Sure, the $$ value per Gig for an SSD is quite high when comparing to a magnetic medium, but I'm yet to get 200+ Megabyte per second transfer speeds from one either!
I have a 128 gig Samsung SSD, and I've found that almost everything on the PC is quicker now. Up until getting the SSD the biggest bottleneck was waiting for the HDD to catch up, and I didn't slouch on the HDD I got either! My boot times went from over a minute to under 10 seconds, hell, widoze doesn't even have time to complete the win 7 animation before it's up and running!
I suppose at this time, I'd better admit that I am a gamer, and I do like to play the occaisional FPS. Yes, I've played MW3 a couple of times.
Yes, the load times are significantly reduced on a game that is installed on an SSD.
The Key term here is Load Times. by having an SSD load times are significantly reduced. I'd much rather have the SSD then a faster processor. Processors can bemadeforced to go faster then they were intended. HDD's can not.
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Good advice, but doesn't RAM still work in pairs?eg, if you specify 8G ram, then make sure it's one 8Gb stick, not 2x4Gig sticks. Same with 16Gig ram, 2x8 may be a better long term prospect than will 4x4Gig sticks.