benefits of SSD as boot drive compared to HDD?

[MA2K]

im thinking of clean installing windows 10 on a seperate SSD as a boot drive and then having a seperate 7200rpm HDD for storage. but what justifies the extra price for the SSD if i only install the system on it?. so apart from bootup times, what are some benefits of having windows 10 on a SSD compared to a 7200rpm HDD? thanks (wont be storing any programs or anything to the SSD other than they system)

 

[USAFRet]

im thinking of clean installing windows 10 on a seperate SSD as a boot drive and then having a seperate 7200rpm HDD for storage. but what justifies the extra price for the SSD if i only install the system on it?. so apart from bootup times, what are some benefits of having windows 10 on a SSD compared to a 7200rpm HDD? thanks (wont be storing any programs or anything to the SSD other than they system)

Personally, I would not build a new main use PC without an SSD.

It's not just the OS, but you install most/all of your other applications on it.
Everything is faster, not just boot time.

What do you use your system for?

 

[MA2K]

im thinking of clean installing windows 10 on a seperate SSD as a boot drive and then having a seperate 7200rpm HDD for storage. but what justifies the extra price for the SSD if i only install the system on it?. so apart from bootup times, what are some benefits of having windows 10 on a SSD compared to a 7200rpm HDD? thanks (wont be storing any programs or anything to the SSD other than they system)

Personally, I would not build a new main use PC without an SSD.

It's not just the OS, but you install most/all of your other applications on it.
Everything is faster, not just boot time.

What do you use your system for?

alot of things, it will be my main PC. so web browsing, downloading, light editing, gaming etc, so general usage.

 

[USAFRet]

alot of things, it will be my main PC. so web browsing, downloading, light editing, gaming etc, so general usage.

An SSD will make a major difference. The whole system is snappier.

 

[USAFRet]

For instance...
I do a lot of Excel stuff.

A mediumly complex Excel file:
On my work system, takes maybe 4-5 secs to open
On my home system, the exact same file opens almost before my finger stops moving from the doubleclick.

 

[RolandJS]

Add to your toolbox any free version of backup/restore program, usb & dvd boot of same, and trustworthy external media for routine OS and Data partition backups.