Dude, if you're building a new PC now and *don't* get an SSD...you're doing yourself a serious disservice. Yeah, it's not cheap, but read the multitude of articles that say it's the singlest biggest paradigm shift in computing in years in terms of speed increase and it should be a no-brainer! You can really cut back on all the other parts to pay for the SSD and you'd still have a faster system than someone who didn't have one!
But yeah, I'd say you need at least a 160GB one; I have two WD 74GB 10k Raptors in RAID0 on my main system and multiple TB drives for data, so a 160 Intel G2 should hold you in good stead...HTH! BINO > Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10:36:24 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] My 2010 Gamer PC Build > > I did it for mine, 160 gig Intel G2 SSD for the boot drive and I use a pair > of 500 gig WD's for my data drives.. > > It's nice to watch Windows boot in 15-20 seconds. :) > > > > -- > JRS > [email protected] > > > Facts do not cease to exist just > because they are ignored. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: GPL <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Thu, April 22, 2010 9:54:40 AM > > Subject: Re: [H] My 2010 Gamer PC Build > > > > OK, moving right along I'm at the Hard Drive stage. A couple of people > have > > told me to go the SSD route for the OS/APPS drive and grab a 1TB > drive for > > the data. It seems pretty expensive for say an 80GB drive > and it's just not > > that much space. Right now I have a C and D drive, > two separate hard drivers. > > My C drive shows 127GB with 15GB free. SO, > that tells me 80GB is hard to > > swallow for that price. I can always put > only the intensive apps on their > > like the OS, and Microsoft's FSX. I'm > sure the 1TB drive will be fast enough > > for me to load games and such > off of. > > How do you feel about the SSD > > drive route in a new PC BUILD?
