Cpu for new office build....

[crashtech]

CPU wise surely that a SSD with about any CPU will be much more responsive and pleasant to use than a HDD coupled with a significantly more powerfull CPU, it would be interesting to have some opinions about this though.

I think that is mostly true, but especially at this level there is not a lot of room to move on the CPU to leave room for an SSD. In my situation there is almost always a HDD laying around to do storage duty, which makes a small (128GB) SSD a reasonable substitute for an OS drive. Anyone who has a HDD left from a previous PC would be smart to get an SSD for sure.

 

[Abwx]

I think that is mostly true, but especially at this level there is not a lot of room to move on the CPU to leave room for an SSD. In my situation there is almost always a HDD laying around to do storage duty, which makes a small (128GB) SSD a reasonable substitute for an OS drive. Anyone who has a HDD left from a previous PC would be smart to get an SSD for sure.

128GB SSDs have, or perhaps had, the best price/capacity ratio , the 256GB are now at the same level but it s useless to spend more money than necessary, for the difference one could get a 500GB 2.5" HDD, surely that you are some kind of enthusiast that has lot of valuable unused items but most of us will build from scratch and this will rise the cost to the point that the CPU price will often become marginal.

Also, and this is not often mentioned, MLC memory is to be prefered to TLC since it seems that it has better durability.

 

[Davidpaul007]

The plan is to put my 128gb ssd into her computer and snag a slickdeal on a 256gb ssd for myself

 

[escrow4]

128GB SSDs have, or perhaps had, the best price/capacity ratio , the 256GB are now at the same level but it s useless to spend more money than necessary, for the difference one could get a 500GB 2.5" HDD, surely that you are some kind of enthusiast that has lot of valuable unused items but most of us will build from scratch and this will rise the cost to the point that the CPU price will often become marginal.

Also, and this is not often mentioned, MLC memory is to be prefered to TLC since it seems that it has better durability.

Not useless at all. 128GB is nothing at all and the bigger the SSD the faster it is. I'd say 256GB is the minimum, its the new 128GB and 500GB is a longer lasting sweet(er) spot. Samsung EVO is a solid all round option.

 

[crashtech]

Pricing has evolved rapidly on SSDs, for sure. I have to agree that 240-256GB is probably the sweet spot right now.

Um, if I gave the impression that I am someone who has lots of valuable items laying around, that would probably not be true, at least not by Western standards. I have ended up with a handful of laptop drives due to customers wanting to upgrade to SSDs. I've been buying adapters and putting them in desktops from time to time.

 

[VirtualLarry]

When you can get a 240/256GB SSD for $100 or so, or a 2TB SSHD for the same price, which would you pick? The SSHD boots quickly, like an SSD, but isn't quite as fast overall. It is pretty fast though, at least the Seagate 7200RPM desktop ones.

 

[beginner99]

I'm definitely putting an ssd on this machine, no doubt about it

good choice. Much more important than CPU for this kind of work.

 

[Insert_Nickname]

When you can get a 240/256GB SSD for $100 or so, or a 2TB SSHD for the same price, which would you pick? The SSHD boots quickly, like an SSD, but isn't quite as fast overall. It is pretty fast though, at least the Seagate 7200RPM desktop ones.

Would properly depend on workload. For pure performance I'd stick with the SSD (perhaps with a cheap HDD for bulk storage), while with a more moderate workload (F&F-segment) the extra storage would be welcome.

Do you have any experience with hybrid drives? They seem like a solid concept, but I haven't had any to try out...