Yeah, I did the same before jumping to 100% SSD. Also, heat/power consumption. If you need the storage of a spinner and can't afford a big enough SSD, running

Yeah, I did the same before jumping to 100% SSD. Also, heat/power consumption. If you need the storage of a spinner and can't afford a big enough SSD, running a small SSD for the system/apps with a 7200 RPM as a storage drive in the place of the optical drive works pretty well. Look for the cheaper versions of the OptiBay (which is a bit of a ripoff).