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Thread ID: 136788	2014-04-15 13:01:00	SSD or not	QW. (15883)	Press F1

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1372802	2014-04-15 13:01:00	I am in the process of gathering parts to build a new PC. Looking at getting an ssd drive, one for the operating system and a couple of games Would there be any worries about the life span of the ssd drive at all?? Or would I better off with a mechanical drive??	QW. (15883)
1372803	2014-04-15 14:16:00	Hell yeah get one!! Even if it's only a couple of your most frequently played games, and the OS, definitely worth while IMO! I've survived quite well with my 120GB one, the performance boost is HUGE!	Chilling_Silence (9)
1372804	2014-04-15 19:40:00	Hell yeah get one!! Even if it's only a couple of your most frequently played games, and the OS, definitely worth while IMO! I've survived quite well with my 120GB one, the performance boost is HUGE! :+1:	dugimodo (138)
1372805	2014-04-15 20:34:00	I still have my reservations about these drives. I had the option to replace one in my dual-drive laptop but decided against it... given the known reliability of disk drives in recent years. I'll try one, perhaps, in another couple years when their fallabilities (sp) are proven or not.	Greg (193)
1372806	2014-04-15 21:45:00	Definitely go for the SSD. And if you have issues with life span, well, that's what backups are for ;)	pcuser42 (130)
1372807	2014-04-15 22:55:00	Yeah basically, expect your drives to fail, regardless of if it's a SSD. Presume we've told you failure rate for all drives that you buy, solid state and hard drive, is incredibly high and as a result you need to back up. Follow that, and even though it's not true, you'll always be covered at least :)	Chilling_Silence (9)
1372808	2014-04-15 22:56:00	Go with SSD - the increase in performance is huge. As regards life span, I think only God knows; so, don't worry about it! Good example: I was trying 'break' a WD 250GB 3.5" HDD - dropped it from ceiling level (about 2.4m) onto the concrete floor; used a hammer to bang it real hard countless times, etc.; it just refuses to 'die'. It's still in good (or perfect) working condition in one of my old PCs! But if you are so unlucky, a new HDD (or any other item, for that matter) may just die within days/weeks. That's it! Just like we human, if God wants you to go today, no body can prevent you from going. Likewise, if God wants you to stay for another 80 years, you'll be around for another 80 years, no matter what and how.	bk T (215)
1372809	2014-04-15 23:01:00	Reservations are for restaurants :p The technology is well proven at this point and apart from some firmware issues with some early sandforce drives has been very reliable. Most drives come with a 3 or 5 year warranty, I'm on my 2nd one and even if it fails tomorrow I would not go back to a mechanical hdd (only upgraded for more size, old one is going strong in a friends PC). It's the one upgrade that makes the biggest difference to the impression of speed you get using a PC (providing you have sufficient RAM as well). I was slightly disappointed with my first one thinking it didn't make much difference but in between upgrades I went back to a 7200 RPM hdd for a week and geez did it feel slow. Anyone who uses a PC regularly would be familiar with that point in booting up when the desktop first appears and you can start using the PC, with a regular hard drive the system is still quite busy loading things in the background and can be very sluggish and unresponsive for a while while the hdd LED flashes away merrily. With an SSD you can start using it immediately, when the desktop appears the hdd light goes out because it's done booting. I'm planning for my next build, probably late next year, to have a SSD large enough to install ALL my software and games and only use mechanical drives for long term bulk storage. My expectation is 512 GB drives will get affordable enough that I won't be able to resist. I'm tempted even at current prices. Currently using a 256 which is plenty big enough for everything minus my Steam directory. When I game online with friends I'm always waiting for them to finish loading, their slow hdds slow ME down :)	dugimodo (138)
1372810	2014-04-15 23:05:00	1 more vote for SSD. Mine is still ok after several years I got it when they were still a novelty and quite expensive. As already stated any drive can die should you be out of luck. That is one of the main reasons we have backups.	CliveM (6007)
1372811	2014-04-16 00:16:00	Yeah I'm with dugimodo. Same deal, my first was a super cheap OCZ Agility 3 which died, but I knew beforehand they took the cheapest parts possible for those drives which had known issues. It was enough to convince me I'd never want to go back to a HDD. I'm the same, play a LOT of DotA2, and you have 90 seconds to load into a game before everybody all starts at the same time. My brothers PC used to get within 3-4 seconds each time of the "timeout", yet mine would load in about 3-4 seconds. Bought him a cheap SSD, took it around to his place and installed it, suddenly he's loading just as fast as I do! Now, as with dugimodo, we're both waiting for other players...	Chilling_Silence (9)
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