Are SSD's worth it?

[KrazyforOnce]

I wonder if they are worth it because Austin says "you can't live without it" kinda thing. Only problem is my country sells them at around $100 for a 120GB SSD and over $200 for a 500GB SSD. A WD 1 TB HDD costs like $78! I am from NZ btw. Right next to Australia on the map!

[Techicolors]

are there any 250gb SSDs available at a good price?

 

SSDs are very much worth it. what Austin is saying "you cant live without it" is that SSDs make your PC that much faster that you can hardly go back to HDD. with the said i would still keep HDDs for mass storage 

[BenoitWW]

id pair a WD blue 1TB with a Samsung 250GB SSD

 

SSDs definitely come at a price, but speedier storage is awesome, so you can launch windows and apps faster.

 

SSD perks

- More reliable

- faster

- smaller

 

HDD perks 

-cheaper

- better used for mass file storage.

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use the nz PCPP website for cheapest stuff. or pricespy.co.nz

[Phentos]

SSD's are worth their weight in gold, as they provide probably the most obvious improvement in your experience.

[dizmo]

I haven't used HDDs in my system in years. They have no place in it.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

12 minutes ago, KrazyforOnce said:

I wonder if they are worth it because Austin says "you can't live without it" kinda thing. Only problem is my country sells them at around $100 for a 120GB SSD and over $200 for a 500GB SSD. A WD 1 TB HDD costs like $78! I am from NZ btw. Right next to Australia on the map!

For laptops, they are worth every penny and then some. Laptops are dropped, jarred, and generally take a lot of abuse. This isn't good for the spinning platters and all the other moving parts inside of a mechanical hard drive. Not so much for a SSD since they don't contain moving parts. So you'll be seeing not only faster write speeds, but lower chances of data corruption and better reliability in general. I had a 750GB HDD in my laptop from the factory and for the last few months of it's operation, Windows has been crashing left and right and will often take 5 minutes to boot Windows and another 5 before I can actually do something. All of this was solved with an upgrade to a Samsung 850 EVO. This is with a Core i7 and 16GB of Vengeance memory so the problem wasn't with the rest of the system.  

 

Even if you have the most broken Windows install, a SSD can still outperform a HDD by a mile.

 

[comicsansms]

SSDs make everything better, I have a 120GB SSD (HyperX Fury) and 1TB HDD (Seagate Momentus) in my laptop, 500GB (850EVO) and 2TB HDD (Seagate Barricuda Green). I am not going to have one of my everyday computers not have an SSD, it just makes or breaks a computer. 

[shadowbyte]

oh yes

I ran hard drives in all my laptops and PCs until my latest one (december 2016), and the difference is night and day. Everything is faster, from loading to installing things. Not to mention that it's silent

[SkilledRebuilds]

Speeds and Throughput are not everything that makes an SSD gr8.

Primarily its the near instant "file access" times. Making near everything way way way snappier by comparison.

A few MIlliseconds VS 5-10x that amount. Depending on the load..

Lots of small tiny files (WindowsOs) and many apps n games respond to that very well.

 

Thats why people say its a night and day difference.

[Donozo]

The question is are M.2 hard drives worth it haha... i bought the new samsung pro for performance hopes and no noticable difference but yes ..ssd is exstremly have 2 and a 1 terrobyte and the m.2

[SkilledRebuilds]

Compare that M2 to a MechHDD tho..

And bam.

[Brehohn]

SSD's are the most worth it thing you could ever invest your money into when it comes to drive storage.

 

1. HDD's are mechanical and can break down over time.

2. They are large, sometimes noisy, and the performance is low.

3. Windows takes too long to load from a HDD.

 

Why SSD's are good.

 

1. Damn fast storage from 500MBps (yes Megabytes) and up to like 3200MBps or some shit. It's crazy. A HDD gets around 100MBps? If that?

2. They last a long time and you don't have to Defrag them! Granted you can't write to it constantly but it's a huge benefit.

3. $200 for a 500GB SSD is crazy good. 2 years ago it would be around $500.

 

Price is higher because it's sophisticated technology, still newish, and it's a very hot item. They outperform HDD's by leaps and bounds.

 

Buy one and you won't regret it.

[GDRRiley]

2 minutes ago, Brehohn said:

Granted you can't write to it constantly but it's a huge benefit.

you can if they are good ones) http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/minisite/SSD/M2M/html/ssd850pro/specifications.html

[KrazyforOnce]

30 minutes ago, Technicolors said:

are there any 250gb SSDs available at a good price?

