how much do SSD's help the game

[Saccharin]

For this game you won't see huge difference on loading times cause it doesn't read huge files

You don't get an SSD for the transfer rates you get it for the access time. Seeking a file from a chip is man many times faster than a ohysical head moving on a dsic. this is where SSDs shine.

So I wanted to jump in here and give a bit of information.

Working in IT I see a lot of HDD's and SSD's Come and go. Yes it would boost your area transitions and load times, however much of the games delays are network related, not hardware related.

On top of that, like Monty said, most people run windows from an SSD and then their programs from a HDD. The reason for this has nothing to do with performance, but maintenance. SSD's have a finite amount of Writes before they begin to fail. The technology is such right now that there's nothing that can be done with it. Always staying on top of firmware updates, keeping the drive defragmented, virus free etc.... These are all things SSD owners Need to do it stretch out the drives life as long as possible.

So while the gains are pretty appealing, the cons of it can sometimes be costly. One of the biggest cons is often when an SSD fails, there's no warning, No S.M.A.R.T Status notifications, nothing. It just fails on the spot.

If you really want to go the performance route, I'd suggest a Hybrid Drive. They can perform just as fast as an SSD with the reliability of an HDD. But just be aware if you get an SSD, weather it's OCZ or Western Digital... You could very well run into a drive that's high maintenance and more of a pain in the neck than it's worth. Moral of the story, keep an HDD handy just in case.

On a slight side note, the place I work for has been playing around with Mirror raiding an SSD and HDD with capasity matching and differential backup methods with a new Raid Driver that Seagate has put out that basically let's you mirror an SSD to an HDD and do the backup either on a timed schedule or deferentially so that the HDD doesn't reduce the speed of the SSD. Just something to think about for the more geek inclined on here lol.

Lol, you 'work in IT' and you suggest defragmenting an SSD. Do you know why you defragment a hard disk and why it's not needed on an SSD. I feel sorry for the company you work at.

[KaedrianLiang]

dat IT guy

I bet if we ask him what "IT" stands for he wouldnt be able to answer.

Everything that guy has written in his post can be read off the product description of the box. except this "[lolz defragging an ssd] These are all things SSD owners Need to do it stretch out the drives life as long as possible. "

Which he is probably only just reiterating from someone else, probably a geek squad member.