Should I Get an SSD ?

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erebusting

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I was going to build an i7 computer, and I came to where I need to select a HDD or SSD...
at first I was going to use 2 x 10,000 74gb raptors in raid 0...then thought why go half in when I can just go all in and get an SSD? (such as the Corsair p128 here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233087)

is it worth it? I will be gaming mostly aside from the usual stuff...
or should I just use my old 5400 hdd until SSD's become more `polished` ?


 
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I don't think it's a matter of them becoming "polished"... those that are out work fine. It's just that they are still quite expensive. If that's not an issue, then go for it.
 
I wonder if there are any particular ones anyone would like to recommend, or is the one I posted adequate...(nice space vs speed and price compared to similar parts)?
Also should I go for SLC (is that right?..) or MLC ??....

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I hear SSD's have trouble with 'Random' Reads and Writes...would that affect me as much as it sounds?...
 
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SLC vr MLC is on of thoses in the end doesn't really matter things. THe differnce between the too is in SLC 1bit = 1 cell on the disc, in MLC 2bits = 1 cell. Writing two bits per cell will cause that cell to "wear out" sooner. How much sooner who knows. How long with it take you to get to 1 million writes on a particular cell?

As far as random reads and writes SSD excel at them. That's the whole point of a SSD. It is able to access any part of the drive at the same time. No moving head like in magnetic media. What your refering to was that some early SSD did have any cache on them. Who needs 16MB cache the whole drive is cache was the thinking. Well as they found out cache was needed. All current SSD have cache like any other type of drive.
 
lawson_jl said:
SLC vr MLC is on of thoses in the end doesn't really matter things. THe differnce between the too is in SLC 1bit = 1 cell on the disc, in MLC 2bits = 1 cell. Writing two bits per cell will cause that cell to "wear out" sooner. How much sooner who knows. How long with it take you to get to 1 million writes on a particular cell?

As far as random reads and writes SSD excel at them. That's the whole point of a SSD. It is able to access any part of the drive at the same time. No moving head like in magnetic media. What your refering to was that some early SSD did have any cache on them. Who needs 16MB cache the whole drive is cache was the thinking. Well as they found out cache was needed. All current SSD have cache like any other type of drive.
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Actually mlc cells last alot shorter than slc, and depending on the wear leveling that is used, an slc drive can last for as many as 10x the amount of write cycles. Although even then, they will last at least 5years or so...
 
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