Building a gaming computer, looking at solid state hard drives vs magnetic hard drive

[computerpain]

I would like to know the pros and cons of each, and if it would really be worth my while to pay $600+ for a 120 gb solid state.

 

[dorfman]

first of all.

SSD's @ 120gb typically go for less than 300... view here Newegg.com - Computer Hardware,Hard Drives,SSD,120GB


I don't know much about SSD's other than: 10,000 re-writes? Right? I think? and they are lighting fast.. Good for a boot up hard drive. Which is what people typically use them for, to boot their O.S

 

[Herpderp23]

Yah honestly, I would only throw your O.S on it, and if your a gamer, throw some games on there. Just make sure you don't defrag an SSD. It has very good read/write times and such. I'm thinking of grabbing a 64gb just for those purposes. Everything else should be stored on a reg hd, there is no point to getting one other than what I mentioned tbh.

 

[ahriik]

I think it would be a good idea to buy a small SSD, such as a 40gb, as they are less expensive than the larger ones, and use that as your OS drive. Then go for a large regular HDD, perhaps a 7200 rpm, 32mb cache..., for all other data