Ssd Or Hdd?

Hello, Im about to buy an AW lappy but in dilemma still on the hard drive. I like the SSD but they are WAY too expensive!!! I need opinions, do I really need the SSD or should I just get the 500GB HDD instead? 7200RPM isn't that slow is it? Can you people help me decide on this? If I can make my self happy on the HDD I'll be pulling the trigger right away but the presence of the 256GB SSD keep pulling me off... help please.thanks

 

Are you using a computer right now? Are you content with how fast the hard drive is now?

If you answer yes to both questions, you probably don't need an SSD.

Alternatively, you can buy an SSD elsewhere for a bit cheaper and install everything yourself. Depends if you want to spend the extra money.

 

I'm currently using tablet pc... And of the computer's hard drive, Its quite okay to me, not that slow...

 

U getting a 17"? If so, you can get the 7200K HDD and see how you like it, and then add the SSD later. This way, you can buy the one you want. If not, then I'd go for the SSD. I noticed a huge difference with my M11x with the SSD that I added after.

 

The biggest thing you will usually gain with the SSD is load times for Windows and games you load onto it. It will improve load times on pulling up data, so yes it will be an improvement but an improvement that most people on here still look at as too expensive for what you get. If you want an SSD what I would recommend is order a standard HDD from AW, then buy one from another retailer such as Newegg. Or just wait for the prices to come down like I am!

 

I would suggest the new hybrid Momentus HDD/SDD.
It helps start times and is much cheaper than standard SDD.
It's a option anyway.

 

I like my SSD, but the preformance gains dont justify their price right now. You might want to think about 2 HDDs in raid 0 or raid 1. It'll give you some extra speed until you get an ssd.

 

Once you have used SSD you will never be happy with HDD again. HDD will remain cheaper for the next 5 years and SSD prices will fall by about 1/2 per year. If you are someone that gets irritated with Windows loading times you will love SSD. If you don't mind slow boot times than stick with HDD. Programs load extremely fast with SSD as compared with HDD. Another big asset with SSD is that they do not generate heat like conventional hard drives do. The more additional heat you add with HDD the less cooling capacity you will have for your GPU.

If you are techy and comfortable reinstalling your operating system and drivers yourself than I would buy with an HD and than buy a good quality SSD online and install yourself.

There are however a couple drawbacks to doing this. First off you will lose the factory recovery data stored on a partition on the HDD. Not sure whether this could simply be copied (not sure about hidden files). If you have to reinstall the drivers manually it will take a lot of time to install all the drivers correctly.

Does anyone have any experience about copying the restore files and than using them to reinstall from a new SSD?

Research your SSD as there are big differences in quality and some still do not have trim support. Beware of big discounts as those probably don't have trim. You can probably find cheaper yourself than buying the Dell SSD.

P.S. I would wait a least 30 days to test your machine and make sure it works before swapping out for your own SSD drive. Also prices may fall in September for the back to school market. Also for the first little while the HDD will be relatively fast because it is not fragemented and you will have fewer regsitry errors as the system is new.

 

+1 for SSD drive,

if you can manage the price difference get one, use a standard drive as your second drive.

SSD boot up time @ 30 Seconds on my M17x