500gb SSD recommendation please

q974739 · 8 Dec 2013 at 19:19

Hi All

For Christmas I'm getting a new ~500Gb SSD drive. Thing is, I can't decide which I want. It's for a general systems drive - windows, games, etc.

Is there anything in it? Should I just throw a dart, and tell the parents a random drive?

Thanks

All
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wazza300 · 8 Dec 2013 at 19:21

what board are you using it on?

Samsung evo offer best price/performance atm,or crucial m500

kefan77 · 8 Dec 2013 at 19:23

q974739 · 8 Dec 2013 at 19:31

wazza300 said:
what board are you using it on?

Samsung evo offer best price/performance atm,or crucial m500

It's a little long in the tooth - Asus M4A77TD Pro AMD 770 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard

abbotsmike · 8 Dec 2013 at 22:06

Got to be a Samsung Evo. Not seen a bad word about them, and my Pro has been impeccable.

q974739 · 8 Dec 2013 at 22:45

What's the difference between the samsung evo and basic lines?

kefan77 · 8 Dec 2013 at 22:47

840 = old
840 Evo = new

basic kit = bare drive
desktop/notebook kit = bracket, cables, some software

wazza300 · 8 Dec 2013 at 22:55

Your only gonna see sata2 speeds 250-260mb read/write so you could save money buying the cheapest version ect

q974739 · 8 Dec 2013 at 22:59

wazza300 said:
Your only gonna see sata2 speeds 250-260mb read/write so you could save money buying the cheapest version ect

Plan for the next upgrade is to keep the graphics (7850) and SSD, swapping out the remainder. But that won't happen for a year or two.

q974739 · 8 Dec 2013 at 22:59

kefan77 said:
840 = old
840 Evo = new

basic kit = bare drive
desktop/notebook kit = bracket, cables, some software

Ah. So order new power/sata cables then, with the basics? Drat.

kefan77 · 8 Dec 2013 at 23:07

all you need is spare SATA cable.

q974739 · 9 Dec 2013 at 15:48

kefan77 said:
all you need is spare SATA cable.

Hmmm. Almost tempted not to order one. I've got enough cables floating around that I've got to have one.....right??!?

Thanks for the advice all