First SSD, for the OS, need some advice on choices and setup

[Jamieleets]

Hi all,

I'm going to be purchasing my first SSD for my most recent build. I'm hoping to have a HDD in there as well with most of my files on, and I will be putting the OS on to an SSD.

1. What sort of size SSD is required for this? Something around 128GB or would you recommend doubling that? Can you also recommend some good quality SSDs of that size?

2. Before installing the OS, do I need to do anything to set up the SSD. I've heard something about TRIM but I don't know anything about it. If it helps I have an asus p8z77-I deluxe. Do i need to make any changes in the bios?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Jamieleets]

Okay, thank you very much for the information! I will likely stick with a 128GB SSD then as I'm only used to HDD's so it won't make a difference if I leave my games on my HDD.

So, you said OS and Anti-virus will go onto the SSD, what else would you recommend to put on there to get the most out of its increased speeds? Also, do you think £35 extra is worth getting a Samsung Pro to bring the write speed from 130 MB/s to 390MB/s ?

And thanks for that link, t2i3m. I haven't heard of prefetching before, but I've done a quick google search and it seems smart to disable it due to the defrag commands it will send to it, which would be useless on an SSD. Is this correct or have I misunderstood that?

EDIT This is the SSD I'm looking at now. Would you say it's fine for my purposes? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-161-SA&groupid=1657&catid=2101&subcat=2103

 

[Jamieleets]

Okay, I'll bear that in mind when I start installing things, thanks! How do I go about limiting the pagefile, and ensure that it is on the SSD? I haven't done anything to do with storage devices before other than plugging them in to the board and leaving Windows to do the rest.

Cheers!

 

[Jamieleets]

Lovely! The order is placed and I'll soon be enjoying my first SSD! ^^ Thank you all so much for your help. You've all been very kind here, reading through some of the threads you all seem like a very good community So thank you once again!