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[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

So what would be some good choices in the less than $500 range. The one I mentioned earlier is only $350.

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

How am I supposed to know what to buy?

 

[wew lad 5,000+ posts]

How am I supposed to know what to buy?

find laptops with 4-8gb ram, a 500gb-1tb hard drive, and other personal options such as screen size down within your price range. from within that pool you made of laptops you found pick the one with the best and newest processor, graphics card, and motherboard for the price. 2.5ghz + processors are ideal, and so are dedicated graphics cards.

i cant help you on what is todays best of the best because im not familiar with what just came out, when i research to buy a new computer i learn the current market due to it changing so often. the above strategy will work just fine if you spend a little time shopping around.

by the way, just like the new apple iphone, there's a premium on new products that just came out, it's often advisable to find something a few months old without the premium to take advantage of the new technology as well as a reasonable price.

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

SSD always better than HDD?

 

[timhof13 10+ year member]

SSD always better than HDD?

For the most part, will have less storage for the price

 

[los33 10+ year member]

So what would be some good choices in the less than $500 range. The one I mentioned earlier is only $350.

The laptop you posted would be very good for a average user.

If they plan to game or even do 3d modeling then look for same specs in desktop.

Desktops are cheaper.

Check out walmart..

SSD always better than HDD?

SSD is very fast, but the cons to SSD is they die faster due to limited read/write.

SSD used as an OS hdd and a regular sata hdd for storage would be best.

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[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

The laptop you posted would be very good for a average user.
If they plan to game or even do 3d modeling then look for same specs in desktop.

Desktops are cheaper.

Check out walmart..

SSD is very fast, but the cons to SSD is they die faster due to limited read/write.

SSD used as an OS hdd and a regular sata hdd for storage would be best.

Sent from my Z970 using Tapatalk

My SSDs dont die fast at all, got a crucial one almost maxed out on memory lasting for 6 years so far. My HDDs die faster due to mechanical parts. SSDs dont have mechanical parts at all. They are in every way superior to a hard drive especially now that the cost per gigabyte is going down dramatically. Before it was a dollar per gig. Now you can buy a 250 gb ssd for less than 80. Its quickly catching up to HDD memory size and will eventually replace HDD.

I will never use a comp without an SSD ever again. When i do, it feels like windows 95 all over again.

 

[los33 10+ year member]

My SSDs dont die fast at all, got a crucial one almost maxed out on memory lasting for 6 years so far. My HDDs die faster due to mechanical parts. SSDs dont have mechanical parts at all. They are in every way superior to a hard drive especially now that the cost per gigabyte is going down dramatically. Before it was a dollar per gig. Now you can buy a 250 gb ssd for less than 80. Its quickly catching up to HDD memory size and will eventually replace HDD.
I will never use a comp without an SSD ever again. When i do, it feels like windows 95 all over again.

Last time i used a ssd was on a database server, mainly mysql.

It lasted 2 years till the ssd got to a super slow speed.

I ended up using 4 sata hdd's in raid1 which was way better in write speeds and if one died i could just replace it with no file deletion since each hdd had a shadow drive.

Raid 4 is much more efficient, but slower speeds.

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[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

Last time i used a ssd was on a database server, mainly mysql.
It lasted 2 years till the ssd got to a super slow speed.

I ended up using 4 sata hdd's in raid1 which was way better in write speeds and if one died i could just replace it with no file deletion since each hdd had a shadow drive.

Raid 4 is much more efficient, but slower speeds.

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Read/Write Speeds

The typical access time for a Flash based SSD is about 35 – 100 micro-seconds

Whereas that of a rotating disk is around 5,000 – 10,000 micro-seconds. That makes a Flash-based SSD approximately 100 times faster than a rotating disk.

HDD data transfer rate at the rate of 80 megabytes per second typically.

SSD data transfer rate at the rate of up to 500 megabytes per second typically.

You can have two SSDs in raid 0 and produce significantly faster results as well if we are talking about speed. Nowadays with new revisions of SSDs. The write speed is improved significantly, much faster than back then.

For regular every day usuage, there's no beating an SSD. As for failure wise you'd want to go with a nice brand name SSD. Some brands are prone to failure than others.

Samsung's use of V-NAND indicates that the transistors (which are very different and what appears to be a huge leap forward) are more resistant to wear. This is clearly indicated by the fact that Samsung warranties the drive for a lifetime total of 150TB, I'd seriously give the samsung 850 pro a look. Gotta use TRIM to extend the life even longer too.