Best SSD for WoW

satanicguardian · 9 Jan 2013 at 11:10

Hey guys,

I'm looking into an SSD to store WoW on, it is very data heavy game, as in, it is constantly loading textures and environments from HDD due to the size of the game, It's currently sitting on an old WD spinner nicked from a laptop, but the load screen times take the ****, even with the rest of my rig being nice, can someone recommend best value for money SSD to give my gaming some more oomph

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-008-CR&groupid=1657&catid=2101&subcat=

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-079-OC&groupid=1657&catid=2101&subcat= - (this is currently the drive I use for OS)

Diagro · 9 Jan 2013 at 12:10

the 64gb one would be fine.

just get the cheapest ssd you can get tbh

Duke · 9 Jan 2013 at 12:17

Any will be fine. The crucial m4 is a safe option.

satanicguardian · 9 Jan 2013 at 13:10

Ok, I'll try keep it cheap, will max read speed show much impact for WoW loading screens? I'm not too up on SSD technology, is it just read/write speed? What are the other factors to look at? I know there's IOPS or whatever but I'll admit, I don't really know what they are XD can someone be so kind as to educate me, I'd love to know

Sir SpankalotUK · 9 Jan 2013 at 14:08

using a 250gb Samsung 840 to run my wow off of and it runs like a charm even considering my sata is only allowing the drive to work at half speed. Loading screen is only visible for about 1-2 secs

satanicguardian · 9 Jan 2013 at 14:19

That's a fairly expensive for my budget

does look nice though

Luffy · 9 Jan 2013 at 22:58

Hi
I wouldn't go with a 64Gb personally although the price this week for the M4 is good. Could you find a little more cash and go for a 120Gb Vertex to run both OS and Wow folder? (I would try to find more still for a Crucial M4 or Samsung)
How large is your WoW folder 25Gb? Have you considered and could you squeeze installing your OS and Wow on the current SSD? (ensuring that you would still have some free disk space)
Then maybe buy a decent hard disk for other data.

wazza300 · 9 Jan 2013 at 23:02

i agree on the 64gb version of the m4,it has poor read/write speeds compared to the 128gb version

the corsair force gt 60gb is a good choice if you only want 60gb but for not much more money your better of going for a 128gb and having double the space