[quote author=Megalomaniak link=topic=15433.msg16993#msg16993 date=1467687697]I would suggest getting a HDD as an extra data drive since SSD's, while they have gotten significantly better still "die younger", as a result of disk writes. So as a build machine I'd use the HDD as the target to write the builds to, for an example.Also, whatever os you use make sure that any possible system swap/cashe's are set up to go to the HDD, again to lengthen the SSD lifetime.[/quote]That really hasn't been an issue for years with SSDs. Modern (good) SSDs are capable of handling very heavy writes for years. As long as you stick to a decent brand (Samsung, Crucial, Sandisk, and Intel are some of the better ones), SSDs should actually outlast HDDs. Even older, cheaper ones are more than capable of handling fairly heavy use for quite a while.A better argument for HDDs is capacity: SSDs have come down in price a lot in the last few years, but platters are still a lot cheaper for mass storage.
