Demand for SSDs in PCs gonna boom through 2017
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Speed Weed
Even I can afford a 256Gb SSD now. 🙂
FULMTL
Soon...soon a 512GB SSD will be a reasonable purchase. Probably another two years for it to drop to $200. For now, I can drag it out on the 256GB SSD.
lucidus
They're awesome, I'd love to have one as my boot drive in my next PC!
StewieTech
Best upgrade i ever did. Can´t imagine going back to a hdd as boot drive. Now i want ssd storage drives at friendly prices.
Darren Hodgson
The problem with SSDs is that, while they're terrific for installing Windows onto and they're getting better value all the time thanks to price drops, the ever-increasing size of media files and games means that they're still not ideally suited for data storage or game installations. Hard drives offer far better value for money and SSDs will have a hard job competing against the massive storage they offer and their comparatively lower prices. I have a 256 GB SSD plus 4.5 TB of hard drive storage, including two backup drives. That would cost me a fortune if I replaced them with SSDs.
schmidtbag
MadGizmo
kapu
I have SSD in 2 laptops and most PCs in my company. (64-256GB).
One of the best upgrades i made in couple of years.
Mufflore
Its coming much sooner imo.
Take a look at the Crucial M500, 960GB for under £500.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/08/review_crucial_m500_960gb_ssd/
Only 52p per GB (not 48p as claimed in the article though).
edit
Ah, at the end of the article they state the price as £466, so it is 48p/GB.
Barry J
awesome SSD's are the best upgrade for a PC I use 5 SSD's in my main PC and a 1tb USB3 drive for backups and photos ( I also use microsoft cloud for photo backup)
pimp_gimp
kapu
CronoGraal
gonna be earlier than 2017 imo
kapu
I remmber when i first booted up on new SSD, speed incrase was unbelievable something like when we jumped to the dual core cpus.
It is really ground breaking technology for laptops especially.
zer0_c0ol
i will never buy another hdd..
Fusion_XT
Yep best upgrade i ever made 3 years ago.
I paid €400,- back then for a 160GB Intel X25M Gen2, prices have come down greatly since then.
My setup:
128GB Crucial M4 (OS\Programs)
160GB Intel X25M Gen2 (Games).
2TB WD Green (Data)
Got another 80GB Intel X25M laying around here somewhere :P ...
Loobyluggs
scoter man1
Along with haswell, one is definitely going in my next build. Sadly I think I'll buy a 128 and try to cram everything on to it. Haha, delete games when I'm "done" playing them.