Posted December 20, 2020
ast486: SSD's are still 50% more money then HDD's here.
So I can get a TB HDD for the same price as a 512SSD.
I have an ssd, but it's only ... I think 128gig.
I could only use it for the OS... and honestly I don't care about that initial load most of the time.
I also don't want to spend an extra 130$ for a new ssd.
Strykaar: Sorry to burst your bubble, but this has nothing to do with only initial load. If you run a windows system your 32gb ram will not help you. So I can get a TB HDD for the same price as a 512SSD.
I have an ssd, but it's only ... I think 128gig.
I could only use it for the OS... and honestly I don't care about that initial load most of the time.
I also don't want to spend an extra 130$ for a new ssd.
You whole system will get an insane speed boost by using a ssd.
I just switched from my Sata SSD to an NVME SSD two weeks ago and thought "well, this cant be such a boost" and boy was I wrong... even that upgrade feels insane regarding the whole system.
Coming AAA Games will demand SSDs as a bare minimum. Even blizzard tried with the latest wow expansion to bring a SSD as minimum requirement, but made a turn short before release.
As I said, I have an ssd and it worked fine. (SATA btw)
But the ONLY difference was in the initial load.
Streaming games may benefit from an SSD, but if the game preloads the data like most games do, then it doesn't make any significant different.
It's like 2 seconds more to load a big game when preloading.
Post edited December 20, 2020 by ast486