SSD still too expensive?

Neil79

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I've currently got a 250GB or so Hard Drive which has NEVER been fully used, I don't keep games on my system that i've completed. I have a 1TB external USB for that.

I was hopeing to buy a 120+ SSD to replace that drive for about £50-70 but OCUK's prices are a bit much :(

60GB SSD is used for OS :)
 
o.O I want an SSD, but I want to rebuild my PC in a new case. I have about 3-4 Hard drives (tons more in the case fills all cages) of various sizes all with about 20GB space left. I reckon I'd need like a 2TB storage drive for all my stuff. How do you keep it all on such a small hard drive?
 
Hyburnate said:
o.O I want an SSD, but I want to rebuild my PC in a new case. I have about 3-4 Hard drives (tons more in the case fills all cages) of various sizes all with about 20GB space left. I reckon I'd need like a 2TB storage drive for all my stuff. How do you keep it all on such a small hard drive?
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Still have 400GB left on my 1TB, 100GB left on the HD and 27GB on the SSD :)

Don't keep movies, porn ;) or games I've completed or unlikely ever to play again.
 
Hyburnate said:
I reckon I'd need like a 2TB storage drive for all my stuff. How do you keep it all on such a small hard drive?
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as Neil said above, you don't keep any data/media on an SSD as it's absolutely pointless. and from what i've read, it makes very little difference to most games as well. no doubt there will be some exceptions.
 
I was going to buy a 256 but the price is a bit much, so far on my games drive my space is at 85.6GB :)

Though ARMA 2 for dayz wont stay forever
 
Just remember formatted capacity is less than drive quoted size, e.g. 120GB formats to 111GB.

Capacity x 0.93 to get formatted capacity.

Also not sure if still the case, but preferable to keep some free space on SSD. How much? I don't know.
 
I paid about £100 for my 120GB when they dropped down to that. Worth every penny. SSDs are new even cheaper and even faster. Can't see the issue! It'll be the single biggest upgrade to general speed on any computer.
 
True

I have an SSD 60GB for OS, used to use it for a cache drive on the 300GB HD

Brilliant bit of hardware :)
 
A 256GB SSD is worth every penny - but yes they're expensive and hopefully the prices will come down over time - as opposed to CPU/GPU which seem to be getting more expensive.

Of course you'd pair it with a HDD for large volume writes - e.g. downloads, media, cloud sync - to get more life out of the SSD. And if you're the type who hoards data, for storage capacity.
 
Bane said:
Also not sure if still the case, but preferable to keep some free space on SSD. How much? I don't know.
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It is still the case with some ssd's but other have some protection like the samsungs don't let you use more than 90% of the formatted drive to keep up performance.

You generally need to leave about 10% free to get the best performance.
 
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