PC build thread

[noiseredux]

Who is doing SSD only and who is doing SSD + traditional HD?

I would assume we are all doing ssd + hdd. Cuz money.

[Hobie-wan]

Who is doing SSD only and who is doing SSD + traditional HD?

I would assume we are all doing ssd + hdd. Cuz money.

This is a retro forum. I have yet to buy an SSD.

[irixith]

Who is doing SSD only and who is doing SSD + traditional HD?

HDD only over here.

Have tried the SSD route, but cost per GB, finite write cycles, and their sudden for absolutely no discernible reason failure rate...HDD still is the superior solution for my purposes. The cost of replacing a SSD vs. the cost of replacing a mechanical hard drive is no contest. I keep my main system in RAID 10, and a quick low cost switch-out in case of failure is more palatable than the speed increase gained from SSD.

[dsheinem]

finite write cycles

You should read that article noise posted a page or so ago. While this is a part of the SSD tech, in practice this particular concern is really a non-issue.

[noiseredux]

his question was who is using a combo and who is replacing HDD completely though.

[dsheinem]

his question was who is using a combo and who is replacing HDD completely though.

Combo here.

[Ziggy]

finite write cycles

You should read that article noise posted a page or so ago. While this is a part of the SSD tech, in practice this particular concern is really a non-issue.

Yeah, all of those drives were able to write hundreds of Terabytes before failure. Some of them were able to write Petabytes (over a million GB)!

Who is doing SSD only and who is doing SSD + traditional HD?

I put a SSD drive in my desktop and kept the mechanical drives in there. I was considering getting a SSD for my laptop, and that would be SSD only, but I don't use my laptop enough to justify it.

If you ask me, a SSD is better used in a laptop. They usually use less power than mechanical HDDs, so your battery charge might last longer. Mechanical HDDs can be damaged fairly easily from getting knocked around, which isn't hard to do with laptops. And SSDs will allow you to cold boot and come out of hibernation faster, which is something you're doing much more frequently on a laptop.

All of that is why I was considering getting a SSD for my laptop. The downside is that you can only have the one internal drive, so your only option for a SSD + mechanical drive setup is to use an external drive. Either that or you'll have to shell out the cash for a larger SSD. I can understand how that can be an issue for some. For me, I rarely use my laptop as it is. And when I do, it's only around the house. I don't store a lot on my laptop. I have everything on my desktop and I'll remote into it if I need something. So I could care less about storage space, and the cost of storage. I would only need a drive big enough for the OS and whatever programs I need installed.

[marurun]

Who is doing SSD only and who is doing SSD + traditional HD?

HDD only over here.

Have tried the SSD route, but cost per GB, finite write cycles, and their sudden for absolutely no discernible reason failure rate...HDD still is the superior solution for my purposes. The cost of replacing a SSD vs. the cost of replacing a mechanical hard drive is no contest. I keep my main system in RAID 10, and a quick low cost switch-out in case of failure is more palatable than the speed increase gained from SSD.

I hope you are using a heterogeneous mix of HDs, then. Studies of RAID arrays show that there's actually a greater than acceptable risk of more than one drive dying at the same time or very close to the same time when using drives that are likely from the same manufacturing run.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

SSD only here since July of 2014.

[MrPopo]

Still waiting for a large enough SSD to replace my system drive. I'll stick with mechanical for my media drive.