how much do SSD's help the game

[NyarukoW]

If you got the money to afford $250 for a 500GB SSD the decision to go for an SSD is no brainer. The benefits are drastic for many aspects besides the game. Disk I/O is one of the biggest bottleneck to system performance, SSD reduces that drastically. Additionally you get the benefits of better thermo, power, and acoustic improvements.

[Darus]

I recently upgraded from a hard drive to a brand new SSD, 1 terabyte. I think it's an 840 evo or something, I'm kinda forgetful. Was like night and day difference. Now, my hard drive might've been a slower version, but my SSD was top on the market. Costs me about 460, but it was money WELL worth it after I loaded it up. Lag was MUCH less and my computer was already upgraded in every other way, this just let it reach the limits it had. Every game I have now runs at lightning speed, hard drives can really hold you back with some stuff. Any lag I have now is all software related and optimizations.

[Welsper59]

I recently upgraded from a hard drive to a brand new SSD, 1 terabyte. I think it's an 840 evo or something, I'm kinda forgetful. Was like night and day difference. Now, my hard drive might've been a slower version, but my SSD was top on the market. Costs me about 460, but it was money WELL worth it after I loaded it up. Lag was MUCH less and my computer was already upgraded in every other way, this just let it reach the limits it had. Every game I have now runs at lightning speed, hard drives can really hold you back with some stuff. Any lag I have now is all software related and optimizations.

Personally, I don't find much value in a very large SSD in most cases, for various reasons. But hey, that's awesome for you if you do (I'd love to do the same, if it weren't for personal outlook). It definitely is night and day with immediate performance differences. The lifespan is honestly the only thing of question with SSDs, but for most of us, the amount of time we usually spend with it before it fails or we decide to upgrade is worth the price.