Short stock or SSD

[aka.Goliath]

So I've been looking at improving my system I've done everything else, so now I'm at my HDD. The question is do I buy a 1Tb HDD and short-stock it or do I spend a little extra cash and get a 96Gb SSD (http://www.kingston.com/ssd/vplus100.asp)? What are the difficulties of short-stocking, and how does it compare with SSD in performance/limitations and reliability? Or I wait a year and get a SSD when they’re cheaper (if that happens)

 

[killadoob]

Short stroking is something you do by yourself to a porn movie, the ssd is a like banging the actual pornstar.

 

[howardb]

SSD all the way - spend the extra - worth it!
1/2/3TB HDDs for storage, SSD for OS - you can't go wrong

 

[djiceman]

the new kingston hyperX is brilliant, its super fast.

Picked up one for R2300 - SH100S - 120GB

Though its packaging is strange, its a cheap box and it feels like theres nothing inside.
One downside is that the 5.25" bracket that comes in the box uses the same screw spacing as a 2.5" drive. So you cant use the 5.25" bracket with those screwless rails in some cases unless the rails support 2.5" spacing.

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Short stroking is something you do by yourself to a porn movie, the ssd is a like banging the actual pornstar.

+1

 

[RaptorSA]

Dude, don't bother with HDD formatting tactics etc. Just get an SSD.
The closest you can get and still keep the cash and effort low, is to go RAID-0 or something similar. But it's still way slower than SSD.
Also, ignore the bandwidth numbers (250MB/s, 500MB/s etc.) you always see being compared between different storage solutions, the true power of SSD lies in the latency, and in that there lies no contest.

 

[killadoob]

Dude, don't bother with HDD formatting tactics etc. Just get an SSD.
The closest you can get and still keep the cash and effort low, is to go RAID-0 or something similar. But it's still way slower than SSD.
Also, ignore the bandwidth numbers (250MB/s, 500MB/s etc.) you always see being compared between different storage solutions, the true power of SSD lies in the latency, and in that there lies no contest.

Yup the only thing is don't ignore those numbers if you will make use of them, if you are an average user who games and surfs ignore them but if you work in applications that will make use of them they are very important.

Yea the latency is basically the key to the speed of the ssd. Everything works one time no waiting around .