When will you buy an SSD?

[Sarath]

Everyone would now or later want to try out SSDs. I am not saying that they would replace HDDs just yet but I know everyone would want to have the speeds of SSDs on their PC. Of course the "Price" is the single most important factor keeping them at bay.

So when do you think you will buy an SSD? In month, year or two or more?

What price and size ratio are you looking for.

As for me;

I am looking at 6-7months down the line for a 250GB SSD to come at a 7k price point

[imrocking_since92]

I think i will invest in ssd in my next pc..which is i guess in around 2 years..

[ico]

Thinking of buying next month.

I'm looking for Intel 510 series 120 GB. Why Intel? Because they have the lowest failure rates in the market. But I heard 510 series has a few bugs in the firmware.

[asingh]

^^
How much would that be..?

[ico]

^^

that's exactly what I want to know.

I'm expecting it to be around 15k - but I haven't seen it in any of hardware stores.

[macho84]

8-12k depending on your requirement. It would be better to invest atleast 64 gb but i would suggest for 120 gb ie sata 3 where it gives 550 mb/s real speed not as wee say in normal hdd say 1.5gb 3gb like that. So if you have good ram and cpu speed then loading and unloading of files to ram will be instantly as not such heavy app higher that 500mb may be video editing will need such big file and offcourse new games are more . As recently i was shocked to see SERIOUS SAM 3 BFE took almost 4gb single file in my ram. Sure nt pagefiles

[devx]

I also need an 64 gb SSD to take advantage of INTEL SMART RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY in my new gaming rig ., but prices are so high & I would like to wait for few months to capture at lower price.

[ico]

^^ Intel Smart Response Technology/SSD Caching on Z68 motherboards is nothing more than a gimmick. Only makes sense to use it if you are going to use a cheap 20 GB SSD.

Basically, SSD Caching = using a SSD as a cache to boost up your hard disk read performance. Only makes sense to use a small cache (small SSD) in this case. With a bigger size 64 GB SSD, simply use it as a boot drive i.e. install the OS on it. Much much better and this renders SSD Caching as a gimmick.

Now, a 20 GB SSD for caching in addition to 64 GB SSD boot drive....this is fine.

I hope this clears it up.

[Sarath]

Also the 20GB SLC SSD used for caching will be more expensive per GB than a normal MLC SSD used for main storage.

[clmlbx]

As soon as price drops.. I buy ssd then I wish to use it as Boot drive.. and I need at least 80-100GB drive for all software's I Use..

[Skud]

Planning to get one next quarter, may be next month. A 120gb OCZ Vertex 3 or MAX IOPS.

[dashing.sujay]

Max affordable size with min failure rate under 5k for my laptop in 2012 . Speed doesn't matters, whether its 550MB/s or 400MB/s. I hope both will give me a huge jump over HDDs.

[chintan786]

Originally Posted by ico

^^ Intel Smart Response Technology/SSD Caching on Z68 motherboards is nothing more than a gimmick. Only makes sense to use it if you are going to use a cheap 20 GB SSD.

Basically, SSD Caching = using a SSD as a cache to boost up your hard disk read performance. Only makes sense to use a small cache (small SSD) in this case. With a bigger size 64 GB SSD, simply use it as a boot drive i.e. install the OS on it. Much much better and this renders SSD Caching as a gimmick.

Now, a 20 GB SSD for caching in addition to 64 GB SSD boot drive....this is fine.

I hope this clears it up.

I must say.. the gem of a post

[asingh]

64GB is low for the boot drive.

[Sarath]

I have heard people talking about having a boot drive SSD but what benefits other than faster startup does it have?

[prvprv]

I will buy a 500 GB SSD when it comes for 3k

[Sarath]

^Good luck with that. For all you know, you might not buy it; you would get it as a father's day gift

[chintan786]

Originally Posted by ico

^^ Intel Smart Response Technology/SSD Caching on Z68 motherboards is nothing more than a gimmick. Only makes sense to use it if you are going to use a cheap 20 GB SSD.

Basically, SSD Caching = using a SSD as a cache to boost up your hard disk read performance. Only makes sense to use a small cache (small SSD) in this case. With a bigger size 64 GB SSD, simply use it as a boot drive i.e. install the OS on it. Much much better and this renders SSD Caching as a gimmick.

Now, a 20 GB SSD for caching in addition to 64 GB SSD boot drive....this is fine.

I hope this clears it up.

Hi Ico... I checked on Guru3d. and they are strongly recommending for what u are calling gimmick on Z68. if i go by ur post then which SSd you recommend. for installing OS and also please mention MB too. I heard some bad reviews regarding Asus customer care service in India. Is there any Gigabyte equivalent for Asus P8Z68 V - Pro mobo.