looking for a ssd

[daz1973]

hi there looking to upgrade from my wd 10000 rapter ..would i be better going for quality and speed over size in a ssd...if so any suggestions cheers

 

[Dandle]

I would say depends what size you are looking at. I bought a 128gb SSD just before xmas and am replacing it because it just not big enough and thats with my games and stuff installed on a 150gb raptor with ssd acceleration. I'm constantly trying to free up room on it and it runs with about 3-4gb free. Bought a 256gb Samsung 840 today to replace it.

 

[zakblood]

raptors are great drives, use it as a data one with your new sdd and it will be a great setup

1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £191.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5P) £185.99
1 x Adata XPG SX900 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (ASX900S3-256GM-C) £172.99
1 x Adata Premier Pro SP900 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (ASP900S3-256GM-C) £169.99





Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic
• Sequential Read: 540MB/s
• Sequential Write: 520MB/s

Plextor M5 Pro 256GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive
Maximum Read: 540MB/sec
Maximum Write: 460MB/sec

Adata XPG SX900 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive
(ATTO): Read: Up to 550MB/S & Write: Up to 530MB/S
(AS-SSD): Read: Up to 510MB/S & Write: Up to 320MB/S

Adata Premier Pro SP900 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive
256GB Performance (ATTO) :
- Read : Up to 555MB/s
- Write : Up to 530MB/s
- Multimedia Data Transfer (AS-SSD)
- Read : Up to 220MB/S
- Write : Up to 255MB/S

 

[daz1973]

cheers

 

[zakblood]

for me 256gb is about right, anything smaller just fills up to quick, and if your caching another drive as well you need more space etc

with the prices coming down, i'd go for as big as you can, a few weeks back the 500gb samsungs were a great price as well, i got 2 256gb adata ones for £145 each bargin, wish i'd bought more tbh

 

[Alexcy]

i would suggest an ocz vertex 4. i got it on my pc and its very good on gaming and performance. its 128gb capacity.