| ListerOfSmeg said: no moving parts is another advantage of SSD. I personally think they have a lot of advantages over HDDs. speed, reliabilty, performance. |
Reliability isn't one of them.
Been plenty of 1 Terabyte SSD's in the past, this is nothing different, probably not even from a price perspective.
The only improvement that's notable is the speed.
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People use these things for more then just booting your OS off of? I used one just for that reason alone with a backup 2TB HDD for 90% of my software
| the2real4mafol said: All yours for the amazing value of $1000!(not the real price, but i guessed here) But seriously, SSD's are pointless until they become as cheap as traditional hard drives. Nice to see them in such large sizes though |
After owning my 256GB SSD for over a year now, I'd never go back to a HDD. I expect this to be $600 max, but wouldn't pay that personally, they're dropping quickly though so hopefully by the time my current one dies it'll be ~$300.
pezus said:
Why would they need to be as cheap as traditional hard drives? They are significantly faster. A single SSD might be the best investment for many PCs these days. |
That's only really for people whose time is worth the money i.e. a programming, developer etc.
The regular joe/janes are better off with HDDs unless they just have money to blow.
Mohasus said:
Reliability isn't one of them. |
Actually, reliability is most certainly one of them. HDD's being mechanical are far more susceptible to failure under general operating conditions than are SSD's. And even then SSD's are being being used in harsh environements now because they aren't effected by temperature, pressure, noise and vibrations like HDD's are.
Now if you plan to write 1 TB of data to the drive every single day, then an SDD may not last as long....unless you have good wear leveling and over provising software built in like Samsung does.
| Fifaguy360 said: That's only really for people whose time is worth the money i.e. a programming, developer etc. The regular joe/janes are better off with HDDs unless they just have money to blow. |
Throw a $60 60 GBB SDD into a regular computer as the OS/Boot drive and they'll notice a huge difference in boot times, program start up times, virus scans, etc...
As for this SDD specifically, it will likely retail for between $550 to $650. Samsung is selling some SDD's for $0.65 per GB and these are coming on a smaller memery process meaning costs are reduced. Granted those are still high prices but an SSD of this capacity isn't developed for every day web browsing, MS Word and email usage anyway.
The rEVOLution is not being televised
| Viper1 said: Throw a $60 60 GBB SDD into a regular computer as the OS/Boot drive and they'll notice a huge difference in boot times, program start up times, virus scans, etc...
As for this SDD specifically, it will likely retail for between $550 to $650. Samsung is selling some SDD's for $0.65 per GB and these are coming on a smaller memery process meaning costs are reduced. Granted those are still high prices but an SSD of this capacity isn't developed for every day web browsing, MS Word and email usage anyway. |
Agreed. Every PC, even your grandmothers should have an SSD, amazing pieces of technology which makes any PC incredibly responsive.
However, keep in mind these will be using cheap TLC NAND and not just any TLC NAND either, 19nm TLC NAND which means worse latency and longevity.
I prefer to stick to MLC/SLC NAND SSD's if I can.
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I love my SSD. I can't wait until drives that size are affordable. I'll pay up to $400 for a 1TB drive so there's a way to go yet.
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