Guild Wars 2

I’m just curious if investing in a SSD is worth it. Its tax season and I’m looking to build a new PC. Would it offer any improvements in GW2?

SSD will only improve map load times a bit.

Still worth it IMO for overall system snappy-ness if you have it as the OS/Boot drive.

I love it because my pc reboots instantly… And i use a 1 TB HD as my program storage.

SSD-Solid State Drive

Pro’s:
Fast load times
Fast access times
Can help reduce graphics stutter (thnx to the above points)
Physical Size is small.
No moving parts – silent running

Cons:
Storage capacity is small
Expensive compared to HDD
Older models have high failure rate
Can degrade faster than HDD if excessivly used (deleting reinstalling etc)

Personaly i would only buy one if u have spare cash after uprading other important PC parts. Its a nice thing to have but performance wise there are other much more important things u can spend $100/£100 + on.
If u do get one dont get anything smaller than 120gb. install ur OS and ur main 2 or 3 games.
Dont use up all the space. SSD’s run faster with space available ..try to keep it 75% used (25% free).

If you buy a i5 3570k, decent Z77 motherboard, aftermarket CPU cooler, quality PSU, 8GB or memory, 64bit operating system, and a 660ti/7870 video card or higher and have money left then yes a SSD is worth it but do not buy a cheap one I only recomend Samsung. If you do not have the specks listed above then spend the $ on better performing parts.
EDIT Also a SSD can always be added in the future.

Plextor and Corsair are also good choices. I went with a Corsair Performance Pro 128gb..now its a solid SSD but there r newer ones out now.
Ofcourse Samsung r good also but if i were to buy one now i would get the Plextor m5 Pro 120gb.
Infact asuming nothing newer or significantly better comes out within the next couple months i will be buying that for a new rig im building for a family member.

Their other good ones out their I guess but I’ve had alot of problems with SSD’s with customers builds but never one with the Samsung so it’s the only one I use now.