SSDs are fast, reliable, and have no mechanical parts – which can break and cause drive failure – making them a logical choice as your primary system drive. If you’re thinking of buying a high-capacity SSD to archive data, however, you may want to reconsider.
Currently, the capacity/price sweet spot for a solid state drive (SSD) is 250 GB. You can find blazing fast 250 GB SSDs all over the Internet for around $99. 250 GB is actually an excellent size for your personal computer. Think about it. How many mp3s do you have? Maybe you’re more a Spotify or Pandora person. How much space do all your pictures take up? Our guess is it’s not a quarter of a terabyte. Plus, you can always offload files to a cloud drive and de-sync to save local drive space.