The solid state drive is worth the money. I always kept my previous desktop in sleep mode when not using it because it took so long to start it up if I shut it down.  This SSD drive boots extremely fast.  My only negative is that there was no installation quick start guide enclosed with the computer.  I had to go online, do a search.  I found a youtube video that stepped me through it.  It was very simple to install, but a quick start guide would have been appreciated.