I am building a pc this weekend and I am debating on getting a ssd and using the rebate money to get a hdd or getting a hdd and using the rebate money to get a cpu cooler. I am using this pc for web browsing and gaming. Are ssds really worth it?
YES. Imo you r better buying SSD and installing OS and games on it and purchasing better cooling for your CPU later.
Well how big of an SSD? 120GB or even 240GB will fill up rather fast.
Formatted capacity will be less. Then OS, browser and other necessary programs, Steam, media, then games. That space won't last you very long.
By a standard mechanical HDD then add the SSD later.
Well I don't have a very large library of games so I was wondering if somewhere around a 128gb ssd would be ok for me until I get the rebate money and get an had. Or I was wondering if I should just get a hdd and use the money to upgrade the cpu cooler
I've got 240GB Kingston SSD for like 150$ (6months back) and there is still plenty of space after installing Win7 and Linux, programs and games. Considering you dont need media (music and videos) stored on fast SSD, i dont think you will fill that space faster than you save up for decent 1-2TB drive which is like 100$
Just get both I mean a 1TB WD Blue is less than $50.
These were on sale for like $70 after rebate like 2 weeks ago...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820178456
I have one in my laptop and it runs great. I highly recommend getting an ssd, even if its just for general computing it will make a world of difference. Black friday is coming up, and with ssd prices as low as they have been already this year, they will be practically giving them away on black friday.
i just bought the same 240 GB Kingston SSD as Bad for 100 dollars off amazon just yesterday (more than half the price from when they came out). you can get both, 120 Gb Kingstons are around 60 and you can get a WD blue 1 Tb for cheap like derkreiger mentioned. an SSD its worth getting before the cpu cooler. know that 120 GB can fill up fast if you don't watch where stuff is being installed like hawk (not just steam games) but will do just fine for and OS and core programs drive.
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Get an SSD and get a HDD later, that's what I'm doing ;)