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Why I like SSDs

CMQuickfireTK

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I've noticed that many members here aren't really for SSDs for various reasons.

While I'm probably not going to change opinions, thought I'd state why I like them.

 

The most obvious one is they do actually increase boot speed greatly. My Desktops and laptops boot up at around 15 seconds.

Yes that's under linux with TRIM enabled, but even under Windows 7, boot speeds were better on an SSD than an hdd.

 

Along with the faster boot times, it makes the system feel overall snappy. Most of the Software I installed on my Desktop's SSD for example starts up fairly quicky. And surprise surprise! I've only used 15GB of space on it. Again I'm cheating because I'm under Linux, but even under windows, I never used more than 25GB of it. While I didn't install every software I had on it, the ones that did were the ones I used the most anyways.

 

Another thing I like is how they aren't quite as fragile as hard drives. This means I can have a slightly more durable laptop ( or at least be relieved that the problem won't be storage drive related ). While this does greatly decrease storage capacity... Why do I need to have more than 120/128GB of storage on the go?

 

Before you think I am anti-hdd, I'm not. Both of my desktops have hard drives for the extra storage (pictures, movies, music, etc) and programs that would only get an incremental increase on the SSD. My laptop on the other hand only has an SSD, though as I said several lines ago, why would I need more than 120/128GB of storage on the go?

 

just a fairly incomplete rant... but I think I got my point across.

 

Now don't even get me started on mechanical keyboards!

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long gone

I've been considering on and off upgrading my main storage to a SSD. It's just my budget that prevents me from doing so.

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MLPForums Phanact

If you've got two SATA ports then you've got no excuse not to have an SSD. Have an SSD for just OS and programs and a HDD for everything else. 60GB is more than enough. My 60GB SSD has Skyrim + Hi-res textures + mods + all the DLC along with the full adobe CC suite and windows 7 ultimate and I still have 20GB to spare.

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Markus

Got myself a 256gb SSD for my laptop to replace my burnt out HDD... and I have 0 regrets. It functions amazingly, and I have had no problems with it. I still have an external HDD for movies, por--... I mean music and games and all that stuff, with all my important programs / games and such  that I use daily on the SSD itself. 

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Getting my hands on an SSD was one of the best computer-related purchasing decisions I ever made. I left the hard drive in its place, but replaced my workstation's optical bay with an SSD, did a fresh install of everything on there, and couldn't be happier. Everything just responds. :o

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thegoodhen

I've been thinking about getting an ssd, but their lifespan is still limited in terms of available writes. In my eyes, this makes such investment hardly justifiable. But I got myself 16 gbs of ram :3

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Kaneki

I was thinking of investing into a 120GB SSD on a dedicated server and store OS files on there. The rest would be on regular SATA HDDs. I still need to ask my host how much an SSD would be extra a month.

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CMQuickfireTK

I've been thinking about getting an ssd, but their lifespan is still limited in terms of available writes. In my eyes, this makes such investment hardly justifiable. But I got myself 16 gbs of ram :3

While 16GB is a nice upgrade... I doubt you will see any difference unless you do ton of VMing for just one example.

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Legacy Dash

I love SSDs, and HDDs, I've got both - one for mass storage of junk, the other for Windows and other important things.

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