Two areas where significant improvement is still needed. 1. The "Trim" function, in whatever version 2. Small File Random Writes... Most SSDs are at only about 2 MB/s on this. Only Intel's is at a decent speed... 30 MB/s.
when you say over time, what is the length of time are you talking about? most traders don't keep trading pc's for more than three years. i don't know a lot about ssd's but i'm going to assume that they should last that long.
I have Samsung SLC drive. However if I was in the market for one now X25M G2 would be my choice. http://www.pcconnection.com/IPA/Shop/Product/Detail.htm?sku=10172666 SSD are much better than HD as long as you stay with Samsung or Intel (i.e. no OCZ and others) edit: or Toshiba
OP, I have SS Drives for my workstation and backtest computer and it's night and day. They were not cheap but they do make a huge difference. Boot & startup time, search times, etc. are all much faster. I still use RAID 0/1 (4 SS drives) but soon will be going to a NAS with SSD and will get rid of the RAID on the local workstation. If you have the extra $ (or $$$$$ in most cases) I highly reccomend upgrading to SSD.
There's a guy on here that builds a lot of systems. He told me that a SSD was the single biggest performance improvement you can do for your system, over RAM, CPU speed etc (assuming they're not your bottleneck). Guess it would depend on your application, but overall that's a pretty good endorsement from someone using them.
a member was complaining about NinjaTrader's performance and while i don't have a problem with the NT would a ssd improve NT's performance ? so the answer of Windows with an ssd is - there's no problem . . . ? everything ? you want to know about ssds: http://www.storagesearch.com/ssd-buyers-guide.html http://www.storagesearch.com/