SSD really needed for gaming?

[robin66]

Play a dark souls game without one and find out

Agreed.

Even playing Fallout 4 on an SSD helps a lot.

 

[Bmwww]

I would say it all depends how much money you have. SSDs cost a lot so make a lot more sense if you don't require as much storage. If you require more storage you have to ask you self is it really worth it.

1Tb HDD £36
2x 500Mb HDDs RAID 0 £70
1Tb hybrid HDD/SSD £68
2x 500Mb hybrid HDD/SSD RAID 0 £100
1Tb SSD for £270

If money is no option SSD but if your on a budget I suspect most wold prioritize things like the CPU and GPU.

 

[Avenged7Fold]

You dont need a 500gb SSD, most people use a small one and put only the games which have long loading on them. The OP is only after a 240gb and the fact he is considering one means he can afford it. If he was dissatisfied with his GPU or CPU i assume he would have thrown that into the thread.

 

[wazza300]

needed for gaming? only if you have money to burn

big map loading games will benefit slightly,but mostly theres not much difference other than the silence of an ssd vs a mechanical hdd

plus the size of the games these days a 1tb ssd would soon fill up vs a cheap 2 or 3tb hdd

you can mostly make do with your most played games installed on your os ssd

 

[kayomani]

Needed no but worth it yeah. 240gb is a bit small unless you only play a couple of games mind you.

 

[alphaomega16]

World of Warcraft modded up teh wazu as soon as you see the bar go up on an SSD oh my god that feels sooooo good.

First time I logged into WoW after putting it onto an SSD 3 years ago it went from being around 1m 30s loading bar time to about 10-20 seconds/

 

[Gaming4Life]

Thanks everyone for the great advice! I'm going to get one now for two games that I play a lot and maybe out my os on it too. What size memory do you suggest?

 

[heatonpkmassive]

Either a 256 or 500GB Samsung Evo should do the trick. 256GB if you're on a budget, 500GB-1TB if you have the pennies.