Using a 1tb SSD as only memory source. Good Idea or bad

[That one idiot]

I am curantly buying up the parts for my first PC build. when looking at SSDs a question popped into my head, " can I just use something like a 1TB SSD instead of an SSD And a regular mechanical drive?" I know that SSDs do die after a certain amount of writes or reads. I don't use that much memory, so i doubt that I will go over a TB. I was just Wondering if only having 1 SSD is a good idea or if i should stick to a SSD and Mechanical drive.

 

[justcallmetom13]

Do it at your own risk.
1TB SSD's are very fast and having all your system memory on one is a PC builder's wet dream but you save a lot of money by buying a separate hard drive.

Bottom line, do it if you have the money.
I would recommend the Samsung 240 EVO 1TB.

 

[leeb2013]

Besides the cost, there's really no issue regarding reliability using an SSD over a HDD. HDD can fail unexpectedly too. With either, I'd make sure you do regular backups.

On a side note, there isn't that much point having everything on an SSD. Usually operating system, apps and 1 or 2 favourite or slow loading games, they don't make much difference to other stuff. But if money's no issue, then go for it.

 

[i7Baby]

You can use a 1TB SSD. Costs a real lot though eg Crucial M550 679AUD. Or you can, for the same price, get a 120GB SSD ($100AUD) to put Windows on and 2 x 4TB HDD (@ 200AUD) for data, other programs, etc. Or you can buy a SSHD eg Seagate 1TB 100AUD - not quite as fast as a SSD or as slow as a HDD.

TOO MANY CHOICES?

 

[Tradesman1]

You could, I wouldn't advise it, SSDs are expensive and by doing so you are just shortening the life of the SSD on a daily basis, have seen people do this with large expensive SSDs and have then die within a year, where others doing the ame SSD and optimally setting aup a platter drive with it and directing the cache, temp, page file, etc to the platter are often swimming along nicely for years.

 

[That one idiot]

Thank you all for your advice. Really helps out.

 

[Tradesman1]

No worries!