"<a href=""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZnLZFRylbs&amp;t=3m42s"">3:42</a> - shout out to Windows Defender for making my computer slow down like 30% every time it decides "eh we haven't done a full disk check in 30 minutes", let's run one now".,(reply>), @Longtoothsaber I did that, that's why my PC slows down 30% instead of soft-locking.,(reply>), @Longtoothsaber it is a software issue, even if we upgrade to SSD we didn't fix the issue.,(reply>), @xponen_ In my experience (and I've been using SSDs for over a decade, always filling them up, always rewriting them), they are just as reliable as HDDs. They don't last forever, they statistically have the same failure rate as HDDs, but they are not at any sort of disadvantage compared to HDDs in terms of durability.,(reply>), @Longtoothsaber but SSD has a limited write/read lifespan (more so with Window's NTFS filesystem).,(reply>), Get an SSD and move the operating system and your most used software to it. If you can spare 30 to 60 bucks, do it, you won't regret it.