what to buy?

gareth170 · 17 Nov 2010 at 17:19

hi

i have £100 to spend on a hdd/ssd drive. i've been looking at 2 drives so far, the Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Hybrid SATA-II 2.5" 7200RPM 32MB or a OCZ 60GB Vertex 2E SSD 2.5" SATA-II.

is that the best SSD for that price? and is that the hdd for that price? if so i will need to decide which one to go for.

yashiro · 17 Nov 2010 at 17:23

The Seagate is no good for a desktop machine. Get the Vertex. If you need more storage get a WD Black.

gareth170 · 17 Nov 2010 at 17:51

so the OCZ 60GB Vertex 2E SSD 2.5" SATA-II is the best ssd for £100?

can i ask why the Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Hybrid is no good for a desktop system?

yashiro · 17 Nov 2010 at 17:58

It's slower than standard desktop drives.

gareth170 · 17 Nov 2010 at 18:06

ohh ok... so looks like i'll get a ssd

gareth170 · 17 Nov 2010 at 18:17

oh one thing, i'm running my hdd's in ide mode, when i get a ssd drive will it work in ide mode and at full performance? or does it need to go in AHCI mode? if so would all the other hdd's need to be formatted after switching over to AHCI mode?

DragonQ · 17 Nov 2010 at 19:10

SSDs need to be operating in AHCI mode for optimal performance but then so do HDDs. I find it odd that so many people still use IDE in the first place - the only advantage that I can think of is that you can install XP without needing special drivers and most people around here have moved on to Windows Vista/7.

Anyway, you can switch to AHCI without needing to reformat your HDDs or having any adverse effects - they'll slightly perform better in certain situations, if anything.

gareth170 · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:11

yashiro said:
It's slower than standard desktop drives.

are u sure?

review videos/site says theses are a lot quicker

Levirginien · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:31

+1 for vertex2

TUNSTALL_NICK · 17 Nov 2010 at 22:27

just seen your signiture 7 hard drives,will this make 8? you got a lot of stuff!

gareth170 · 20 Nov 2010 at 21:15

TUNSTALL_NICK said:
just seen your signiture 7 hard drives,will this make 8? you got a lot of stuff!

yes..

2 hdd's(1tb , 750gb) are full , others are 75-90% full

rolypolyman · 21 Nov 2010 at 01:20

gareth170 said:
are u sure?

review videos/site says theses are a lot quicker

They are supposed to be a lot quicker than standard hard drives and a week ago when ocuk got them in I too was very interested but Ocuk were going to bench them and produce the figures. Dont know if they have yet but there must have been problems as nothing was forthcoming so I bought an ssd instead.

See this thread.

manishpatel80 · 22 Nov 2010 at 11:13

You can get the Vertex 2e 64gb or the Crucial C300 64gb

gareth170 · 22 Nov 2010 at 15:50

ok, i've ordered a OCZ 90GB Vertex 2 SSD. when i get it and connected it do i need to do anything to it to let the system see it?

this is my first SSD drive, so i'm sorry if the question sound stupid.

goodl · 22 Nov 2010 at 16:24

gareth170 said:
ok, i've ordered a OCZ 90GB Vertex 2 SSD. when i get it and connected it do i need to do anything to it to let the system see it?

this is my first SSD drive, so i'm sorry if the question sound stupid.

Nope, if your system can see a mechanical drive on windows install you're good to go

gareth170 · 23 Nov 2010 at 11:35

goodl said:
Nope, if your system can see a mechanical drive on windows install you're good to go

ok. thanks mate..

FoxEye · 23 Nov 2010 at 12:06

gareth170 said:
yes..

2 hdd's(1tb , 750gb) are full , others are 75-90% full

That's a lot of Linux distros