SSD's: Worth it?
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What are your opinions on the things? I've heard stories from both sides, one side saying that they're an all round improvement and the other saying they die quickly and aren't worth the GB/$.
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Kadushy
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I have one and it's <33333. A 120gb Samsung 840 (non pro).
It's really up to you though.
It's really up to you though.
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I've had mine since the beginning of the year and haven't encountered any problems. It's an Intel 120GB that I picked up when I overhauled my PC.
Faster boot up, compact, and quiet. All around good things.
Faster boot up, compact, and quiet. All around good things.
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If you've got the money, they're totally worth it, at least IMO. I bought two OCZ Vertex 4's for my desktop computers last October and they've been running fine ever since. Just make sure to disable defragging in Windows. Since then I even put an Intel 320 120GB SSD in a 3 year old netbook. Gotta warn you though, once you go to SSDs there's no going back.
I also keep all of my personal data off of the SSD, so when it dies all I will have to do is reinstall Windows. You could probably just make an image of your SSD and if it dies, just reimage it onto a new SSD.
I also keep all of my personal data off of the SSD, so when it dies all I will have to do is reinstall Windows. You could probably just make an image of your SSD and if it dies, just reimage it onto a new SSD.
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Unless you're a really heavy user and go through read/write cycles like crazy, a SSD is more likely to last longer than your typical HDD for the simple fact that it has no moving parts to deal with. The business with high failure rates is only restricted really early 1st-gen models and those that used a certain version of dodgy SandForce memcontrollers with their original firmwares.
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Unless you're a really heavy user and go through read/write cycles like crazy, a SSD is more likely to last longer than your typical HDD for the simple fact that it has no moving parts to deal with. The business with high failure rates is only restricted really early 1st-gen models and those that used a certain version of dodgy SandForce memcontrollers with their original firmwares.Interesting, that's good to know they sorted it out
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the only thing you got to ask yourself when planing to buy an ssd is, are they right for what you're doing?
SSD are only there for faster boot up time for your OS or programs and transfer file only at the price of more expensive dollar to GB storage ratio.
SSD are only there for faster boot up time for your OS or programs and transfer file only at the price of more expensive dollar to GB storage ratio.
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If you got the budget, then i would say Hell Yes! They are faster than sh¡t and have better voltage economy, they do heat up, not much more than average, they may need a hardrive fan, but other than that, It is astounding how fast they are, especially when you install your OS on it. Win/Mac/Linux/ect.. start up nearly instantly with a good amount of RAM and CPU clock speed. They are expensive but actually have really good life expectancy, If you buy a good brand, WD SSDs are always reliable in my opinion, I like to have a small SSD just for my OS and other Windows files. small ones can be pretty affordable too. srry for the long post :P
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I'm not sure on the longevity of SSDs, but it's worth having at least one SSD in your rig whenever you feel like load times are being too pesky.
Guild Wars 2 has a lot of loading screens via area transitions and putting it on a SSD changed my experience from a serious test in patience to something much more benign.
Guild Wars 2 has a lot of loading screens via area transitions and putting it on a SSD changed my experience from a serious test in patience to something much more benign.
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Okay I gotta be a rainy cloud and say I purchased one a week ago now and the performance boost is pretty small and for some reason the computer keeps freezing all the time now. I don't actually know if that's the SSD or not though but it definitely started happening after I put it in.
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Absolutely, I have a 2TB HDD and a 128GB SSD and it is just great. My operating system and some important programs/games are on my ssd. I get super fast boot time like <10 seconds. And now SSDs have become considerable cheaper, the new Black^2 by Western Digital would probably be the best if your looking to upgrade, its a 1TB HDD and a 128GB SSD that fits in most laptops.