Why you should buy an SSD (Column)

[TBlaar]

I would suggest buying one quickly, before another earthquake or flood drives the prices up to unaffordable amounts again!

[Grimspoon]

This is something I would also want more info on, this is one of the reason I have been reluctant to upgrade. I heard the life span on an SSD is quite short, not that I need it longer than 2 years cause I dont keep the same drive long. I have tons of info that flies through my operating system drive and if i could get a definitive answer I will get an SSD tomorrow if it works for me.

Other issue is I have no Bays for a 2.5" drive to fit, how the hell does that work (yep I know dumb question but I like knowing everything before committing to something these days, made that mistake before costed me more money in the end than I planned).

Thanks if anyone responds.

I really wouldn't say the life span is short, it will last you a good few years without any issues. There are some do's and don't though when running a SSD. Typically you will disable defrag on the drive as this will shorten the life span, however on Windows 7 it will automatically disable defrag on the drive as soon as it detect that you have a SSD installed. Also you NEVER run benchmark tests on a SSD, this also has a adverse effect on the lifespan. Some guys want to see how great their read / write speeds are and end up killing the drive in no time because of these benchmarks.

You get special brackets for SSD's and it fits perfectly into a normal drive bay. Some drives come with these brackets whilst my OCZ didn't so I had to buy one but I think it was like R30.


Hope that helps

I would suggest buying one quickly, before another earthquake or flood drives the prices up to unaffordable amounts again!

[Coheed]

I have mine sticky taped to the top of my drive cage

But seriously, if you run any production software like Adobe products, it highly recommend it. However, it can't match the sheer thrill and pleasure of dropping cash on a new graphic card, CPU or peripheral. IMHO.

[murfle]

A lot of newer high-end gaming cases are made to support either 3.5" or 2.5" drives, such as Corsair 500R.

[Toxin]

Cost (rand per GB) just doesn't make it worth while for me. I want to buy two SSD drives at the end of this year, but I'll have to see how much prices have dropped by then.

[Kwaai]

This is something I would also want more info on, this is one of the reason I have been reluctant to upgrade. I heard the life span on an SSD is quite short, not that I need it longer than 2 years cause I dont keep the same drive long. I have tons of info that flies through my operating system drive and if i could get a definitive answer I will get an SSD tomorrow if it works for me.

Other issue is I have no Bays for a 2.5" drive to fit, how the hell does that work (yep I know dumb question but I like knowing everything before committing to something these days, made that mistake before costed me more money in the end than I planned).

Thanks if anyone responds.

Using the normal bay and just screwing one side in works just fine

[ZAP_Tech]

I really wouldn't say the life span is short, it will last you a good few years without any issues. There are some do's and don't though when running a SSD. Typically you will disable defrag on the drive as this will shorten the life span, however on Windows 7 it will automatically disable defrag on the drive as soon as it detect that you have a SSD installed. Also you NEVER run benchmark tests on a SSD, this also has a adverse effect on the lifespan. Some guys want to see how great their read / write speeds are and end up killing the drive in no time because of these benchmarks.

You get special brackets for SSD's and it fits perfectly into a normal drive bay. Some drives come with these brackets whilst my OCZ didn't so I had to buy one but I think it was like R30.


Hope that helps

Thanks for the replies, think I shall give this a try. And I barely run benchmarks these days, I don't find the use anymore. And thanks for letting me know you do get a bracket that makes it fit fine. That was one on my main concerns. I am going to definitely order one of these this week.