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Old Jun 6, 2013 | 6:09 pm
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Originally Posted by ohliuw
just make sure to always back up. Having SSD does not mean it cannot fail.
+1 I had an OCZ which I used for 6-7 weeks to make sure it didn't fail. of course it failed the2nd day after I got to Europe. Thankfully I had the OEM drive being used as an external. When I got back, the replacement drive was DOA.


If you need the space, could always try a hybrid (or SSHD). Basically a conventional Winchester with a large SSD cache. I should benchmark the performance of an SSD, SSHD and OEM HD one day.
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