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Platter drive to SSD worth the upgrade?
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MTPPC:

--- Quote from: Gatt on October 18, 2012, 11:12:20 pm ---.. They're relatively small,  and while reliable,  they do have finite lifespans.  A hard drive will usually give you a warning it's about to die giving you time to backup your data.  An SSD won't.  Hence why it's not a good idea to use it for long term storage...
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I think your comment is inaccurate for cabinet applications. If you check the MTBFs, SSDs are comparable to HDs these days. While the AFR (annual failure rate) data suggest that conventional HDs are more dependable, the benefits of an SSD in a cabinet (especially a pinball machine with real nudging) outweighs the expected shorter lifespan. Arcade cabinets take a beating and if you include the physical abuse cabinet HDs take in your calculus, I believe the SSD is superior to a conventional HD for cabinet
wxforecaster:
Wouldn't a relatively small SSD be useful for rapidly booting Windows almost instantly upon turn-on, with a typical HDD use to store your ROMs, front end, etc...
hypernova:

--- Quote from: wxforecaster on October 19, 2012, 12:42:06 pm ---Wouldn't a relatively small SSD be useful for rapidly booting Windows almost instantly upon turn-on, with a typical HDD use to store your ROMs, front end, etc...

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That's what is being suggested.  I think mtppc's comments on the pros outweighing the cons of the SSD are more opinion than anything.  I'd certainly not want a much more expensive SSD than a regular HDD for my ROMs and other smaller files.  SSDs are best used for the larger files/programs and OS files as previously mentioned for now.
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