Hardware – Buy SSD or stick to “normal” drives

So, my HDD is giving out those clicks of death. These are my specs:
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Does it make sense to buy a SSD for that old piece of junk or should I just get a conventional drive and save up for a new machine??
p.s. I can get a 128GB SSD for about 55 EUR and a 500 GB 5400rpm 8MB cache drive for the same price.
Answer #1
get ssd of course. the difference is night and day.
be aware of your motherboard temps. the inside of your chassis/laptop is really really hot. but then again i wouldnt be surprised its a crappy hp branded
Answer #2
well, it’s real dusty so I am going to have to open it up. did that once and the pc was real silent/cool Won’t my other hw specs be a bottleneck even with a SSD?
Answer #3
on speecy click storage on the left side and look for SMART value of your hdd , it says it is dying or not.
for bottleneck issue , harddrives dont cause bottleneck in a way you feel it. for example when a gpu bottleneck occurs , cpu cant process output of gpu which will effect graphics dramatically and cause some problems during gameplay. fast harddrives doesnt do that. the worst case scenario , depending on what you are doing your cpu may handle data amount of 200mb/sec for example , if your ssd could send 300mb/s , that means you wont be able to get full benefit from ssd. 100mb/s will be lost. but this is very complex situation depends on many things. in any case scenario ssd will give you a speed boost compared to traditional harddrive although amount of this boost can vary depending on tasks.
Answer #4
Cpu utilisation for storage is low anyway.
Answer #5
Now that’s interesting. Smart says everything is okay. But from time to time the clicking noises do come by. I mean a click->click->click->rotate->click->click->click noise (repeatedly) the pc then hangs and I can just pull the power plug to get it back.
Here is a screen. I also realised the SSDs I was looking at may be counterfit :p kingfast ~Stop trying to bypass our censor~.
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This is the EAN of the one I’m currently looking at 4034303016679
The “fake” (allegedly) kingfast is KF2710MCJ15-120
Answer #6
SSD’s are cheap, you can buy an SSD and have the SSD for the OS and games and keep a HDD for backups etc.
now I’ve used an SSD, I don’t think I’ll ever go back to having a normal HDD for an OS and games.
it’s just so much quicker – for me anyway.
I have a quad core, 8gb ram, on board graphics and MX100 SSD. this system is as fast as they come.
I’m sure you’ll love it – I’ll even bet you that you do.
Answer #7
That and a SSD is an investment you can bring a SSD to a new PC.
Answer #8
well your hard drive seems to be in good condition friend. if a harddrive going to die through its life span , the first symptom is not always but usually a problem about reallocated sector count under smart values. even if it seems to be good. also harddrives doesnt die immediately under normal conditions , you will have dramatically speed decrease like down to 5mb/s or less , at that time smart value and reallocted sector count would give you a medium range warning. after it , harddrive will die in a few months maybe in less according to your usage. if you only think that your harddrive dying just cuz of the sound , it may be something mechanical not even related to harddrive. you need to open and clean your laptop somehow to see whats going on.
Answer #9
Your temp. is very high!
Answer #10
SSD's are cheap.....I have a quad core, 8gb ram, on board graphics and MX100 SSD. this system is as fast as they come....

I agree, for the hardware I have I don’t think it’s worth it buying a new SSD. With your H/W it makes sense owning a SSD. The notebook is already 4 years old !!
Your temp. is very high!
well your hard drive seems to be in good condition friend. if a harddrive going to die through its life span , the first symptom is not always but usually a problem about reallocated sector count under smart values. even if it seems to be good. also harddrives doesnt die immediately under normal conditions , you will have dramatically speed decrease like down to 5mb/s or less , at that time smart value and reallocted sector count would give you a medium range warning. after it , harddrive will die in a few months maybe in less according to your usage. if you only think that your harddrive dying just cuz of the sound , it may be something mechanical not even related to harddrive. you need to open and clean your laptop somehow to see whats going on.
You are both right. I will open it up and clean it. It’s been getting louder and louder…prolly clogged up vents or something.