On 5/22/2014 12:50 PM, BillW50 wrote:
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AlDrake typed:
On 5/21/2014 5:55 PM, BillW50 wrote:
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Boy we sure do many things the same way. Although I have delayed
longer on my older machines to SSD and I just started recently. And
they are going to all get 120GB SSD I believe for now. I was a bit
concern about an SSD on this machine in particular, since it also
has a TV tuner connected and does a far amount of TV recording
sometimes. Although monitoring the lifetime writes, I don't think
I'll hit the limit for at least 10 years. Plus it won't be long
before this one is cloned and replaced with another SSD anyway.
Maybe 256GB next time around.

I can't see myself going larger than the Crucial M550 512GB but I'm
waiting to see if they start using faster chips than the Micron.

My newer machines came stock with SSD and they are fine and I haven't
had a desire to upgrade those yet. The ones that I am upgrading right
now had SATA (type 1) 7200rpm hard drives. Since the SATA port can only
handle 150MB/s tops, I am not interested in anything faster anyway. So
cheap, slow, and reliable will get the job done on these machines.

I wasn't sure what to expect on such systems. Since 95% of the time the
hard drive wasn't doing anything anyway. But boy, it is a huge
difference. Boot times are 5 times faster, games loads five times
faster, and most applications load in a blink of an eye. Nor do I have
to be careful about bumping the machine while moving around with it.
Head crashes are a thing of the past.

You have an advantage because they're much cheaper then when I
started purchasing SSDs. I put one in my ASUS Eee PC and at the time
the SSD cost more than the netbook.

Oh yes, I remember. Although what I liked in the early days of SSD, was
most SSD were the SLC type and MLC type were the ones that were hard to
find. Today it is just the opposite. I would prefer SLC SSDs, but they
are so hard to find nowadays. But MLC SSDs are more reliable as ever and
cheaper than they ever have been. So I guess it isn't so bad anymore.
:-)

Yes, I like the speed too. I think it's not beneficial to keep an HDD
installed as it's powered and produces heat. The only system I have any
in is my InWin BUC666

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=CA-017-IW

that has side access though a locked door.