Fitting New SSD

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What's the best way of putting an SSD into a Thernaltake Armour+ case?

Can you just put put it into a HDD tray, I'm not sure an adapter will fit the case or should I get some sticky pads and stick it down?

I have not purchased the drive yet but would like to know the best way of putting it in.

Thanks
 
not sure on that case,look in the hdd bay some pull out and let you fit the ssd some will need a mounting bracket that hdd clips attach to and then slide it into place

you can always stick it down or screw it to a spare fan grill in the case,thats what ive done,one at the top of my case
 
Unless you are worried about looks, there's nearly always a way to fit an SSD inside a case.

Nylon cable ties are one of my little tricks. Of course, you need to make sure the SSD won't become loose and possibly touch any other components, but a couple of cable ties pulled nice and tight is usually a good "bodge". :D


Some cases now come with holes pre-drilled in the base, so you can screw the SSD into place. If there are no holes, I'm sure they could be made !
 
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I'm going to go for a Samsung pro 250gb and using it as a boot drive. I am going to install my Apps on a separate drive.

Do you think a 125gb SSD will be enough for to install Windows and and everything that goes with it? It always tends to take up loads of room over time.
 
Very much depends what you mean by everything that goes with it.

I moved my user folder onto a storage drive as otherwise I'd have gone over my 120GB limit eventually, but if you don't stick lots of stuff into your user folder then you'll be fine with 125GB for windows. Most people tend to end up with everything and the kitchen sink in their user folder though.

Also some applications will take up space on C even though you tell them to install elsewhere :(
 
I know what you mean.

Is there a lot of difference from the 840 and the 840 pro? the price difference is quite a bit.
 
Vakas said:
I know what you mean.

Is there a lot of difference from the 840 and the 840 pro? the price difference is quite a bit.
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Not really, no.

If you are talking about the 250gb version, then the write speed of the non pro is about half that of the pro. In real world use, you are not really going to notice, unless you are writing a lot of files (unlikely).

The 120gb non pro has an even lower write speed (about half as slow as the 250gb). Even so, you will not notice much difference, unless you are benchmarking or writing a lot of files, or writing very large files.

You read more than you write, just like in the real world. And the read speeds of the pro and non-pro 840s are very similar.

The difference that might be more important is the warranty. 3 years for the non-pro, 5 for the pro. The pro has MLC memory, which is supposed to last about 3 times longer than the TLC memory of the non-pro. For most users, this is not going to be an issue.
 
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