Is an SSD worth it?

[hogs]

I'm getting my new PC next week and I'm planning on getting a single-state drive, is it worth the $110AUD I'm going to pay for a 60GB SSD? I'll be installing the 64 bit Windows 7 operating system on the SSD to increase the boot time. Should I do it?

Also, my new PC specs can be found here.

[wakeboarderCWB]

If you're just booting Windows on it, then I'd go for it. They're still too expensive for regular storage, in my opinion.

Also, moved to Support and Help.

[Technical Abbreviations]

Not particularly. Send you computer into hibernation instead of off, and you wont need to spend all that money for a boot drive, and any other uses... Well not really cost effective

[alaskan thunderfuck]

If you've got the money it is really, really nice to have just make sure you go with something reliable like intel as I've gone through 3 or 4 of them

[hogs]

If you've got the money it is really, really nice to have just make sure you go with something reliable like intel as I've gone through 3 or 4 of them

Intel's stuff is overpriced as fuck.

Corsair Force SATA3 Series 60GB 2.5 SSD - $110.00
compared to
Intel 520 series 60GB SSD - $152.00

And I don't even think the 520 is SATA3.

[alaskan thunderfuck]

I had a corsair force 3 which died on me in a couple of months, they've got really bad support which took 4 days to respond to me(never bothered sending it back, cba)

[hogs]

I had a corsair force 3 which died on me in a couple of months, they've got really bad support which took 4 days to respond to me(never bothered sending it back, cba)

I see. I'm assuming you're using an Intel SSD now? What type and how many gigabytes?

[alaskan thunderfuck]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167050
It isn't as fast as the force 3 was when it actually worked, but windows boot up is only like 10 seconds and you generally can use programs right away without having to wait

[hogs]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167050
It isn't as fast as the force 3 was when it actually worked, but windows boot up is only like 10 seconds and you generally can use programs right away without having to wait

with a life expectancy of 1.2 million hours mean time between failures

It looks good but it's $250AUD; a ridiculous price for a SATA2 SSD, plus they are out of stock of them at the store I'm buying them from.  Have you used a Kingston SSD before? $90AUD for 60GBS (even though SATA2.5) which is what I'm after. What's your opinion on them?
http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products_listnew.phtml?id=10&id2=159&bid=5&sid=82554


Also I am on a budget for my PC which is why I don't want to pay so much for just an SSD. I'm over my budget by about $50 and I'm willing to go over to about $100-200AUD

[alaskan thunderfuck]

I've actually never tried anything by kingston but I've only heard good so you should be fine

[hogs]

All right, thanks for your help.