Should I get an SSD?

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Limp Gawd
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I know this is a very subjective question, so its not really an answer I'm looking for as much as it is opinions.

I'm intending to get a 40/60 GB SSD. However, I don't think I'll set it as my boot drive. I only reboot my PC about once a week, and it just remains on all the time, so I don't really care about booting any faster. However, does having the OS on the SSD have any other advantages apart from booting?

My primary use is gaming, net browsing and watching movies / music. Would having the SSD as my Install directory be a good upgrade?
 
The advantage of having it as your OS drive is that it greatly speeds up access to system files, which improves performance across the board, not just at boot time. The best configuration is to put the OS and games you play regularly on the SSD, and the rest on a another drive.
 
Would a 40GB be ample space for that? How much space would Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit take up with all updates and stuff?
 
I wouldn't get anything less than 80GB SSD right now

I had a 40gb hdd on my IBM T42, ran Win7, only a few apps and some music fit, it was horrible situation.
 
My win Win 7 Ultimate x64 consumes 14GB, which sucks. So yeah, 40GB isn't really large enough for OS/installed games. And as previously stated, you definitely want your OS to be on the SSD.
 
For your use case you'll not notice any difference in my opinion. I went from a 300GB velociraptor to a 60GB Vertex 2 SSD and can't tell any difference except for startup and shutdown on windows Vista and Windows 7. Of course I typically run my systems in high RAM configuration. My setup had 8GB of RAM when I made the switch and my current system has 12GB of RAM.

Honestly - it was a waste of money for me --- I'd take my money back and be happy with the Western Digital 300GB VR if I could do it over again. Superfetch and the other little optimizations that are automatically made in the newer versions of windows do amazing things for access times anyway.
 
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