 

SSDs are very much worth it. what Austin is saying "you cant live without it" is that SSDs make your PC that much faster that you can hardly go back to HDD. with the said i would still keep HDDs for mass storage 

1. None unless if you want a 32GB SSD for $40. However you can get an Kingston SSDNow UV400 120 GB for $78!

2. That would explain it! Thanks!

[GDRRiley]

Just now, KrazyforOnce said:

1. None unless if you want a 32GB SSD for $40. However you can get an Kingston SSDNow UV400 120 GB for $78!

2. That would explain it! Thanks!

you can get a 240gb drive for 90. a 120 is closer to 50$

[Phentos]

29 minutes ago, dizmo said:

I haven't used HDDs in my system in years. They have no place in it.

Yea my upcoming build will not have a single HDD. I'm building a NAS array for that purpose.

[KrazyforOnce]

Just now, GDRRiley said:

you can get a 240gb drive for 90. a 120 is closer to 50$

I live in NZ bro. Sorry but most of the 240GB are over $200 whilst 120GB are priced at $100 mostly! But thanks anyways

[GDRRiley]

Just now, KrazyforOnce said:

I live in NZ bro. Sorry but most of the 240GB are over $200 whilst 120GB are priced at $100 mostly! But thanks anyways

ok I was talking USD 

[stconquest]

4 minutes ago, KrazyforOnce said:

I live in NZ bro. Sorry but most of the 240GB are over $200 whilst 120GB are priced at $100 mostly! But thanks anyways

I bought a 240GB SSD for my system, over three years ago.  I paid $150.  About six months ago I felt it might die soon, so I bought another 240GB SSD as a backup.  This way I don't have to go back to a HDD in case my current SSD starts to fail.  The new one is still in it's packaging.

 

I thought you said it was $200 (NZ) for a 500GB SSD.  That would be a good price.

[kaiju_wars]

Are they an absolute necessity?  No.  Are they worth it though?  Most cases, yes.  After having moved to an SSD in my laptop and desktop, I can't see not putting one in my main system.

[JoostinOnline]

43 minutes ago, BenoitWW said:

id pair a WD blue 1TB with a Samsung 250GB SSD

 

SSDs definitely come at a price, but speedier storage is awesome, so you can launch windows and apps faster.

 

SSD perks

- More reliable

- faster

- smaller

 

HDD perks 

-cheaper

- better used for mass file storage.

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use the nz PCPP website for cheapest stuff. or pricespy.co.nz

That's a common misconception, but SSD's aren't any more reliable, except when it comes to physical damage (like from dropping it).

42 minutes ago, Phentos said:

SSD's are worth their weight in gold, as they provide probably the most obvious improvement in your experience.

Not the best analogy since they're super lightweight ?

[jared404]

5 minutes ago, JoostinOnline said:

That's a common misconception, but SSD's aren't any more reliable, except when it comes to physical damage (like from dropping it).

Not the best analogy since they're super lightweight ?

An average ssd weighs 70g. The price of gold is $38.73 a gram. 38.73*70= $2,711.10 Apparently some people value their ssd equal to $3k lol jk #forthememe

[JoostinOnline]

2 minutes ago, crashahotrod said:

An average ssd weighs 70g. The price of gold is $38.73 a gram. 38.73*70= $2,711.10 Apparently some people value their ssd equal to $3k lol jk #forthememe

Honestly thought gold wasn't THAT valuable. 

 

PS: This should mark my 1337 post

Edited March 12, 2017 by JoostinOnline

[jared404]

Just now, JoostinOnline said:

Honestly thought gold wasn't THAT valuable. 

 

PS: This should mark my 1337 post

Source: http://goldprice.org/Calculators/Gold-Price-Calculators.html

[SkilledRebuilds]

FYI

I have been running 840pros in raid0 for years now. (Have backups)

Its my Games drive and my Adobe Premiere project drive.

So many writes... no fails.

Not buying the cheapest drives that can still manage 500/450 still has a benefit in the longterm.

 

But who knows.. I still use an OCZ Agility3 as an OS drive on anothet machine. Those drives failed to no end and people hated them..

But its still going strong, it was one of the first SATA3 based ssds that was cheap and performing.

 

I think its less of a concern to worry about drive life right now as things always get better and how many generations of SSDs have companies made now... bet its many.

 

Look at specs that are not just read and write.

IOps/reviews are good if you can source them as some drive with the same spec can perform different with different filesizes..

 

So after considering a few things..

Most should be able to find a good solution to any need.