Help buying an SSD

L1ght · 19 Feb 2011 at 15:17

Hi, I'm about to buy an SSD and would like some advice on which to choose. My motherboard is an Asus X58 Sabertooth TUF Intel X58 (Socket 1366). I'd like to run my system on the SSD so I'm not majorly hung up on space etc. If anyone could give me a bit of advice it would be really appreciated cheers!

BriT · 19 Feb 2011 at 16:29

This has good reviews. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-007-CR

justintime2001 · 19 Feb 2011 at 20:49

I went with the Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive. Crucial have always given me excellent customer service and they are UK based.

lukext · 19 Feb 2011 at 21:06

C300 64GB, thoroughly recommended.

L1ght · 20 Feb 2011 at 01:33

Cool thanks for the suggestions. Would 64gb be enough space to run windows 7 and photoshop etc?

justintime2001 · 20 Feb 2011 at 10:00

More than enough space, I'd have thought. I have Windows 7 Premium, Photoshop CS2, Office Professional, Frontpage, plus all the usual stuff and thousands of large photo files and this takes up 27Gb in total.

Reldar · 20 Feb 2011 at 11:02

+1 for the C300 64gb.

I have an OCZ Vertex 2E but I wish I had gone for the Crucial now. Higher read speeds, which is far more important to me

L1ght · 20 Feb 2011 at 20:18

Cool beans, looks like I'll be ordering this tonight. One more question.... After hooking up the ssd, do you need to format the drive or do anything in the bios etc?

DavidB · 20 Feb 2011 at 20:32

Isn't the C400 (the successor to the C300) being released this month? I'd say it's a bad time to buy a C300.

bhavv · 20 Feb 2011 at 20:39

Wait for the C400?

Its out soon and will be better.

L1ght · 20 Feb 2011 at 20:52

Cool, but I kind of need one asap as I'm trying to get my rig working again and want to install my os onto a ssd.

How soon is the C400 expected to arrive? And would it be around the same price point, and would if offer any significant advantages over the C300?

bhavv · 20 Feb 2011 at 21:03

64 Gb C400 is expected to be around £80, and a lot faster.

justintime2001 · 20 Feb 2011 at 21:47

I was advised to check the firmware version and upgrade to the latest (which is 6) but mine had the latest firmware anyway. It tells you on the back of the drive what version it has. There are also plenty of pdf files on Crucials uk website telling you about upgrading firmware and pre install instructions etc. Basically I think you just fit it, boot from the Windows 7 disk and away you go.

tuomoy · 21 Feb 2011 at 13:18

80GB Intel X25M has been absolutely brilliant for me as an OS drive over the past year.

Adrianr · 21 Feb 2011 at 14:02

When is the C400 supposed to be landing? If it's late march + I think I'd rather just have the use of the SSD for a month.

Predicament · 21 Feb 2011 at 14:06

L1ght said:
I'm not majorly hung

Thats too bad

.....

Joke aside, I'd go for the Crucial SSD C300 64GB
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-007-CR

L1ght · 21 Feb 2011 at 18:16

Man somone has been watching his pr0n today :cool:

Back to the subject......... Does anyone have an eta on the C400? I was also looking at the 80GB Intel X25M, how does this compare to the crucial?

Kaiju · 22 Feb 2011 at 07:47

Also wondering whether to wait for the C400 or get the 80GB Intel X25M.