>huh SSDs die too quickly
>huh media wearout
>huhhhh muh spinning HD XD
Yeah, about that - I've been using my SSD as my main drive (OS/programs/games) for almost 5 years now (in 2 months time), and it's still going strong.
As with any HD I'll likely replace it soon not because it's worn out and dead (like SSD ludites claim), but because there is new tech/more capacity/more speed
Are people seriously still using standard HDs?
>He fell for the SSD meme
I too did fall for it 7 years ago and now I'm using nothing but SSDs.
Only reason I got an SSD was because I got ultra OCD about HD noises when I got a laptop fro University
The fucking spinning and head parking drove me to insanity
>mfw 1TB SSD just dropped below $200
My 120GB SanDisk has 35143 hours on it, 4 years. Its been in two laptops and has always been a system disk for Gentoo.
>>53696948
ssd are unbreakable these days
sure, earlier on they were dodgy but you'd have to be a fucking spastic or a datacentre to break a consumer ssd today
I CAN'T GET ENOUGH
>tfw waiting for storage drive to die so I can replace it with a completely silent ssd
>>53697161
Try to get a 950 Pro.
It's 4 times faster than a 850 Evo.
I love SSDs, i can't believe how much i hate to use a PC with a mechanical as the OS drive now.
>>53696948
>>Are people seriously still using standard HDs?
I am, because SSDs still can't touch HDDs on capacity per dollar. >>53697107 is talking about paying $200 per terabyte like it's a great deal, HDDs are below $40/TB.
this matters when you have a couple terabytes of stuff to store. Counts double because you need to buy twice the space, to account for backups.
>>53697176
God forbid logic and frugality prevail.
Just do it.
>>53697220
I still use USB3 Seagate drives for the majority of my storage.
But in a market where you can get a 256GB SSD with like 500MB/s read and 90k iops for under $60 bucks, you would have to be doing something weird to still prefer an HDD like hoarding bluray rips or some shit.
