[jazzrack]

1. this an amazing thread, I am astounded that somebody took the time to write that out. I am even more amazed that I read it...

2 the larger the universe the larger the noticed performance increase. especially if you are saving logs/boxes/creating pics/almanacs. ect.

3.the wear balancing on modern ssd's have all but eliminated the early death of these drives.

4. I am not sure we really helped answer the basic question. does ssd or hdd matter.

and the answer is.

it depends on you specific needs and tolerances for wear vs performance & your expected replacement/upgrade pattern

let me put it this way. I don't buy a car and then take the bus everywhere because I am afraid of wearing out the tires. I am also not going to drive less because I bought a really good set of tires. I accept the maintenance costs as part of owning the car.


for me, since I am cheap, I bought a relatively small ssd (240gb), run the os, ootp, office & productivity stuff on the ssd & store everything else, documents, music, videos & other programs that don't require the performance on the 2tb hdd.

as prices come down over the next 2-3 years, I am far more likely to upgrade the ssd before I wear it out