Solid Slate Disk

[dark strike1]

I wanted to see you guys stance on the SSD (Solid Slate Disk), think they're good for atleast an OS, and Office. I am thinking about getting a 32GB Samsung SSD just for my OS and Office. I think it would be 1/2 the time of a regular HDD to start up and shutdown, not to mention program load times. Anyone think its a good idea just for an OS and office even though its $400? These seem to be the future way of transporting data due to the reliability and less chance of failure, hopefully they will come out with a 3.5" SSD Drive soon.

 

[gurusan]

Solid State Disk.... lol

And at the moment, no they aren't worth it at all.

 

[SapperX]

Maybe worth it in laptops if you can afford it... but in desktops right now it is just foolish. Eventually we will all be using them, however.

 

[veedubfreak]

Solid Snake Disk. No they arent worth it atm. The cost per GB is around 8x that of a standard drive.

 

[wolfeyes89]

If you have the cash to burn go for it, but it would be better to get a raptor imho.

 

[Poizen22]

ya gert a raptor x 150 gb, or you can raid0 2 32gb raptors, which is very fast for boot up and loading, i speak of experience i used to own them, it also helped with fps in oblivion a litle.

 

[gurusan]

Raptors aren't worth it either.

The Samsung F1 is probably the fastest 7200rpm drive out at the moment...and you get 500gb-1tb capacities...not 72gb or 36 lol!

 

[wolfeyes89]

he wants speed not capacity i assume.

 

[gurusan]

he wants speed not capacity i assume.

they are usually related though.....

 

[NosBoost300]

if you got the money for ssd's i totally say go for it.. i've been doig my fair reading on em.. maybe get two of the smallest capacitys in raid.. that would just be nuts!