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Crap. I was hoping that I was the one who missed some updates. Anyway, like you said earlier, prices are still coming down nicely on SSDs now and should continue to do so as production ramps up.
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| I'm not up to date with ssd, what's the advantage in buying them if for example you're a gamer? thx |
If you install your game on the SSD, the game will install quicker and your levels will load faster. That's the main advantage. Though the performance you get while doing your everyday computing is worth a SSD in itself, even if you spend a lot of time gaming..
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Do you think it's worth more(performance wise) than buying a better cpu(from mid-low to mid-high range not high end)? thx again
Oh, I forgot, what are the disadvantages? if there are any, compared to regular hdd. |
When I put my SSD in, it felt like a whole new system with the snappy responsiveness that I got while using the operating system. The only things that lag now are poorly coded apps (very few I've noticed) and browsing when network bandwidth is maxed, which a SSD cannot help with anyway. I just posted those two examples so that you know that a SSD cannot make everything faster, but it sure is a noticeable upgrade from a conventional hard drive.
As for a new CPU vs a SSD, it depends on what you have and what you do with your computer. The only time that I could see a mild CPU upgrade being better than an SSD upgrade is if you are primarily a heavy multitasker and were going from a dual to a quad core or similar scenario. Even then, the SSD would still get all of your apps up and running faster, but you could run into CPU (or even RAM) bottlenecks if all your apps were working hard.
You will experience some wow factor once you get a SSD, but after a couple of weeks you probably will not notice the system being more responsive unless you use a slower system to remind yourself how much better your OS performs.
So in all, I would recommend a SSD over a mild CPU upgrade as the SSD will benefit a lot more that you will notice. It will cut a lot of wait times and let you do more with your time.
For the bad things that SSDs can offer, I cannot really think of any show stoppers with any newer drives. If you get any Gen 2 or newer (vertex / X25-m G2 / ect. )SSDs then you will get TRIM support and you may need to do some reading to make sure that the firmware is up to date to get the best performance and reliability. It is true that reliability can be a valid argument given that SSDs in general are still in their infancy stage, but from what many have seen most have been tested and brutalized and hold up quite well. To be honest, if you buy one, you will probably end up upgrading to a new one long before it dies because of size and performance increases that will happen down the road. Even if you plan on keeping it for a long time, an average PC user can expect 5-10 years of reliability with normal usage if used primarily as an OS drive.
