In need of a ssd

[muffinpie]

Ok so my new pc should be arriving in the next few days its already got a 1tb hdd but im wanting a ssd aswell to run my games and a few other things from for the obvious speed advantages that they offer, just wondering what the fastest one i could get for about 50-70 quid? preferably 120gb + ?

 

[JealY]

Check out this one.

 

[Far]

i just got that one actually, but the 240GB version. impressed so far. boots up my computer before i have chance to sit down.

 

[jaffar91]

i just got that one actually, but the 240GB version. impressed so far. boots up my computer before i have chance to sit down.

in comparison with 10 years ago when u used to make a cuppa while it booted up lmao

 

[d1craig]

i have read that the samsung ones are most reliable. whether its true or not. id like an ssd aswell but cant atm lol

 

[Far]

i dont know about reliable, but i know they're rated as being the fastest ones atm.

 

[JealY]

I've only had a bad SSD experience with OCZ and I'll never buy anything of theirs again.

 

[Koriban]

I have a samsung SSD and very impressed with its speed.

But the one linked will do you justice.

 

[dsmir3]

Keep away from WD, we've replaced loads of these recently.

 

[JealY]

Didn't even know WD did SSDs.

 

[Far]

WD is a harddrive manufacturer, it's never good when they try and branch out in to memory.

Go for a drive where they regularly make ram sticks.

Corsair, Crucial, Samsung, OCZ etc

 

[muffinpie]

Thanks alot guys im going to order the one that was posted, also a quick question, do you recommend having my OS on the ssd aswell as my games? then using my hdd just to store my junk like movies/tvseries etc?

 

[Far]

120gb will fill up very quickly after windows updates, I put the OS and a few programs I regularly use on it, the rest goes on my hard drive

 

[muffinpie]

just seen this with a massive reduction and contemplating ordering it, its a bit above budget but ill get it if its worth it, again im not sure on the speed?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...tiveASIN=B00E391OX6&linkCode=as2&tag=utf8a-21

 

[JealY]

It says its speed in the product description.

 

[muffinpie]

i know it says the speed in the description but as daft as it sounds it doesnt mean a great deal to me tbh, how does it compare to the one you posted before?

 

[thebigguy]

You should go for a 260gb SSD as a minimum; Dont forget to turn Off indexing/searching/restore/Scheduled Defragmentation/Superfetch/Prefetch/Hibernation, also change the page file to a different hard drive than the SSD.