The state of solid state hard drives?

[Elderly]

It's time for me to get a new desktop PC .

What's the current situation with solid state hard drives;
how's their reliability as compared to conventional hard drives,
what are their pros and cons?

[Elderly]

Thanks for all the replies so far; I should have added in my original post that I'm not exactly tech savvy when it comes to computers .

I've not looked at all the specific alternatives mentioned so far but I see that you can specify a hybrid drive,
would that be the best of both worlds?

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cornet said:

The crucial M5xx range is the only consumer SSD I know of that includes power loss protection. This means if you lose power to your machine then you shouldn't end up with any corrupt data.

That's good advice for me as I live in a small village that seems to get more than its fair share of power cuts ...... but unfortunately the Crucial M5xx range are no longer available .

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ZesPak said:

Point of notice:

1. Don't take a 60/64GB one, even if you have a HDD as file drive. Windows and some programms go that way and the price difference with a 120GB one is negligble.
2. For me, 120GB is fine for windows and progs, but in a laptop it needs to be at least 250GB.

That's what I'm going to do; a 120GB Samsung 850 Evo SSD and a 1 or 2TB HDD for my photos.