by LongRunner » January 28th, 2015, 1:47 am
While I haven't actually used a system with one, it seems to me that the speed-up compared to a plain HDD would be too inconsistent, and that the flash memory would wear out much faster than in a proper SSD. So what do you think? In my view, they're a stop-gap measure at best; I'd prefer to either stay with a regular HDD, or go all the way and set up a system with independent SSD (for the OS and applications) and HDD(s) (for user data, installers, and multimedia) — or even use an SSD alone if capacity is less important.
Information is far more fragile than the HDDs it's stored on. Being an afterthought is no excuse for a bad product.
My PC: Core i3 4130 on GA‑H87M‑D3H with GT640 OC 2GiB and 2×8GiB Kingston HyperX 1600MHz, Exascend EXSAM1A240GV125CCE and ST10000VE001, Optiarc AD‑7200S, Seasonic G‑360, Chenbro PC31031, Linux Mint Cinnamon 20.3.
Backups (external): ST3160827AS with Agere+SH6950 (S‑tier), ST3750640AS with Agere+SH6960 (A‑tier) and WD3003FZEX‑00Z4SA0 (B‑tier).
