- Joined
- Nov 14, 2006
- Location
- Warsaw/Poland
For some reason I don't really seem comfortable with the idea of running my system from a small partition/drive and keeping my software on another one. Besides, I'd rather migrate than reinstall. The last thing I want to do is one million Windows updates. I could migrate to a 500 GB disk after getting rid of 1) pure data like old photos etc., 2) games I no longer play etc. But it could get tight after a while, especially if I were to upgrade my GPU and start playing newer games, which weigh more.
Here are the prices where I live. ForEx is irrelevant, just the proportions:
480 GB costs a minimum of PLN 599
500 GB comes at an expensive premium, PLN 650, though that's Samsung EVO, which is also a superior drive
520 GB is a bit more expensive and not necessarily as good, say 700
... and 960-1000 GB comes at around 1000 (900 used, but I'm not gonna get a used SSD for 90% of the price of a new one).
A thousand feels like a metric ton of money (our wages are notoriously poor here), basically half the price of a much better PC than the one I currently have. However, it's still only 2x the price of 500 GB.
Here's the problem: it's gonna take a while before I fill out 1 TB. By that time SSD might be cheaper. So it could be overkill compared to getting a good, trusted Samsung EVO rather than a Sandisk 1TB or something.
Would you get the drive in my situation or just take the Samsung EVO 500 GB, or wait actually?
I both work and play on this computer, so the benefit would be felt more at work than gaming, so it's not just for play, which makes it a bit easier to justiy.
Here are the prices where I live. ForEx is irrelevant, just the proportions:
480 GB costs a minimum of PLN 599
500 GB comes at an expensive premium, PLN 650, though that's Samsung EVO, which is also a superior drive
520 GB is a bit more expensive and not necessarily as good, say 700
... and 960-1000 GB comes at around 1000 (900 used, but I'm not gonna get a used SSD for 90% of the price of a new one).
A thousand feels like a metric ton of money (our wages are notoriously poor here), basically half the price of a much better PC than the one I currently have. However, it's still only 2x the price of 500 GB.
Here's the problem: it's gonna take a while before I fill out 1 TB. By that time SSD might be cheaper. So it could be overkill compared to getting a good, trusted Samsung EVO rather than a Sandisk 1TB or something.
Would you get the drive in my situation or just take the Samsung EVO 500 GB, or wait actually?
I both work and play on this computer, so the benefit would be felt more at work than gaming, so it's not just for play, which makes it a bit easier to justiy.