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SSD
Sosseres:
An interesting thing to note is that most people don't need over 1TB in storage space as things are right now. They could probably even manage just fine with 200GB or so, perhaps less. Making a 120 GB SSD solution viable for the entire system solution. If I didn't torrent anything and really considered what I put on my HDD I could do with 120 GB, rendering that I could get 4TB for the same price meaningless. (I could just get a slow drive at a tenth of the cost though ^^)
Could even run an entire computer of of RAM as things are now. 6 GB of RAM and a linux solution without any of the flashy things. I couldn't do it, but if all you do is surf and so on it would most likely be enough. (Can pass 20 GB of RAM, but the prices are starting to get bad at that point.)
Stsin:
My friend got one of the OCZ IBIS SSDs. It sure is nice. If going SSD, might as well go all the way: Raid 0 with HSDL to bypass IO bottlenecks. Right?
Well, will still get bottlenecks when used with other drives. And the price per GB will stay expensive with that setup. Don't they drop in performance when written upon too much? Even suggesting to use a different drive for files that constantly get updated...browser cache for example. But then doesn't that defeat the purpose making the system more responsive? And if want to use with games, will be forced to decide which gets the special treatment, because you can't put all of them on it. Games are getting fatter each year. If going to say not use it with games, then that devalues the benefits of using an SSD for me and many others.
While it would be nice as an OS drive, the time it does save is the amount you wouldn't have noticed if haven't experienced it. It's not like we are loading off of a floppy. Nor do we feel that we are suffering without one. It would be the same as telling everyone to get 8gigs+ memory, for that time when things are snappier because it's already in the cache.
Still using WD Caviar Blacks for my internals bought years ago. No maintenance or special setup required. Never had to swap games/programs due to limited space. Install and forget. And that has saved more time, than an SSD would ever do.
For storage, I suggest the Samsung spinpoint 5400 drives. Pretty nice for 2TB averaging over 100MB/s transfer, at only $64 each. As an anime/movie collector, space is still more valuable with my money.
bloody000:
It's an upgrade. It's new. It's expensive. It's very fast. It's silent.
Why? Same reason why one would pay for a high performance video card or CPU but let them sit idle most of the time. It's there when you need it.
Tatsujin:
--- Quote from: bloody000 on May 26, 2011, 10:20:33 AM ---
It's an upgrade. It's new. It's expensive. It's very fast. It's silent.
Why? Same reason why one would pay for a high performance video card or CPU but let them sit idle most of the time. It's there when you need it.
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Great answer.
I'll still wait for the price/GB to come down.
Stsin:
--- Quote from: bloody000 on May 26, 2011, 10:20:33 AM ---
It's an upgrade. It's new. It's expensive. It's very fast. It's silent.
Why? Same reason why one would pay for a high performance video card or CPU but let them sit idle most of the time. It's there when you need it.
--- End quote ---
But you can not really say the benefits of a faster CPU/GPU are comparable to an SSD. My point is that it's not. The quicker access is not what most feel a need for, unlike a better CPU and GPU.
With the prices as they are now, and the extra configuration and maintenance required, it's more comparable to installing a water cooling system. This is also an upgrade, expensive, faster (for OCing), and silent. It's easier now with better made kits, just like SSDs have gotten better. Though may feel SOL if spent the money on the earlier versions. The need for one is overblown and has a ways to go before becoming a consumer standard.
But I do think they would be worth having for a laptop, if concerned with weight and battery longevity...a cheap slower one would do.
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