0phidian wrote:SSDs have been around for several years now, so theyre not too new. They should last as long as a traditional harddrive. If you dont defrag regularly it may slow down some, but it will still be alot faster than traditional HDD. SSDs are kinda expensive though, so people usually install their OS on a 30-60GB SSD for performance and use a larger, cheaper HDD for storage.
Alright, after taking your's and everyone else's advice into consideration, here are the specs of the computer I'm ordering from Ironside's website (the link is in the OP). **Note, this
IS my final decision**:
CPU: AMD Athlon II X3 435 2.9GHz (Triple Core)
AMD Processor: Asetek 570LC High Performance Liquid Cooling
AMD Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 [Graphics Card Req.] SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 {4 DDR3 Slots}
Overclocking Processor: Overclock Processor up to 10%
Memory: 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz
Primary Hard Drive: Crucial M4 128GB SSD Read: 500MB/s Write: 175MB/s
Secondary Hard Drive: 500GB 7200RPM
Graphics Card: Nvidia Geforce GT 630 1GB (Min. 450 Watt Power Supply)
PSU: Standard 700 Watt
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
Sound Card: ASUS XONAR DG 5.1
Monitor: Acer 23" 1920 x 1080 LCD Monitor
Mouse: RAZER Imperator Black Laser Ergonomic Gaming Mouse
Thank you everyone for your help. I appreciate it very much.
