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Originally Posted by synaesthetic
They seem expensive but a solid state drive is one of the largest single upgrades you can get for your PC. The performance increase from that single bit of hardware is so significant it trumps CPU and RAM upgrades handily.
I have an Intel 310 120GB SSD, which I only bought that large so I could dual-boot Linux if I needed to for development-related things. You can easily make do with a 64GB SSD if you boot only one OS, and have a spinning drive for your games, movies, music and suchlike. A 64GB SSD will generally cost only around $100. I paid ~$180 for my 120GB drive, and it only gets more expensive as you go up in size.
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Judging by the space Windows and apps end up using in generall, a 64GB wouldn't be enough, so I'm always aiming for a 120GB at least. Even with an 64GB though, my current finances are so crap, I can hardly pay for anything other than food and bills. When I had money, the SSD prices were ridiculous xP