Choosing a SSD

gwobbles · 16 Sep 2011 at 12:16

I was planning on getting two SSD's, one for OS the other for apps/games.
Would that be a good idea? Or would getting one 120Gb to do all those things be better? My budget is strictly £190.

Leeroy123 · 16 Sep 2011 at 12:19

i have a vertex 2 120gb and its fantastic, my brother just bought a vertex 3 120 and hes had nothing but problems with it. Get 1 120 gig one, thats plenty

gwobbles · 16 Sep 2011 at 12:48

ah alright. ok so its down to these options now:

A) m4 64gb + corsair force 3 90gb (£190)
B) partriot wildfire 120gb (£190)
C) kingston hyberx 120gb (£170)
D) corsair force gt 120gb (£170)

opethdisciple · 16 Sep 2011 at 13:11

I picked up a Crucial M4 128Gb.

Happy with purchase.

I would recommend that.

Its probably the overall forum fav at the moment.

I thought, although its write speeds werent as fast as the OCZ in the same price bracket, its reliability and the fact the consensus on the forum was the M4 was good, I thought, Id go with that.

You wont be dissapointed.

gwobbles · 16 Sep 2011 at 13:23

I think my current pick is A, unless i get swayed to using one drive, it will be B

Nickyyy · 16 Sep 2011 at 14:24

I picked up a corsair force series sata 3 for 129.99 off OCUK. Though havent had a chance to use it as i've had to RMA my bundle I got

gwobbles · 16 Sep 2011 at 17:39

was there something wrong with the drive? ive heard really bad things about them

Nickyyy · 16 Sep 2011 at 21:05

gwobbles said:
was there something wrong with the drive? ive heard really bad things about them

yep. Got recalled but problem is fixed now

gwobbles · 16 Sep 2011 at 21:23

ah ok, think im defo going with A now, seeing that the 90Gb ones are new they have the major problems ironed out.

Atom · 17 Sep 2011 at 06:49

Just get a M4 128gb.

No point having 2 seperate drives and using up 2 sata ports..

I wouldn't say the problems are ironed out.

gwobbles · 17 Sep 2011 at 18:35

hmm is there any advantages with using one?

Gilbert89 · 19 Sep 2011 at 10:47

Crucial M4 - Stable/Reliable and improved firmware being realsed regularly, I believe this drive performs better than the tech specifications which it claims.

Nemeses · 19 Sep 2011 at 11:02

Just (well yesterday) ordered a M4, while 1 or 2 may be a tad faster, none are as reliable.