ssd or no ssd

[mostechtips]

so im currently building my first build but i have a question are ssd really worth it like will it help a lot

[givingtnt]

ssd 's are amazing. get one

[Clyne]

If you have the money for a SSD then you should get one, if you don't have enough for one, just save up money to buy one in the future. A SSD is great, but it isn't a necessity to have one for your build.

[mostechtips]

If you have the money for a SSD then you should get one, if you don't have enough for one, just save up money to buy one in the future. A SSD is great, but it isn't a necessity to have one for your build.

 

 

ssd 's are amazing. get one

okay thanks 

[Fulgrim]

If you can afford it, get at least a 256GB SSD as your primary drive, and a mechanical one for storage.

[OriginalPromise]

SSDs will improve the quality of your life.

Let that sink in for a moment.

[eelnico09]

Depends, if i had to choose between a 250gb SSD or a 2tb HDD, i'd go with the HDD.

 

I have no SSD, i don't feel like i need one, my pc boots in like 12 seconds or less, everything runs perfect, but an ssd it's like magical apparently, i might get one but i am not dying to have one, i am very happy with my current overall speed when browsing and stuff. BUT When copying, decompressing, all that, it takes ages, and i'm talking about 15 minutes to decompress something that's 40gb.

[thekeemo]

SSD's are basically useless you might save a few seconds when opening heavy software like the adobe suite and cad stuff

[Lotus]

I strongly disagree. SSDs are a luxury item. They will never help with any benchmarks, or any in-game FPS or performance problems. If you can get one without sacrificing the quality of your CPU/GPU, then sure, but I draw the line where you have to downgrade real performance parts to fit in a luxury item like an SSD. Very seldom will I include them in my builds until I hit at least a k series i5, z97 MoBo, 212 Evo, and R9 290. If you don't have those at least, then skip the SSD. If you do, then consider it.

[JeffreyEagan]

I strongly disagree. SSDs are a luxury item. They will never help with any benchmarks, or any in-game FPS or performance problems. If you can get one without sacrificing the quality of your CPU/GPU, then sure, but I draw the line where you have to downgrade real performance parts to fit in a luxury item like an SSD. Very seldom will I include them in my builds until I hit at least a k series i5, z97 MoBo, 212 Evo, and R9 290. If you don't have those at least, then skip the SSD. If you do, then consider it.

Eh... what?

[Octavialicious]

Only get an SSD if your system is top notch, pure performance is better than getting an SSD

[Mojo-Jojo]

SSD's are basically useless you might save a few seconds when opening heavy software like the adobe suite and cad stuff

Wrong. That depends on the load. I use and install lots of hardware/software development software. One kit (Altium with the Xilinx webpack extension) is over 20GB large. Installing it on my 7200RPM HDD took 2 hours or so. Installation on my SSD? 5-10 minutes. Tops.

 

I'll agree that for most uses it's a matter of seconds. The overall snappiness of the system is definitely luxury. But for some people an SSD can literally change the way they work for the better.

[Smooth Bunz]

Get an ssd youll love the speed

[thekeemo]

Wrong. That depends on the load. I use and install lots of hardware/software development software. One kit (Altium with the Xilinx webpack extension) is over 20GB large. Installing it on my 7200RPM HDD took 2 hours or so. Installation on my SSD? 5-10 minutes. Tops.

 

I'll agree that for most uses it's a matter of seconds. The overall snappiness of the system is definitely luxury. But for some people an SSD can literally change the way they work for the better.

ok thats the one thing I really felt a diffrence with sold my SSd anyway

[eelnico09]

I strongly disagree. SSDs are a luxury item. They will never help with any benchmarks, or any in-game FPS or performance problems. If you can get one without sacrificing the quality of your CPU/GPU, then sure, but I draw the line where you have to downgrade real performance parts to fit in a luxury item like an SSD. Very seldom will I include them in my builds until I hit at least a k series i5, z97 MoBo, 212 Evo, and R9 290. If you don't have those at least, then skip the SSD. If you do, then consider it.

Agree, don't get an ssd if you're downgrading your performance.

 

A 250gb ssd is like 120$, if you are in between a better gpu or the ssd for that money, get the gpu.

 

You get an ssd when you don't game that much, don't game at all, or have a high end pc with no important improvement (there's always something better out there, but sometimes is not necesary)

[Lotus]

Eh... what?

Well, I must not have been clear.

 

An SSD will not help with single-threaded performance or multi-threaded performance. It doesn't increase RAM's bandwidth. It doesn't lower CAS latency. It doesn't help with graphics. It doesn't DO anything but load stuff from your drive faster, which is only relevant when programs launch or when you load something. It makes things "feel" snappier, but it offers no tangible performance benefit on real tasks. You won't see an FPS increase in games, and you won't see productivity tasks decrease in time.

 

Is there anything else that needs clarification?

[JeffreyEagan]

Well, I must not have been clear.

 

An SSD will not help with single-threaded performance or multi-threaded performance. It doesn't increase RAM's bandwidth. It doesn't lower CAS latency. It doesn't help with graphics. It doesn't DO anything but load stuff from your drive faster, which is only relevant when programs launch or when you load something. It makes things "feel" snappier, but it offers no tangible performance benefit on real tasks. You won't see an FPS increase in games, and you won't see productivity tasks decrease in time.

 

Is there anything else that needs clarification?

Loading screens suck. SSD's are great. I get that it doesn't help anything besides read/write speed, you stated ANY performance benefits. I assumed that included drive performance.