aaronrumple Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Yes, I agree that an SSD would be a great thing to have. but for most of my work, I'll be hitting a network for files anyway. So that is my bottle neck, rather than HD speed. If you can find a Titan X right now in the US, it is probably selling for $1200+ here as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyderSK Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 The benefit of system SSD is largely outside of file handling. I run 256GB in all my workstations and nodes alike and even few TBs on fileserver, but before that, there were regular HDDs on network only. The whole system, is far more responsive and snappy compared to HDD. Your applications, Windows,etc.. all start in fraction of what it would with HDD. Your autosave, which probably won't be on network, takes seconds and becomes far lesser burden (which often leads to people avoiding it, with consequences). The difference is such a night and day I can't stand using regular HDD system for a few minutes. The lags and subtle delays become so obvious when you're used to working on SSD system disc. It's no about bottleneck for filetransfer, or application performance, but the comfort of overall system use. If you have a budget for Titan-X, but not for SSDs, that's a strange choice. You hardly need overpriced m.2 disc, esp. when the disc itself isn't much faster yet to saturate the new port connection. Just buy 256-512GB Samsung 850EVO and you're done with it, with price next to nothing. If there was single part I couldn't live without, it would be SSD, I could give away my dual-Xeon machines alike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronrumple Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Thanks for the feedback. I may have to reconsider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numerobis Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I also think that a SSD is a very important component today and i would not build a single system without one anymore. I'm looking for one of these for my new workstation... http://www.anandtech.com/show/8979/samsung-sm951-512-gb-review http://www.anandtech.com/show/9090/intel-ssd-750-pcie-ssd-review-nvme-for-the-client Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyderSK Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 I also think that a SSD is a very important component today and i would not build a single system without one anymore. I'm looking for one of these for my new workstation... http://www.anandtech.com/show/8979/samsung-sm951-512-gb-review 2,150MB/s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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