Should I go SSD ?

[Skybane]

Hello everybody .

I want opinions if I should bother getting a SSD .

I create and work on anime , rendering , gaming on steam , watch tv and bluray movies , run and moderate a couple of forums surf the net , etc .

I currently use a VelociRaptor for my op system . Will I get a noticeable difference switching to an ssd and moving my op system and adobe programs onto it instead of the VelociRaptor and vramdisk ?

My comp -

Dual Boot win 7 64bit / linux mint 17.1 64bit

ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer

AMD FX-8350 black ocd to 4.5

4 X 4gb Gskill Ripjaws X 1600

EVGA GeForce GTX 750ti ftw

WD VelociRaptor 300gb for op system

Seasonic 1tb for home folder

I have created a 2.5 gb vramdisk for audition , premiere , after effect etc .

Corsair H100i

EVGA Supernova 750 G2

CoolerMaster Haf+

all 8 fans are the best rated . My comp is a ballanced push/pull config . My temps are quite low even under heavy load my cpu is 42c

Peripherals are -

5tb external hd

CM Storm keyboard

Both a logitech trackball mouse and CM Storm mouse to switch to for gaming .

Vizio 55" 4 k tv

 

Sky

 

[definition]

I would add an OS SSD to that setup, it would make the system much more faster and responsive, it will improve load and boot times etc.

SSD is a good investment you should totally go for it, just don't go for the cheap ones, get a Samsung 850 EVO or similar.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Start up and shutdown times are the most dramatic difference you will see 

[mapegl]

Well everything will be considerably snappier. I like that. Almost no load times for programs. Very fast boot. Copying and saving also very fast compared to an HDD.....

If those things are important to you, do it!

[slightlyjaded]

As above said. basically anything it usually has to pause while it looks for data will be sped up. This will speead up the entire system because windows is always looking for things it misplaced. Linux is better, but is still like sharing a flat with a messy teenager. (windows is like sharing a flat with a messy drunk teenager who's likely to have an epileptic fit while doing number 2 in the living room)

[Geekazoid]

An SSD is a great investment for any PC.

[Antistatic12]

Yes, to SSD.

[Foxxer]

SSD for life. 

 

Worth the money? YES!

[Skybane]

I was just worried as I've seen my friends freak as their SSDs fail .

I see the SAMSUNG 850 EVO-Series 500gb is only $ 200 . Definition posted above that it was a good one , what does everybody else think ? 

[slightlyjaded]

I was just worried as I've seen my friends freak as their SSDs fail .

I see the SAMSUNG 850 EVO-Series 500gb is only $ 200 . Definition posted above that it was a good one , what does everybody else think ? 

Tech report recently published their stress testing of half a dozen consumer/prosumer SSD's they all lasted over 18 months of constant writing. The trick is buy quality, and it won't die  without warning.

[Skybane]

Thanks everybody .

Shame to retire the VelociRaptor . At 10,000rpm it was pretty nice compaired to a standard hdd . I'll try the SAMSUNG 850 EVO-Series 500gb from newegg and use up my eggpoints . I will have both op systems on it as well as the adobe stuff and other software I use for the anime and video rendering .

I plan to get two much better VGAs  and eventually run 4 SSDs in raid . But living on ARMY disabillity and what ever I make on the side slows down upgrades . Especially as I just bought a new bike and a turbo set up for my 59

[A Bubble]

SSDs for your OS and large programs is an incredible upgrade.

[Thorium19]

Once you go SSD, you never go HDD.

Seriously, an SSD will make a night and day difference to your boot up speeds with the OS on it, as well as primary programs. You could still use the velociraptor as a redundancy drive, so anything you need fairly quickly but isn't primary can go on it.

[Skybane]

Once you go SSD, you never go HDD.

Seriously, an SSD will make a night and day difference to your boot up speeds with the OS on it, as well as primary programs. You could still use the velociraptor as a redundancy drive, so anything you need fairly quickly but isn't primary can go on it.

 

Hmmmm that sounds like a good idea .

I have two brand new 300gb VelociRaptors and the one slightly used one .

I also have three comps that I'll eventually have SSDs for op sys and important software .

I have seagate 1tb HDDs for home folder in each of the comps .

I have 5 of them in my external backup as well as another external with three 3tb HDDs for long term project storage .

 

I do some piece work for sandialabs and I buy the VelociRaptors and HDDs through them at about half of new egg prices . Sadly I cant get my SSDs the same way .

