Is it yet time for high end builds to ditch HDD and go all SSD

[XxDeadpool67xX]

For high end builds do you think that it is time to completely ditch hard drives and go for only ssd's in the build? Or still have a primary 500gb and a 1tb drive.

[SpencerBoughtAnXbox]

No because it would cost alot more than if you went with one primary ssd and an hdd. Also i personally like to have the ssd for my most used programs and the hdd for the lesser ones which is what i think most people would do. Going complete ssd may be fast in read and writes but its also fast to burn through those extra little savings that could be better used elswhere in the system.

[QFA350]

I don't think that will happen for a while. Not until SSD's reach HDD price. That's when HDD's will go.

[DrMikeNZ]

When 8TB SSD's cost the same as 8TB HDD's I might consider ditching spinning disks.

[alphaproject]

It would be if I had the money... well worth it.  If every drive was SSD, then the backups were all HDD , that's acceptable. Or get one huge HDD to store every image on it... although clones work better.

[RadiatingLight]

for laptops, yes

desktop no

[m_tieu]

So far my current gaming system is an only SSD system with about 1tb total storage. I've been considering getting a NAS for expanded storage across all of my computers. But to answer your question, it depends on each individual user's needs. So far I'm doing ok with one TB but I know a lot of other people require a lot more.

[manikyath]

to be honest, 480-512GB SSDs are becoming interesting value, i'd see people going SSD for at least their steam library soon.

[Cracklingice]

Depends on what the high end build is.  If it's not just a gaming queen and it does not require multiple terabytes of storage, then yeah full SSD is reasonable.  After all we are talking high end build.  What's 400 bucks out of the 3000 buck or more budget.

[Curufinwe_wins]

Yea, I'm full SSD atm. 500+960 GB SSD. Totally worth while.

 

4x3TB HDD NAS for tons of extra media files and backups remotely.

[LordLeewee]

id say so, i see people spending £100 on a 128/1tb combination when you can get 1tb ssd for £200. id absolutely spend the extra 100 on a £1k+ build for a single ssd.

[Speakerator]

when I move into my own flat this winter, I'm gonna ditch internal document /movie /image storage for RAID NAS and get an additional SDD for games and keep the current one for my OS.