If you bough an SSD you wasted your money

[Fragsman]

Students in California - San Diego are about to demonstrate a 7-times faster device than an SSD.

 

http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=1078

 

I was joking about waste your money since this is really new but if this come true SSD price is gonna drop a lot because now they are extremely expensive for the low storage size they offer.

I think it is still not good to buy an SSD. Maybe when that device comes and SSD price goes down then It would be perfect to aqcuire a 500gb SSD to store all your programs and videogames.

 

For real. No one really needs SSD's (or this new invention) veolcity other than extreme applications such a server. IMO gaming is excluded. You can play all the way with a normal Sata disk.

 

Edited June 21, 2011 by loco_frags

[Flibo]

I don't really see the logic in why SSD prices would drop if devices utilizing this technology were brought to the market. People always say things like that but I've never seen any good examples of this happening.

 

I don't need a SSD but it sure as hell makes using my computer more comfortable (I have a SSD). You're right about SSDs making no difference in gaming, but all the basic functions in the OS run much smoother and faster now. They're kind of pricey, I'll give you that, but I still think my SSD was worth the purchase. It just offers me performance boost that a GPU or CPU upgrade can't provide me with.

 

7 times faster than a SSD does sound tempting.

Edited June 21, 2011 by Flibo

[My_Inner_Fred]

I agree I really don't need my SSD, its a luxury. I get my system booted up fast so I'm satsified with my purchase.

 

That onyx thing really seems expensive..

 

 

[Fragsman]

Prices would drop just because there is something new.

 

And speed-fanatics will turn to the new technology instead.

 

Yet I use normal HDD but if this new technology arrives and SSD price goes down I might think in acquiring a 200-300gb SSD for the same price, nowdays, you can buy a 40gb one.

 

I imagine SSD is wonderful when it comes to defrag, scandisk, search, antivirus, etc. Such functions that make normal HDD takes long times. I mean I don't care boot in 7 or 30 seconds or load a game in 2 or 15 seconds. Doesn't really affect me.

[The Smith]

Yeah it was posted on OCC's front page a while ago...

 

http://www.overclockersclub.com/news/28562/

[LuckyDeath]

For an SSD as an OS drive, you are talking in the 60GB-120GB capacity usually. The prices on SSD's has come down quite a bit over the years, and you can now get them on sale for usually ~$1.50 per gigabyte of storage. Therefore, $90-$180 for a MUCH faster computer (for tasks like startup, sleep, large programs like Office and Photoshop) is well worth the money for alot of people.

 

Dollar for dollar, SSD's are one of the best investments you can make for speeding up your machine. I can spend $200 on a normal Dual Core CPU, or I can spend $999 on a Gulftown 990X, and if both are using a 7200 RPM drive then chances are both will open my programs at similar speeds (same for starting up my machine). I could spend $60 on a cheap normal 8GB RAM kit or $200 on a 2100MHz 8GB kit with a custom cooling fan and enormous heatsinks... it won't make a significant difference in much but benchmarks and some extreme multitasking. In both of these instances, I could spend anywhere from $150-$800 trying to get a faster machine in every day tasks (like opening programs, restarting my machine) and neither would make a dent in those cases. So, $90-$180 for a piece of hardware that will literally accomplish these tasks 4-5 times faster... thats an easy decision financially. Its not for a budget build, but for a mainstream to enthusiast rig, its a must-have in my opinion.

 

And when you're looking at $1500-$2000 for all the trimmings (high end case, custom water cooling, beast GPU under the hood), whats an extra $100 for a SSD?

 

As for this technology... as a wise man once said- "we'll see".

[MandoPatriot]

I don't regret my SSD purchase at all. When my OS loads up faster and all my programs run smoother than yours, I consider that a win... Enjoy your 5400/7200 RPM OS drive, I'll stick with what I know and have already.

[Fragsman]

Well I don't even load up my PC. It's always on running an MMORPG so I dont't even need a 7200rpm hard drive ^^.

 

I just open other games when I have time to play and that is all. No big load times.

I would really like to have on SSD not for speed but for energy-save.

 

I belive an SSD does have a lot less power consumption than a normal HDD. I use to let PC in underclock mode @1600mhz the processor because I don't need the 3ghz when I use just the MMORPG, just when I switch to newest games. I like energy-saving while I dont need power and that doesn't affect the performance. Im eco-friendly

[HarryTaco]

Thx for the Read Loco. I like to read geek stuff like that once in awhile.

[medbor]

This is exactly like saying "oh you wasted your money since there will be better price/performance in a year or two"

Thanks for the read, but the thread name is pointless!

[BluePanda]

Waco here -

 

Read the papers and the presentation about this a couple weeks back. It's well written if you care to take a look. Phase change memory will completely replace flash whenever it hits mass production. Yes, it is that much of a game-changer.

 

SSDs won't be the same once high-density PCM goes into production.

[AquaLab]

SSD, Water Cooling, i7 – 980x, 990x, SLI, Xfire setup, are all waste of money ….. Do I have regrets ….NO WAY

 

On the subject; my main concern about SSD is reliability, we have numbers of reports of failing OCZ drives after only 18 months. I don’t expect a drive to last more than 3 years, but 18 months is too short. So I don’t know about the reliability of those new Phase Change Memory Drives, but I will prefer something more reliable than SSD. Please note than I'm not againts SSD, I own quite few.