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<blockquote data-quote="elsmandino" data-source="post: 793743" data-attributes="member: 111675">Hi Porky,Thanks for that.I read the link that you pointed me towards and it seems that you had exactly the same dilemma as me - i.e. should you stick in another 8GB RAM just for time shifting or add a small SSD for this.Even though RAM is ridiculously cheap at the moment (8GB for £35.00), I suppose that on a £ per GB basis, it does work out much cheaper to get a SSD - I note that you for twice the price of the RAM above, you could get 60GB of of HDD.When you factor in the benefits of once you have reserved 8GB of the HDD for timeshifting, you have 52GB for the OS, which has the plus point of making the system snappier, it does seem that what you have done is the most sensible option.The only downside is write cycles to the SSD for the timeshifting (and using hybrid sleep mode), as you say. As all my vital stuff will be on my mechanical hard drives, it would not be the end of the world if the SSD goes kaputt.&nbsp; However, it does seem a bit unclear how long a SSD could last being used for this?Have you come accross any approximate figures?&nbsp; I have come accross suggestions of a couple of years at eight hours per day of use.I tend to record a lot of TV rather than watch it live, so it is not going to be used eight hours per day, but I tend to put it on live TV whenever I leave the room.Thanks again.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="elsmandino, post: 793743, member: 111675"] Hi Porky, Thanks for that. I read the link that you pointed me towards and it seems that you had exactly the same dilemma as me - i.e. should you stick in another 8GB RAM just for time shifting or add a small SSD for this. Even though RAM is ridiculously cheap at the moment (8GB for £35.00), I suppose that on a £ per GB basis, it does work out much cheaper to get a SSD - I note that you for twice the price of the RAM above, you could get 60GB of of HDD. When you factor in the benefits of once you have reserved 8GB of the HDD for timeshifting, you have 52GB for the OS, which has the plus point of making the system snappier, it does seem that what you have done is the most sensible option. The only downside is write cycles to the SSD for the timeshifting (and using hybrid sleep mode), as you say. As all my vital stuff will be on my mechanical hard drives, it would not be the end of the world if the SSD goes kaputt. However, it does seem a bit unclear how long a SSD could last being used for this? Have you come accross any approximate figures? I have come accross suggestions of a couple of years at eight hours per day of use. I tend to record a lot of TV rather than watch it live, so it is not going to be used eight hours per day, but I tend to put it on live TV whenever I leave the room. Thanks again. [/QUOTE]

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