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    Re: Building a computer? Need advice/suggestions? Come here!

    Ya, I need it now and have $100 to spare. I'd rather have an extra tb than a minimally faster drive.
    I'll get an SSD when they're practical.
    e: May go with this 7200 with 750gb http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148599
    Is the SSD actually worth losing out on 500gb?
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    I'd never buy an SSD right now either, the price is way to high. You guys need to research that Momentus XT a bit more before posting about it again.

    I've found that 7200rpm drives in laptops give a hugely noticeable difference in general operation performance, my old laptop had a 5400rpm drive in it and it would take forever to copy files and such. The 7200rpm in my M15x is on par with my desktop.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Freelancer View Post
    I'd never buy an SSD right now either, the price is way to high. You guys need to research that Momentus XT a bit more before posting about it again.

    I've found that 7200rpm drives in laptops give a hugely noticeable difference in general operation performance, my old laptop had a 5400rpm drive in it and it would take forever to copy files and such. The 7200rpm in my M15x is on par with my desktop.
    I wasn't talking about the Momentus XT at all, I'm just saying that SSDs in general are not worth it. Same goes for that SSD-HDD hybrid.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Amit View Post
    Same goes for that SSD-HDD hybrid.
    That's where you're wrong however.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Freelancer View Post
    That's where you're wrong however.
    Talked to a friend and he convinced me to get the hybrid. Arrives monday.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Freelancer View Post
    That's where you're wrong however.
    I was merely basing my view off of what many of the reviewers on Newegg were saying. Not enough of a performance boost to justify the price jump, especially when the drive is relatively small.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Amit View Post
    I was merely basing my view off of what many of the reviewers on Newegg were saying. Not enough of a performance boost to justify the price jump, especially when the drive is relatively small.
    Whatever the case is, I was running a 160gb 5400 rpm drive before. This is going to make a big difference to me.

    Anyone know anything about this? http://www.bootcooler.com/
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    Quote Originally Posted by Freelancer View Post
    Except that those Momentus XT drives are SSD-HDD hybrids.
    Doesn't mean shit when you don't even have enough SSD to install the OS.
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    They don't show up as separate drives Warsaw. The drive places files that are used most often onto the SSD portion of the drive, mostly OS files. The drive works way better than it sounds, I was skeptical until I actually saw a friend install one in his laptop. Way faster boots and general operation than his previous 7200rpm drive.
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    Re: Building a computer? Need advice/suggestions? Come here!

    Quote Originally Posted by Freelancer View Post
    They don't show up as separate drives Warsaw. The drive places files that are used most often onto the SSD portion of the drive, mostly OS files. The drive works way better than it sounds, I was skeptical until I actually saw a friend install one in his laptop. Way faster boots and general operation than his previous 7200rpm drive.
    Yep, reading up on how it works, its pretty much what most people would do with an SSD for the OS and a HDD for everything else, but it does all that for you automatically, with out the extra couple hundred dollars.
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