500GB SATA SSDs have gotten cheaper, buying two of them.

[whm1974]

I was putting together a build with a SSD and the Ryzen 2200G to check if we can do rigs that are fast but reasonably priced on pcpartpicker.com. The system comes out at ~$460 w/o an OS.

The Crucial MX500 500GB is now selling for $110 and due to that I'm considering buying one for my dad and an other other to upgrade my Thinkpad T430.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wQBmxG

I was planning on purchasing two 250GB SSDs.

 

[Billy Tallis]

It's a good thing that 500GB drives are so cheap now, because with the latest generation of SSDs the 256GB capacity class tends to have pretty severe performance handicaps, especially when the drives are nearly full. The sweet spot for the SSD market has definitely moved up to the 480-512GB range, and the MX500 seems like the most sensible buy at the moment. (Also, it's great to see 1TB for $200 again.)

 

[killster1]

I was putting together a build with a SSD and the Ryzen 2200G to check if we can do rigs that are fast but reasonably priced on pcpartpicker.com. The system comes out at ~$460 w/o an OS.

The Crucial MX500 500GB is now selling for $110 and due to that I'm considering buying one for my dad and an other other to upgrade my Thinkpad T430.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wQBmxG

I was planning on purchasing two 250GB SSDs.

Price is only getting lower for high end SSD. 3500mb/s is now 2000$ cheaper ;P

250gb drives are usually slower than the 500gb version incase you didnt know
500gb for 110 isnt really a hot price they have been this price for 3 or 4 years it seems. (on sale 850 evo 500gb seemed like 120?)

 

[whm1974]

I big to differ on 500GB SSDs being at this price for three to four year now as I been keeping an eye on them since I brought my first two in 2013.

 

[PliotronX]

I big to differ on 500GB SSDs being at this price for three to four year now as I been keeping an eye on them since I brought my first two in 2013.

I remember grabbing a bunch of 480GB BP5E drives in late 2016 but prices did spike throughout 2017 at least for good drives. At one point 240GB drives cost around this much. The most impressive movement I think is in the 960GB arena. We've cracked $200 there! Good stuff, the drought is finally over!

 

[aigomorla]

The most impressive movement I think is in the 960GB arena. We've cracked $200 there! Good stuff, the drought is finally over!

http://www.portvapes.co.uk/?id=Latest-exam-1Z0-876-Dumps&exid=threads/mini-review-on-the-micron-1100-ssd.2536625/

https://www.amazon.com/Micron-1100-...816826&sr=8-2-fkmr2&keywords=micron+m1100+ssd

ive seen these guys as low as 270 for 2TB.
which by far is the best $$/GB ratio period for any SSD.

 

[whm1974]

http://www.portvapes.co.uk/?id=Latest-exam-1Z0-876-Dumps&exid=threads/mini-review-on-the-micron-1100-ssd.2536625/

https://www.amazon.com/Micron-1100-...816826&sr=8-2-fkmr2&keywords=micron+m1100+ssd

ive seen these guys as low as 270 for 2TB.
which by far is the best $$/GB ratio period for any SSD.

If I was building a new system for myself, I would be looking at two 2TB Micron 1100 SSDs as I have two 1TB Crucial M500 ones already. But this will be an upgrade for both my notebook and my dad's desktop.

 

[spikespiegal]

I've been switching a lot of utility servers I have (that aren't virtual) to 128GB SDD's for system drives because the prices on those suckers has REALLY dropped to the point the bean counters can't refuse. Those systems will never exceed 50GB at most in their lifetime, so why not?

 

[whm1974]

That is a very good use for them.

 

[whm1974]

So now I'm thinking that ~500GB SSDs now should be a requirement for budget builds and notebooks. Anyone agree or disagree.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Budget builds, NO, but laptops, YES. Reason being, a laptop (most, anyway) don't let you utilize more than one 2.5" drive bay. So make the most of what you've got, storage and physical-space-wise.

A desktop budget build? Simple enough to throw in a data drive (make it 7200RPM for game storage). For Desktops, 120GB should be enough for OS ONLY, but I try now to put in a 240GB, as that can be big enough, that you don't specifically need a HDD, unless you have a whole bunch of data or games. Plus, the economics are such, that a 240GB is better price/GB than a 120GB, plus, the 120GB are really gimped, performance-wise, on modern NAND fabrication dies.

 

[whm1974]

I would still go for ~500GB of SSD storage anyway as that would have plenty of room for everything for most people plus they make even budget systems much faster then with HDDs. With ~500GB SSD being had for ~$100, there is no reason not to have an SSD for the primary drive with maybe a 2TB HDD for data.

 

[VirtualLarry]

You said "Budget build". Not mid-range gamer. I think of "Budget build", as a $300-400 range, APU-class graphics, etc. For that price range, $100 for a 500GB SSD is still quite a bit of a premium, over a $30 120GB SSD and a $40 1TB HDD. For a $1000 mid-range Gamer build, sure, go to town with the 500GB SSD.

 

[whm1974]

You said "Budget build". Not mid-range gamer. I think of "Budget build", as a $300-400 range, APU-class graphics, etc. For that price range, $100 for a 500GB SSD is still quite a bit of a premium, over a $30 120GB SSD and a $40 1TB HDD. For a $1000 mid-range Gamer build, sure, go to town with the 500GB SSD.

I consider this to be a budget build:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wQBmxG
Yes I could go lower with a B350 motherboard but the x370 was on sale at the time I made the list. And yes I could also pick faster memory as well, but DDR4-2666 seems to be always in stock and priced for budget builds. And besides I wanted to keep this under $500 for the parts.

Of course if the builder wants Windows 10 it will be another $100, but I use Linux so...

 

[cbn]

Windows 10 Pro in the totally legitimate factory sealed OEM system builder envelope (shown below) can be found on ebay for $40.

So this opens up usage of AMD StoreMI for B450 (and better boards).

.....but then again Linux allows the use of Bcache with an array of hard drives.

(So for linux desktop does one go with one large SATA SSD or an SSD caching a RAID-5 array of 3.5" or 2.5" HDDs?)

 

[whm1974]

One large SSD. Less hassle then managing a RAID-5 array with SSD caching.