I know i'm preaching, but you should upgrade your hard drive.

[ronbo613]

People that "need" 4TB hard drives are probably the same people who park outside and can't even open the doors to their 3 car garage...

Well, I don't have a 3 car garage, I don't have a garage at all, but I could always use another large capacity drive for backing up my 40K+ image and 4K+ non-porn video files. No cloud for me.
The Samsung 830 boot drive in my rig is great for running programs, but I need every one of my 1-3TB hard drives. Matter of fact, I'm looking to buy another one. I'd like a 4TB drive, but will probably settle for a 3TB.

 

[Turbonium]

I like the badass factor of VelociRaptors in RAID 0, so I'm perfectly content using them for the time being. I actually chose them over an SSD option.

 

[Zap]

Hence with modern SSD's as long as it aint OCZ, id say get whats the cheapest is per dollar / GB.

With the caveat that there are still some lousy drives on the market (even OCZ aside) such as the Crucial V4, Sandisk (without Extreme or Plus in the name), and any drive using a SATA II Phison controller or a Jmicron controller (like Kingston V200).

BTW ZAP... ur the guy responsible for me migrating to SSD's.
I havent forgotten about that..

Where's my reward? :whiste:

That's what makes the new HYBRID drives so nice! Modern mechanical speeds, SSD speed for the most-used apps and Windows itself - all fully automatic.

With a caveat. Seagate discontinued the Momentus XT, which was their 2.5" 7200RPM hybrid drive. They now make the "SSHD" which in 2.5" size are only 5400RPM.

At least I'm pretty sure their 3.5" SSHD drives are still 7200RPM.

 

[JBT]

All my systems C drives are SSD, including a $220 refurb from a Lenovo Outlet. SSD turns duds into studs.
For storage of data all the systems have access to network storage. For the OS and APPs, they go on the SSD. This is easy with a 120GB drive.

 

[John Connor]

My next SSD purchase will be an enterprise SSD card. Only about 1500 MB.sec. LOL!

 

[Zap]

SSD turns duds into studs.

.sig worthy! :wub:

 

[dave_the_nerd]

With a caveat. Seagate discontinued the Momentus XT, which was their 2.5" 7200RPM hybrid drive. They now make the "SSHD" which in 2.5" size are only 5400RPM.

The reviews/benchmarks I saw indicated that the 5400rpm SSHDs were as good as or better than the XTs for desktop use (PCMark, that kind of thing) due to, iDunno, magic? But fell behind in synthetic benchmarks. (Scroll down to "Consumer Real-World Benchmarks.")

http://www.storagereview.com/seagate_sshd_thin_review_gen3_500gb_st500lm000

Seems like they're still plenty fast, and they're less expensive than the XTs too. I wouldn't feel bad about recommending one.

 

[Blue_Max]

With a caveat. Seagate discontinued the Momentus XT, which was their 2.5" 7200RPM hybrid drive. They now make the "SSHD" which in 2.5" size are only 5400RPM.

At least I'm pretty sure their 3.5" SSHD drives are still 7200RPM.

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX47668
The 3.5" desktop badboys are finally available - and not that much more expensive than a regular mechanical drive.
(Around $100 for 2TB if you shop carefully!)

 

[JBT]

.sig worthy! :wub:

LOL its so true though.