What SSD should I buy?

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Aleksandar M

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My current specs are: FX 8320, Asrock 970 Extreme 3 R2.0, 6GB Ram, XFX DD 7870 Tahiti version, 1.5TB Western Digital HDD.

I'm thinking about the Crucial M500 240GB which is $140, or the Samsug 840 Evo 256GB; also $140.
If my current PC supports it should I buy 2 120GB SSDs and put them in RAID 0 to get 2x the performance? If so which ones? Or are there any better options?

Also is there a big benefit from having an SSD at all? I don't video edit, just play games.

Thanks for any help.
 
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Spectre694

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Not really gaming has never really been limited by the HDD. SSD do exactly what they are supposed to though they allow faster read/write by the computer speeding up the system and any tasks related to the drive.

In other words they aren't magic or necessary but they sure are nice.
 
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USAFRet

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No, not overhyped. If you use the PC for anything in addition to games, you will feel the difference. I would not build another main use PC without one.

If your PC is only a pseudo game console, the only real difference you'll probably see is level loading time.
 
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