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Processor | i5-7600k |
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Motherboard | ASRock Z170 Pro4 |
Cooling | CM Hyper 212 EVO w/ AC MX-4 |
Memory | 2x8GB DDR4 2400 Corsair LPX Vengeance 15-15-15-36 |
Video Card(s) | MSI Twin Frozr 1070ti |
Storage | 240GB Corsair Force GT |
Display(s) | 23' Dell AW2310 |
Case | Corsair 550D |
Power Supply | Seasonic SS-760XP2 Platinum |
Software | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit |
I'm having a hard time trying to decide on which new drive to get. A SSD or VelociRaptor. I want a decent sized drive and at the same time I want it to be faster than my current HDD. I'm going to just use 1 drive for boot/games/applications. I have a spending limit of no more than $300 but inability to make a decision is killing me!
I have weighted some pros and cons and heres what I came up with.
SSD pros
-very fast read/write/access
-no moving parts, higher durability, lower power consumption, cooler
SSD cons
-price per gb
-disk thrashing
VelociRaptor pros
-fast read/write/access
-price per gb
VelociRaptor cons
-1 of the most expensive conventional HDs
-eventually HDDs will be obsolete
I'm a little bit cloudy on the disk thrashing thing. My cousin has an SSD and he told me that whenever you transfer very small files to an SSD, it is prone to thrashing (don't know how much of that is true) so I come here to seek the answers from the wise ones
I have weighted some pros and cons and heres what I came up with.
SSD pros
-very fast read/write/access
-no moving parts, higher durability, lower power consumption, cooler
SSD cons
-price per gb
-disk thrashing
VelociRaptor pros
-fast read/write/access
-price per gb
VelociRaptor cons
-1 of the most expensive conventional HDs
-eventually HDDs will be obsolete
I'm a little bit cloudy on the disk thrashing thing. My cousin has an SSD and he told me that whenever you transfer very small files to an SSD, it is prone to thrashing (don't know how much of that is true) so I come here to seek the answers from the wise ones