SSD prices have fallen

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Looks like it. Looks like maybe some new makers/distributors in the
market too. I could use an upgrade from 32 GB to 64 GB, but will have
to wait.
 
Looks like it. Looks like maybe some new makers/distributors in the
market too. I could use an upgrade from 32 GB to 64 GB, but will have
to wait.
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I look forward to getting my first SSD. But with a 2TB WD drive selling
for $179 on Newegg and a 120GB SSD going for $320 ($.08/GB vs $2.67/GB)
the prices have got to come down a lot before I can justify that
purchase. (Last week's prices, mind you)
It hurts on the bleeding edge.
 
TVeblen said:
John Doe wrote:

I look forward to getting my first SSD. But with a 2TB WD drive
selling for $179 on Newegg and a 120GB SSD going for $320
($.08/GB vs $2.67/GB) the prices have got to come down a lot
before I can justify that purchase. (Last week's prices, mind
you) It hurts on the bleeding edge.
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It is not just a matter of bleeding edge. There is a huge price
difference between those two types of hard drives because they are
entirely different. And one does not exclude the other. Using an
SSD for a boot drive and a conventional hard drive for storage
works wonders.

I have always enjoyed the idea of using RAM drives, now I got a
big one.
 
It is not just a matter of bleeding edge. There is a huge price
difference between those two types of hard drives because they are
entirely different. And one does not exclude the other. Using an
SSD for a boot drive and a conventional hard drive for storage
works wonders.

I have always enjoyed the idea of using RAM drives, now I got a
big one.
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I think you're right. The HDD companies are not going to just sit still
and watch their legs eaten off, there will be a place and use for HDDs
even after the price of the SSDs comes down into the sweet spot where
cheap pricks like me will buy one. It's obvious that at some point most
new rigs will be just like yours, fast SSD for performance operations,
big HDDs for terabytes of storage.
 
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