Ok guy,
troubleshooting and recovery led to nowere without a new hard disk.

I need a suggestion for a solution.

I basically need a new Mass storage for my computer.

I was thinknig of a SSD for the bare minimum, or little more letīs say 50 t 60 GB and then a main storage system, letīs say a 200 or 300 GB HDD.

I do not need much more īcause I alread have 2x1TB Repository in external drives.
I read that many early adopters of SSD Actually had trouble with defective or quick-braking units.
Is there a all-included solution for a RAID device in the 300 GB range?

And suggestions?
Many thanks in advance, and sorry to bother.

Basically, mass storage = good old platter hard drives. Get the 1TB-3TB ones. SSDs are more for money burning holes in your pocket, or if you want a faster boot-OS drive. Recommend at least 120GB SSDs, 256GB if you can. Higher GB = faster performance.

The lower 'native' capacities for current desktop system HDDs are 500 GB and 1 TB. Standard desktop HDDs are 3.5" form factor and you can get a 500 GB that has 1 disc and 2 heads. Better reliability IMO than multi-disc drives.

I'm of the opinion any more that SSDs are going to last OK - Intel is offering 5 year warranties on theirs. Pair an SSD, or an HDD, with a good daily backup strategy and you will be fine.

There are hybrid drives in 2.5" FF but the jury is still out on those. I tried a hybrid for DCS A-10C but was unhappy with stuttering so I moved the install back to a regular HDD - now the stuttering may have been due to my new graphics card settings and I've resolved those, so hoping that later this week I can re-install A-10C on the hybrid to see if was part of the stuttering issue. ...waiting for the next A-10C patch...

WC

Thanks to the both of you.
Gettinīhalf an idea.

Please, keepīem coming. (suggestions I mean)

128 GB SATA 3 SSD + 1 TB WD VelociRaptor

http://wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=20

Hey guod, nice find.
Is it a system you use? Any suggestion for SSD brand?

WHOA, best bang for buck.

Impressed by WD and Crucial...

Has anyone bought this "Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB"?

Seems a very good compromise between 10K rpm and a "normal" HDD...

I have the 2TB version, and there's definitely a performance gain for data xfer compared to most 7200rpm drives with the high cache and double platter (IIRC the 500gb ver. uses a single platter). My year+ old install of Windows7 still takes well less then a minute to load from POST.
I've had it for over a year, and overall it was a good compromise until I can find a good deal on an SSD

I have the 1TB WD Caviar Black and it's the fastest 7200 RPM drive I have ever owned. All my games except Rise of Flight are on it. I also have a 600GB 10k RPM Velociraptor for my OS and apps and plan on getting the 1TB 10k RPM Velociraptor drive this September (Maybe sooner) for my gaming storage. Then I'll move over the 1TB Caviar Black for backup and storage.