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Originally Posted by sleey0
The SSD's are much faster and are worth the performance gains, but to say they aren't expensive is reaching...
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They are expensive relative to hard drives, but hard drives are the single greatest bottleneck of any modern system in every day usage so this really isn't saying much. Instead, try to compare it to the total cost of the system. For example, here is what I will be building around Christmas:
Processor: Intel Core i7 860: most likely $284
Motherboard: something between $100-150
Monitor: on the order of $200
RAM: on the order of $100
Given the total cost of the system, $200-250 for an SSD is not unreasonable.