SSD on a budget?

[Crypt1c]

So my case only have two 2.5'' slots for storage and I don't have much budget left. I have two choices I can think of right now:

1. 1* Sandisk Ultra II 960 GB. This is essentially the extent of my budget left.
2. 1*1TB 2.5" Hard disk and 1*Samsung 850 EVO 250GB.

I'd like to avoid using a hard disk if possible. How much of a difference are there when comparing a cheaper ssd to a more expensive one?

[brubru1998-02]

2.

[Guest]

Go for what people always go. A combo of storage HDD and a boot/game SSD. Besides, Samsung SSD are really good. Even though Ultra II ain't bad either (I am using one, 240gb)

[♠FlamieMeister♠]

2. Boot windows off of the SSD and download stuff onto the 1 terabyte. It'll go faster then having 1 SSD

[Guest]

I still like to use HDD's for mass storage. You can hear them starting to fail, and then you usually have enough time to replace it. Not that much experiance with SSD's, but I doubt you will hear them break down.

[pwn_intended]

Go with option 1!

1tb of ssd should be more than enough for everything. Get another later on if you decide you need more space.

[Train27]

22 minutes ago, pwn_intended said:

Go with option 1!

1tb of ssd should be more than enough for everything. Get another later on if you decide you need more space.

I dissagree, considering how short the life of an ssd is compared to that of an hdd, you'll end up buying more than twice SSD than HDD in a 10 years window (which, considering a 1TB SSD is around eight times as expensive as a 1TB HDD, and the fact that you'll have to buy approx. twice of them, you'll be paying 16x the money).

 

Furthermore, if you have a single SSD being it the main (and only) storage drive, the wear it'll suffer will be much worse than using it with an extra HDD, thus shortening it's lifespawn.

[Train27]

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Edited October 17, 2016 by Train27
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