On 29/08/2014 06:54, Joseph wrote: > No, I wouldn't get 1TB SSD too expensive but something like 300GB I > might consider it. > Are they worth the investment? What brand do you have and how long?
Only you can decide that. They work, they work well, they are fast, very fast Are you willing to spend the money? Quality does vary with price, there is some cheap rubbish out there. Mine are Samsungs as shipped by Dell, my opinion is they are worth every cent and I downgraded the GPU on the quote to rather spend on the SSD. You might have a different point of view > > -- > Joseph > > > On 08/29/14 06:11, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 29/08/2014 00:56, Joseph wrote: >>> So there seems to be a pattern :-/ >>> How about SSD they are not that much more? Will it withstand Gentoo >>> compilations :-) ? >> >> No. There is not a pattern. Two guys used drives for 5 years and then >> they failed. >> >> 5 years? Wow. That's double what you can reasonably expect, you got good >> service. >> >> SSDs are much more expensive than spinning disks, 1TB will cost a >> fortune. But they work in Gentoo very well - I'm on my second and this >> one is 256G, still runs as fast as the day I got it. >> >> >>> >>> -- >>> Joseph >>> >>> On 08/28/14 22:46, Mick wrote: >>>> On Thursday 28 Aug 2014 21:45:10 Joseph wrote: >>>>> I need to select 500GB or 1TB infernal 2.5in drive, any recommendation >>>>> (reliability) of the brand. My current WD 320GB fail after 5-years. >>>> >>>> Interesting ... mine also failed catastrophically a couple of months >>>> ago after >>>> around 5 years of continuous use. >>>> >>>> Which reminds me to run a backup on my Seagate: >>>> >>>> Model Family: Seagate Momentus 7200.4 >>>> Device Model: ST9500420ASG >>>> >>>> I'm not sure how much anecdotal reports on reliable drives actually >>>> hold >>>> water, unless we're talking about an epidemic of failures like I >>>> seem to >>>> recall Dell's Seagate drives experienced a few years ago. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> Mick >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Alan McKinnon >> alan.mckin...@gmail.com >> >> > > > -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
