Adipose Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 Newegg has a Samsung 4TB SSD listed at about 1500.00. They also have a 2TB at less thanhalf that price. Is there any pressing reason to buy the 4TB model? My worry about SSDs is theirlongevity. Anyone have any idea about the useful life of a SSD as compared to a disc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iXenite Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 I would highly recommend not getting the massive SSD's. Not because they're bad or anything, but because it's just a waste of money. 500GB's is really the maximum size I'd suggest anyone get for a single SSD. While they are not as fast as SSD's, traditional HDD's are much better to use for mass storage. SSD's are much better used for the boot drive and for games like Skyrim that have tons of mods, so shorter loads times provided by the SSD would be appreciated. That and perhaps improved asset streaming for big open world games. I don't know much about the longevity of these drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorKaizeld Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 (edited) Ssd will last far longer. And i hear you really dont need more then 500 gb for one Edited September 21, 2016 by qwertyzeldar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankFamily Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 I have a 500gb ssd for OS, programs and most used documents and then 750gb hdd for storage. It's hard to get enough games and programs to fill 500gb even if you count 100gb for photoshop scratch disk space and such. 1TB and more ssds sound wasteful to me. SSD endurance isn't an issue nowadays, you can write a lot during a lot of time. It will be massively obsolete by the time it wears out. Note that endurance is proportional to size, the bigger the more it will last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project579 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 you need to consider the fact that SSDs can die after 2 to 5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMod Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 So can any other piece of hardware. There are two good reasons to have a $1,500 4 TB SSD: 1) It's necessary for your business, 2) You have 15 more Bens than you can squeeze in your wallet. Just buy what you need and you'll rarely go wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMastersSon Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 (edited) Seagate recently demonstrated a 60TB SSD: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/08/seagate-unveils-60tb-ssd-the-worlds-largest-hard-drive/ Regardless of application (not data, such as video, databases etc), the major bulk of storage is usually static on most PCs. The OS itself, core major apps and games etc. SSDs are perfect for this storage because it's not subject to routine modification or replacement, and number of apps (or total storage required for it) makes no difference to the performance benefits of SSDs. If anything, the larger a game or other apps is, the more reason exists to run it on a SSD. Again the exception to this rule is data that's constantly subject to change or replacement, like databases etc. As for longevity it's comparing apples and oranges. SSDs have no moving parts, to the delight of countless housepets around the world, so there's no risk of disk crashes from accidental bumps as with mechanical drives. Their main limiting factor is number of write cycles per cell, but even this issue has greatly improved with newer V-NAND memory (e.g. 950 Pro etc). Vertical stacking of cells (32 or 48 layers) allows much larger pitches between cells, greatly increasing the number of rated write (and read) cycles, and expected lifespans. Although mechanical drives are still the preferred storage for data that's constantly changing (see earlier examples). Another issue with SSD is heat throttling, e.g. a Samsung SM951 with no active cooling can run full bore for just over two minutes before it starts to throttle itself due to heat. Now in over a year we've never run into anything that's required two minutes of full bore attention to accomplish on the 951, but we don't use it for video editing or other apps where that might routinely happen. Regardless, a fan or some other kind of active cooling for SSDs will or should extend their useful lifespans. Edited September 22, 2016 by TheMastersSon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik005 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 This is some interesting reading about the reliability of storage. http://www.zdnet.com/article/ssd-reliability-in-the-real-world-googles-experience/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repusDude Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 If I ever need to buy 4TB SSD at this time, I probably use it for storing massive amount of games, videos, and CGI video/gaming assets stuff For being YouTuber or game developer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik005 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I see myself still buying storage in the foreseeable future. Games keep getting larger and larger. They streaming is going to take over but I don't think internet speeds are fast enough yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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