be running databases, forget SSD for now.

Go with a WD drive, much cheaper and decently fast for anything you'd wish to do. (also make sure your motherboard can actually transfer fast enough anyway, that can easily limit an SSDs throughput)

Even if you wanted to use that SSD to save your hard drives life by not writing often, it won't make much of a difference. (trust me, i researched this one, i wanted to do this)
Eventually, you will need to write whatever you want to keep to hard drives (unless if it flash, but they suck anyway).

I had an idea for an HDD that could solve problems of moving parts, but i can't say because i would like to keep that window open in the future if SSD still isn't the norm.