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Pentium100:
I use 7200RPM drives for storage and two 15000RPM drives for the system in my main PC and games. They are fast enough for me.

Mcgreag:
Got a OCZ Vertex 3 240gb a few weeks ago and is very happy with it. I keep my computer on 24/7 so boot times are not very important (but it's nice it's quick the few times you do it) but general program startup times and load times in games make a huge difference. And no it's not unreasonably large. I used to have a 160gb partition for system and that got full all the time. It's a pain in the butt having to uninstall games just to fit new ones and if you move them to a mechanical drive than the whole purpose of having an SSD is lost IMHO.

As for where ever to wait or not I find Moore's law works on most computer parts, not just CPU. So it doesn't matter when you buy because there are always going to be something larger, faster and cheaper coming next year. If you are always going to wait for it than you will never buy it. Just save up for what ever size you find good and get, you won't be sorry. Don't be cheap when it comes to size. I see a lot of people saying "I'll get a 60gb now and then another 60gb later and put them in raid..." instead of doing that just save another month or two and get the 120gb, it's going to have roughly the same speed as the 2x 60gb (because SSDs have a built in raid-like setup between their internal memory chips) and you will get TRIM support (trim is not supported in raid) and won't have to deal with all the hassles raid creates.

bloody000:
80GB X25-M 34nm here. It's an upgrade that I can feel all the time.

NaRu:
Just installed my new WD 1TB black drive and my max speed is 115MB/s. Im very happy with the speed of this drive and the price for it was amazing.

bloody000:

--- Quote from: NaRu on May 13, 2011, 08:44:34 AM ---Just installed my new WD 1TB black drive and my max speed is 115MB/s. Im very happy with the speed of this drive and the price for it was amazing.

--- End quote ---

Maximum throughput means jackshit for OS/program/games drive. IOPS and small random read are where SSD truly, truly shines. For storage I have two greens, much quieter than the 6401AALS I have(now disconnected due to noise).

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