It really depends on what you plan to do with it. If your primary goal is gaming, SSDs are not very important. If you're a programmer or work with tons of tiny files everyday, then you should consider SSDs. For me, SSDs reduced my compile time of a huge C project from 6 hours to 3 hours. RM 800 well spent and I feel it every time I need to recompile that application. This may be one technology where office workers would see much more value than gamers would.