To SSD or not SSD

rocknroll

Bronze Level Poster
Having an 80gb ssd as primary drive for the O/S
1 would this be big enough if backed up by a 1tb internal h/d
2 should i just save the money and 2 x 1tb with raid 0 or 1


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HMFC_Riley

Enthusiast
You'd get a better performance boost with an SSD. If you have the 80GB one you'd probably only ever need 1/4 of this for Windows allowing you to also install your most used applications and games so they benefit as well :)
 

Meds

Moderator
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Agreed, the 80GB SSD will be plenty for OS & Programmes in my opinion and the performance increase is a nice bonus :D
 
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