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| mgb:
--- Quote from: mytymaus007 on September 24, 2012, 05:15:09 pm ---I would get a 60 or 128 gig SD HD its amazing the boot time is so fast and your up and running in no time. Load the OS on the SD drive and the frontend and leave roms on the 5400rpm drive you'll be happy! --- End quote --- Newegg has 128GB Samsung SSDs for $99. Thats the route I'm going with my current pc. OS on that and the emulation all on a 500 gig hdd |
| gman314:
I am not too familiar with SSDs. Do they generally work the same way that an HDD would? Do they plug directly into the motherboard with a SATA cable? |
| nipsmg:
Yeah. SSD's work just like a regular hard drive would. SATA interface, same form factor. Will mount right in your hard drive cage. ** edit ** : I think an SSD for this is overkill. If you're worried more about having a drive fail again, maybe it's worth it as there are no moving parts, but it's very rare for a HDD to completely fail like yours did before. I've found that drives (Especially name brand ones) are pretty reliable. |
| lilshawn:
if an SSD is frequently read/written to it will fail prematurely. The chips used for storage have a limited amount of times they can be written to. (it's in the millions upon millions of cycles but in the scope of data, it can add up fast.) try this... get a smaller drive for your OS (maybe a 250 or 500gb)then install all your data to a 2nd drive. (2 or 3 TB)...if your OS packs it in, it's not a big deal to format it and install...or replace. also: i agree with the aforementioned diagnosis... your drive is probably fine...you just have an OS issue...your data will still be there. |
| gkarnik:
I used this SSD as I caught it on sale for $90: SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC128B/WW 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147163 Then I use a second larger hard drive for backups and CHDs |
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