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    Should i spend the extra bucks for a 16/24gb ssd with a 1tb 5400 rpm hd?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by arsenalist, Jun 14, 2013.

  1. arsenalist

    arsenalist Notebook Enthusiast

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    Are the extra bucks worth the performance boost? i mean its a small hd does it actually help much in the performance? u cant really copy much into it.
     
    arsenalist, Jun 14, 2013
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    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    How much 'extra'?

    And as always; it depends on how you use your system.

    Don't expect great things from it (and the current gen 1TB capacity with sloooow 5400RPM spindle speeds will surely leave you gasping for more performance each and every time that the data or program you're accessing is not in the cache...).


    In the second half of 2013... I would say that it is not worth it when for ~2x the money you can get ~10x the storage subsystem performance (overall), albeit at a much lower capacity point.


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    tilleroftheearth, Jun 15, 2013
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  3. HTWingNut

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    Are you talking about a hybrid HDD with SSD onboard or a separate SSD card using Intel boost? In either case for a hybrid drive 16-24GB is a pretty substantial size as a cache/accelerator, but its performance is still dismal compared to SSD's of today.
     
    HTWingNut, Jun 15, 2013
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