why should i go ssd ?

[digitalpimp]

i understand there faster but for the price of them i could get 2 tb hdd's which id rather buy than ssd

i just wanna know what the hype about them is for people to spend that much money on one

[cadaveca]

An SSD will make Windows SUBSTANTIALLY faster for daily tasks. Not so much for gaming, load times will improve a bit, but that's about all that i have noticed.

[cyriene]

It has sped up some Windows functions for me, but overall I don't know if it was worth it. I don't restart my computer often so I don't benefit from the quick startup. I also don't load many big programs that take a long time to load so it doesn't help much there.

On my laptop though, the SSD seems to be more beneficial.

[AsRock]

What others said and because your name is digitalpimp

There nice have loadings much faster even more so if your like me and have 1/2 startup programs. Some games take advantage too which is more noticed by startup and map loading.

[digitalpimp]

ok so just seems to be loading meh id rather get two 2tb hard drives than a ssd then at least till ssd's come down in price in a few years time

[AsRock]

Originally Posted by digitalpimp

ok so just seems to be loading meh id rather get two 2tb hard drives than a ssd then at least till ssd's come down in price in a few years time

Well they have come down in price as i payed $430 for my 2 for 160GB.

I guess it depends on how much storage space you need i already had 6 250 WD drives which 4 of them i still use today and is enough space for me.

[erocker]

Originally Posted by digitalpimp

ok so just seems to be loading meh id rather get two 2tb hard drives than a ssd then at least till ssd's come down in price in a few years time

Get two 2tb HDD's. Why buy what you don't want?

[the54thvoid]

I had two 1TB F1's. I'm an upgrade whore and thought, what next. I'm also a sound nazi and the noise of my hard drives crunching about was pissing me off. I changed to SSD for the sheer blissful peace and quiet. And it is nice when it shuts down in like 4 seconds.

But as erocker says, it sounds like you dont fully want one, so def dont buy one. Give your change to charity

[digitalpimp]

yea i will and yea i like to download alot of stuff mainly anime filled up my 500gb somewhat quickly with it and steam games aswell funny how fast you can fill these things so hopefully 2 tb drives should last me a good long while

only problem im scared of using the 3gig on my p67 mobo as ive heard 1 in 500 i think i was told could degrade over time so the 6 gigs dont leave me alot of choice on how many things i can have

[jmcslob]

Yeah get the 2 tb HDDs and put em in RAID0 so you still get the Storage and some of the speed

[digitalpimp]

isnt raid for hotswapping dont really understand the raid system much lol

[jmcslob]

I'd suggest 2 of these Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 R...

and RAID0 is putting 2 or more drives together to run as one...each drive gets half the info so you get increased speed....those drives I linked to get about 110mb/s average read and write together in RAID0 they will get about 200mb/s average read/write and they are SATA3 so you you wont have to worry about the chip degrading as it only effects the SATA2 controller

[digitalpimp]

ok ill look them up unfortanutly i live in the uk sites i order from are eaiher overclockers or ebuyer dam 20% vat increase bleh everyything electronic is dear as hell

[n-ster]

in the US a good cheap 64GB SSD is 99$, and the new Sandforce is coming so they will be even faster.

[jmcslob]

Originally Posted by digitalpimp

ok ill look them up unfortanutly i live in the uk sites i order from are eaiher overclockers or ebuyer dam 20% vat increase bleh everyything electronic is dear as hell

If I bought that at a local store they would be $179 plus 5.75% sales tax....
If I drove 38 miles to MicroCenter it would be $119 plus 7.75% Sales tax.....
If it weren't for Internet Tax loopholes in the US we would be paying about 10% more than you...lol

[digitalpimp]

Originally Posted by n-ster

in the US a good cheap 64GB SSD is 99$, and the new Sandforce is coming so they will be even faster.

like i said i live in uk and still cheaper to get tb hdds tan ssd's atm

[the54thvoid]

Originally Posted by digitalpimp

ok ill look them up unfortanutly i live in the uk sites i order from are eaiher overclockers or ebuyer dam 20% vat increase bleh everyything electronic is dear as hell

Try looking at these sites too.

Scan.co.uk
Novatech.co.uk
Microdirect.co.uk
Awd-it.co.uk ( I got a GTX 580 here for £414 when they were £460-480 on other sites.)
Yoyotech.co.uk
Aria.co.uk

[digitalpimp]

Originally Posted by jmcslob

If I bought that at a local store they would be $179 plus 5.75% sales tax....
If I drove 38 miles to MicroCenter it would be $119 plus 7.75% Sales tax.....
If it weren't for Internet Tax loopholes in the US we would be paying about 10% more than you...lol

another reason i buy almost all my stuff on the internet its still a hell of a lot cheaper than local storess a store i recently went to had a tb hdd for almsot twice as as much as my local internet store lol

[jmcslob]

That HDD I linked is only 64.20 on this site that the 54thvoid posted http://www.awd-it.co.uk/scripts/prod...MB+Cache+-+OEM

[digitalpimp]

ahh thanks for the links defo alot cheaper on these sites when i next get paid i think ill buy a couple

is the bigger the hdd size the longer it takes to load or is that some bs that i wont actually notice

[the54thvoid]

I still wish we had f*cking Newegg here. It wouldn't be cheaper but might get better choices...

[digitalpimp]

just saw this http://www.awd-it.co.uk/scripts/prod...idproduct=9802 looks pretty

[n-ster]

Originally Posted by digitalpimp

just saw this http://www.awd-it.co.uk/scripts/prod...idproduct=9802 looks pretty

damn cheap for USB 3 included! if you have a mobo with USB 3 headers this would be golden

[digitalpimp]

yea well im sure it will work with asus p8p67 board one way or another lol probably just gonna use it for the card reader like micro sd sdhc/and mem duoo for my ds and psp and the extra usb's are nice add on with this