[CapricaBuccaneers]

I was in a very similar situation to you a couple of years back. Was using 2 WD Velociraptors and was generally satisfied with my setup - load times were noticeable but not enough to bother me - it was something I'd just gotten used to and never really thought about.

After seeing comments about the benefits of flash memory, debating it back and forth I just decided to give SSDs a try - after all of it doesn't work out, the place I bought them from had a great returns policy, and I take painstaking care of my gear because I want it to last.

Long story short the difference was night and day. I really like the Raptors and was pleased with them but against a good quality SSD boy do they get sh1t on.

Since then prices of top quality SSDs have tumbled to the point where I'd say having one is a necessity. £120 or so where I am for a 256Gb Samsung 850 Pro you won't regret it.

[Purplehazeffc]

yes...

[Moose347]

I would recommend you get an ssd for boot, Id advice you not to go for the cheap ones, Look up performance benchmarks of the ssds in your price zone and select the best one. An ssd makes so much difference when it comes to boot times, the face on one of my friends faces when i had booted up quicker than they could run up the stairs (they are over weight so by the time i had ran up and pressed the power button it had booted before they had come up).Also because you are dual booting youll need more than 120gb  

[asquirrel]

Hmmmm that sounds like a good idea .

I have two brand new 300gb VelociRaptors and the one slightly used one .

I also have three comps that I'll eventually have SSDs for op sys and important software .

I have seagate 1tb HDDs for home folder in each of the comps .

I have 5 of them in my external backup as well as another external with three 3tb HDDs for long term project storage .

 

I do some piece work for sandialabs and I buy the VelociRaptors and HDDs through them at about half of new egg prices . Sadly I cant get my SSDs the same way .

Also use the SSD for your scratch directory for video editing (unless, somehow, all of that fits into RAM). The reason why is that it will dramatically reduce time spent working with the video files. Once the final render is complete or you are going to set the project aside for a while, let it copy to a spinning HD overnight or at some other downtime to free up space. This will incur a lot of writes to your SSD, so keep an eye on the SMART reporting data and replace the drive before failure (or have a spare). Your case would be one of the few where a Samsung Pro series drive would be recommended due to its high tolerance for writes.

 

Be an informed buyer: April 1st Intel is launching their NVMe PCIe SSD. This will be roughly 4x faster (SATA-3 maxes at 550MB/s, PCIe 4x maxes around 2GB/s) than a Samsung SSD in terms of throughput and probably write latency. Other manufacturers will be launching PCIe based SSDs in the next 3-6 months. IMO waiting for a PCIe based SSD, rather than a SATA one, is totally worth it. The Intel offering, from the pictures I've seen, would fit into a normal PCIe slot. Some other company offerings may be M.2 only, which your MOBO does not appear to support. There are cheap ($10?) adapter cards for fitting an M.2 card into a PCIe slot, but don't expect to be able to boot from that.

[creativename]

Start up and shutdown times are the most dramatic difference you will see 

That's only for the poor people that go 120gb ssd + 1tb(or bigger) HDD. If you have a single giant SSD with everything installed on the ssd, everything is snappier and smoother.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

That's only for the poor people that go 120gb ssd + 1tb(or bigger) HDD. If you have a single giant SSD with everything installed on the ssd, everything is snappier and smoother.

 

Hehe might want to rephrase your sentence before you label everyone who bought a low capacity SSD and a HDD combo as "poor".

The "police" of LTT are gonna get you for it  

[amintha1992]

YES. i have 3 of them, and does not regret any of them.

[creativename]

Hehe might want to rephrase your sentence before you label everyone who bought a low capacity SSD and a HDD combo as "poor".

The "police" of LTT are gonna get you for it  

Who are the police? The people who call cheap components "budget friendly" components? 

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Who are the police? The people who call cheap components "budget friendly" components? 

 

Woahhhh now that's a very bold statement you're making 

 

/jk

[creativename]

Woahhhh now that's a very bold statement you're making 

 

/jk

lol I just never saw the point of calling cheap stuff "budget" stuff. It's not like it increases their quality.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

lol I just never saw the point of calling cheap stuff "budget" stuff. It's not like it increases their quality.

 

well, a 256GB ssd from the same line and brand as a 1TB ssd would have the same quality but different capacity. 

So I'm not sure if you can call that "cheap"