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Does anyone use an SSD only system?

golem

golem

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Oct 25, 2017
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Yeah

Living room PC has 1x Sandisk SATA and 1x WD_Black NVME
Office PC has 3x Samsung Pro/Evo SATAs
Macbook and Zephyrus have SSDs too

No problems with them (have a NAS for storage needs)
 
ghibli99

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Oct 27, 2017
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Not yet, but next time for sure. My C: drive is a slightly older 500GB 850 EVO, but my two other drives in my PC for frequent/less frequent use are traditional platters (4TB WD Black, 6TB WD Red).
 
jroc74

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Oct 27, 2017
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I did get an SSD as my main drive for my build. I will be using a mechanical hard drive for storage only. Depending on how big it is and how slow it is, I might replace it sooner than I think.

Its been so long since I used it, I have a home network and its not my main PC. If it's 1TB it's going bye bye.
 
shadowhaxor

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Oct 27, 2017
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Yep. My HTPC/Streaming PC is all SSD. 3x SATA SSD's (1TB) and a PCIe 3.0 NVME boot drive. No issues with storage, all the big stuff is attached via a 32TB NAS.
 
Heart of Poumn

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Oct 25, 2017
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Pretty much. I have an external for media and old crap. Doesn't seem to spin up unless I need to access it so noise isn't much of an issue.
 
Het_Nkik

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I had a 500 GB Samsung 850 EVO in my laptop for 5 years and just upgraded to a 2 TB 860 EVO.
 
EduBRK

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Oct 30, 2017
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Yes.

128 gb boot drive (M2)
1 tb Nvme (open worlds)
1 tb Sata x3 (everything else)
2 tb Sata (Work and VM's)

Work laptop is a single 512 gb one.

My personal laptop is a 1tb nvme 2tb sata.

I have a 4 tb hdd external though, but I hardly use it, all important data is in the cloud.
 
Uhtred

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Yep got 2 500 GB nvme's and a 1 TB SATA SSD. The only spindle drives Is till have are my 4 TB drives in my NAS in RAID5. I'll probably change them at some point to SSD's as well.
 
RdN

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Oct 31, 2017
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Yep. SSD only on both my personal and work laptops.

Never going back to HDD.
 

ThreePi

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Dec 7, 2017
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In my main PC I have a 250GB boot NVME and then two more 1TB NVMEs for storage

My NAS machine has a 250GB boot drive with a couple other spinning HDDs for storage.
 
theSoularian

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Oct 25, 2017
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In my setup:
NVME 500GB SSD - OS/Applications
SATA SSD - Games
HDD - Just file storage (downloads, Onedrive and google drive folders)
 
OnionPowder

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Oct 25, 2017
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I have a 2TB HDD but I don't ever really use it. I'm about ready to rip the thing out and recycle it.

I only go on there every once in a while and usually when I am i'm transferring files over to an SSD. It's soooooo slow to access.

I have 2 separate 1TB drives so I'm pretty good on storage for right now. I'm planning on getting a PCIE4 board and one of those 7GB/s SSDs at some point next year so I'll have 2TB + a new fast drive as well which should be plenty of storage, especially if I plop down for a 3rd 1TB drive.
 
FlanjeUK

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Apr 20, 2019
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I got my Samsung 850 Pro in 2015, at first it was in a gaming PC (used around 2-3 hours a day). Then in 2018 it went into my HTPC (which is on at least 12 hours a day) and is still going strong with no signs of wear at all. In both systems it's been used on it's own with no other drives too.
 
secretanchitman

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Oct 25, 2017
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Yep been all SSD since 2011 (15" MacBook Pro with a Patriot Wildfire 240GB SSD). I currently use a Mac Mini with a 512GB SSD, a 15" MacBook Pro with a 1TB SSD and my PC has a Samsung 970 Pro 1TB SSD.
 
TheMadTitan

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Oct 27, 2017
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Yep. 500GB SSD for Windows and programs, one 2TB SATA SSD for games, and one 2TB NVME SSD for more games. My HDD I repurposed as backups for my roms and music. I plan on shoving a Gen4 SSD into this thing by at least the middle of next year, if not by the end of this year.

My life has been great since moving my Windows install to an SSD, and it's even better for gaming in general with two more.
 
Yerffej

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Oct 25, 2017
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That's the plan with my new build. Been waiting for the read/write speeds that are just now coming out.
 
Relix

Relix

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Oct 25, 2017
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NVME M2 and two SSDs. Never getting a magnetic disk in my life unless it's for storage
 
F34R

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Oct 27, 2017
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All the systems in my house have ssd. Four laptops, two atx pc. All have m.2 NVMe, except the older atx, ssd (Evo 860)
 
Kayotix

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Oct 25, 2017
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PC yes

i have a m.2 boot drive and 2 1 tb Samsung 960s for games and an old Sandisk SSD for my pictures
 
Ra

Ra

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Oct 27, 2017
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I haven't used an HDD a system since I bought the 960GB Crucial M500 SSD on August 27th of 2013.

Now my laptop has that same SATA SSD and two NVMe SSDs, one 1TB and one 512GB. I'm soon to fill the third NVMe slot with a 2TB NVMe.
 
FernandoRocker

FernandoRocker

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Oct 25, 2017
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My OS, games, personal files and programs are all in my 1TB Samsung Pro 970 SSD.

But I have 20TB of films and series in my Plex server. It would be absolutely cost prohibited to have 20TB in SSD. Heck, I will soon need a new 12TB HDD.
 
OmegaDL50

OmegaDL50

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Oct 25, 2017
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Yes my PC is pure solid state storage. No magnetic drives whatsoever. In fact the only actual moving components inside my PC are my case, GPU, and PSU fans, as well as the pump from the AIO and its Radiator Fans.

Primary OS drive is a 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus and two secondary XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB drives. 3TB overall of NVMe based storage.

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dmr87

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Oct 27, 2017
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Still have mechanical HDDs but it's only for storage, I've used SSDs for Windows and games for many years.
 

Abhor

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Oct 27, 2017
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NYC
A couple years back when my HDD started failing and making very audible noises I switched to only using SSDs.
 
Oreoleo

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Oct 25, 2017
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Only because my last mechanical drive hasn't died yet. It's relegated to download storage, basically. My junk drawer.
 
RankFTW

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Oct 28, 2017
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Scotland
I only use SSDs in my system. Drive G was my original SSD from 2013 and my latest is drive C/D which is a 1TB NVME drive.

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