SSD and speeds?

[Euklid]

I'm thinking of getting a SSD for my operating system. A couple things
concern me.

1) I hear that some SSD are slower than regular HDD.

2) I hear when SSD becomes near-full, they slow down CONSIDERABLY. Has
there been some new SSD that fixed this problem?

3) The life expectancy. I hear that SSD can only write a total of 10,000
times? I had my last HDD for over 7 years and it's still going. Will I get even
5 years of use out of a SSD?

 

[ScottALot]

I know for a fact that there is some sort of software that makes #2 wrong.

 

[Euklid]

I know for a fact that there is some sort of software that makes #2 wrong.

It had something to do with -- to write to a section that had information,
it had to first move the information to memory, clear the section, and then
write it again with new information. And this used some sort of command in
Windows. I think Windows 7 might have the software that improves SSD
performance.

 

[Twist86]

I think it will be another year before SSD becomes worth while. The performance boost (this is from a few hours of playing with my friends mind you) is not really that impressive.

His programs loaded a little faster but his games seemed to boot up the same as mine. His OS booted up about twice as fast as my system (we have close to mirror specs).

Other then that nothing really seemed impressive enough for the $150+ price.

 

[funkysnair]

I think it will be another year before SSD becomes worth while. The performance boost (this is from a few hours of playing with my friends mind you) is not really that impressive.

His programs loaded a little faster but his games seemed to boot up the same as mine. His OS booted up about twice as fast as my system (we have close to mirror specs).

Other then that nothing really seemed impressive enough for the $150+ price.

but i have experienced going form a 74gig raptor to a 80gig ssd and they are worlds apart

granted the price is steep the performance gain is amazing

 

[ganzey]

im pretty sure an ssd has a life cycle of about 2 million, meaning data can be written 2 mil times before it goes out.

 

[typhoonblue]

if you use in laptop SSD is better HDD, otherwise I suggest you use HDD. SSD advance is save power,light,quakeproof