SSD

[Varinderpal Singh]

Heys guys,

I have a question - How important is to use ssd in pc builds at present ?

Aren't the HDD'S sufficient enough?

[AlwaysFSX]

SSD are much faster than hard drives where it mattes. I'll never use an HDD as a boot drive in the future.

[Varinderpal Singh]

1 minute ago, AlwaysFSX said:

SSD are much faster than hard drives where it mattes. I'll never use an HDD as a boot drive in the future.

So, SSD should be boot drive and HDD should be storage ?

[kirashi]

2 minutes ago, Varinderpal Singh said:

So, SSD should be boot drive and HDD should be storage ?

Yes, exactly this. A 250GB SSD is more than enough for most people's boot drive, so that will help keep the price down. But if you're doing a lot of photo or video editing, getting a larger SSD will help with larger files a LOT.

[AlwaysFSX]

4 minutes ago, Varinderpal Singh said:

So, SSD should be boot drive and HDD should be storage ?

Yeah, until SSDs get cheaper that'd be the way to go.

[pelark]

4 minutes ago, Varinderpal Singh said:

So, SSD should be boot drive and HDD should be storage ?

Definitely. 

The difference in application load times and boot times is night and day. If you use an SSD, and go back to an HDD, you'll almost feel handicapped. 

[Varinderpal Singh]

4 minutes ago, kirashi said:

Yes, exactly this. A 250GB SSD is more than enough for most people's boot drive, so that will help keep the price down. But if you're doing a lot of photo or video editing, getting a larger SSD will help with larger files a LOT.

Is 128gb enough for a gaming pc ?

[kirashi]

11 hours ago, Varinderpal Singh said:

Is 128gb enough for a gaming pc ?

It can be, but after Windows updates and things like Chrome or Spotify being installed, you're cutting it pretty tight. You'd have around 20-40GB free, and Windows prefers to have at least 10-15GB of free space to work smoothly, so I'd really stress going for a 240GB or 250GB drive.

[AntonChigurh]

12 hours ago, Varinderpal Singh said:

Is 128gb enough for a gaming pc ?

Yes, but once you install your critical programs (i.e. Chrome, Steam, etc), you won't have too much space left. I'd recommend at least a 240gb, and if you have the extra cash to blow, a 500gb in case you have some games that start super slow.