DPete27 wrote:Forge wrote:Why buy a 250$ SSD if you can get 1/8th the SSD in system RAM for the same price?
Haha, I think you just answered your own question. (1/8 the capability for the same price is not very economical) Plus, you need to open a program once before it gets cached in the RAM, SSD gives you that performance the first time.
1/8th the capacity, sure, but more than 8X faster, and much more flexible. I have really nice SSDs and the impact has been underwhelming.
Old: WD Raptor 10K RPM 300GB, used only for first boot and first launch of any given app, then everything runs from massive amounts of system memory, at many thousands of GB/s.
New: Samsung 830 256GB SSD, used only for first boot and first launch of any given app, then everything runs from massive amounts of system memory, at many thousands of GB/s.
You see how that works, now?
When you can stuff 16GB of quality DDR3-1600MHz into your laptop for 100$ US, the SSD goes from being a major factor to being a supporting argument.