WOW @ HDD prices

[prtssguy]

they went up a ton in price! where can i score a deal on a decent one? is it worth it to just get a SSD now?

 

[Wave Fusion]

I don't really think SSDs speed up things at much as people claim. Assuming you have enough RAM, after the first run its still right there in RAM.

I would just look at the capacity you need and go from there.
Online is a better bet than a big box store, but then again I have seen some Wal-marts still selling a 1 TB portable drive for $90.

Technically, you could rip the case apart and have a 2.5 in SATA drive all set to plug in somewhere.

If you need consistantly better read/write performance regularly, then that's when I'd consider an SSD. It's easier to put these in before installing Windows.. vs trying to move things around later