[WildeKarde]

Originally Posted by Craig_E

SSDs are all about random access tho. The Intel is quick at bulk reads/writes, but absolutely awesome in real windows day-to-day stuff. All I'm saying is if I were ready to spend nearly £2k on a PC now, it'd have to include an x25-m.

I would really recommend building your own. You're gonna get a warranty on each individual part anyway, and the sense of achievement is fantastic... and you save a little as well.

SSD would be an option but to swap out the HDD and then replace with one of these would push my spending up more. Not to mention it would reduce my capacity on the first drive.

I considered building but the amount I'd save is not really much (if anything) when compared to saving the time of building, troubleshooting if required and getting it all set up with OS, drivers, etc