Why SSDs are obsolete

badrobot said:

I think the big difference here is that you are using a laptop. Maybe the same case with Lee.
I use all of my SSDs just for OS on my 2 desktops. Data goes to HDDs and NAS drives.

Only two of the computers with SSDs are notebooks. The other one is a big desktop. The point is each computer has different needs and configurations, hence the different sizes.

For laptops with 1 disk bay, a bigger SSD is in order. But my desktops I have run for years on 60GB SSDs and never ran out of space. With tosay's prices I would buy 120GB for $69 but when I bought my first 60GB OCZ, I paid $265.

SSDs are the definitely the way to go. I have 2 SSDs. One is 240 GB that I'm planning on installing in my laptop when I upgrade it to Windows 10. The other one is 250 GB that is in my desktop with Windows 8.1.1 installed. Windows 10 is installed in a 250GB partition on my HDD. When 10 goes final I going to upgrade over my 8.11 install and delete the 250 GB partition on the HDD. If the prices are right I might buy a 500 GB SSD for my desktop and put the 250 GB SSD into my wife's laptop.

Yep 200us for a 500gb isn't bad possibly next black Friday will be the time to pull the trigger on that one
Now I have 2-mx128 and 2-mx256 that's enough for a while all in the last 4 months :)

CountMike said:

But would be nice if they are all 1TB ?

Of course it would but I couldn't justify the expense, not to mention there is something just wrong about buying a drive that costs as much or more than the machine it is going into.

ThrashZone said:

Yep 200us for a 500gb isn't bad possibly next black Friday will be the time to pull the trigger on that one
Now I have 2-mx128 and 2-mx256 that's enough for a while all in the last 4 months :)

Here is a 500GB Crucial for $180.

Amazon.com: Crucial BX100 500GB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive - CT500BX100SSD1: Computers Accessories

ThrashZone said:

Yep 200us for a 500gb isn't bad possibly next black Friday will be the time to pull the trigger on that one
Now I have 2-mx128 and 2-mx256 that's enough for a while all in the last 4 months :)

I'm going to keep watching for the prices to drop. If the price gets low enough I'll be upgrading my SSD when I upgrade to Windows 10. I'm very happy with my Samsung 840 EVO so I'll probably go with another Samsung if I do.

whs said:

Here is a 500GB Crucial for $180.

Amazon.com: Crucial BX100 500GB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive - CT500BX100SSD1: Computers Accessories

I'm not crazy about the BX line not sure why besides a few less gb's than the MX line :/