Need a new SSD for this setup. Any ideas?

Gray-Fox · 21 Jun 2020 at 10:14

Intel Core i3-4130 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
MSI Radeon R7 250 OC 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Kingston 120GB SSDNow V300 Drive SATA 6Gbs 3 2.5" (7mm height) Solid State Hard Drive - (SV300S37A120G)
Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX24C11T3K28X)
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gbs 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD
Asus H81M-PLUS Intel H81 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard
BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black

My setup is as above. Still serving me well on a range of multimedia projects. I just need a good value, large SSD. Any ideas?

Gray-Fox · 21 Jun 2020 at 10:15

I know you can't X-post links, but if one isn't on OC, name a brand...TIA

mattyfez · 21 Jun 2020 at 16:20

I recently bought this to replace a storage HDD..

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sams...-solid-state-drive-mz-76q1t0bw-hd-23u-sa.html

I'm not an expert on ssd though, but it works. In not sure what the difference is between the EVO and QVO.. But it looked good for a 1tb drive price wise.

Sparx · 22 Jun 2020 at 09:24

This is one of the better 1TB SSDs you can get for the money

1 x TeamGroup 1TB Vulcan SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 3D NAND Solid State Drive= £99.95

Gray-Fox · 22 Jun 2020 at 13:41

Thanks. Which is better of these two? Looks like the Samsung but not entirely sure.

Alex h · 22 Jun 2020 at 14:00

Gray-Fox said:
Thanks. Which is better of these two? Looks like the Samsung but not entirely sure.

What are you useing the drive for mate as samsung will be ok for a game drive but I wouldn't put my os on it the team group is ok but I'd go with western digital blue 1 tb if you look on internet you'll find d it for 100 pounds also but gets 5 year warranty
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/wd-b...-solid-state-drive-wds100t2b0a-hd-54j-wd.html

Matt_West_Mids · 22 Jun 2020 at 16:31

Jump on a thread save making a new one. I've got a 250 GB m.2 SSD for my OS. What would be a good 1tb drive to get mainly for games?

mattyfez · 22 Jun 2020 at 18:59

TG drive
Specification:
- Read / Write Speeds: 560MB/s / 510MB/s
- IOPS Read/Write: 90k/80k

Samsung drive
Read: max. 550 MB/s
Write: max. 520 MB/s
IOPS (4KB Random Read): 96,000
IOPS (4KB Random Write): 89,000

I cant see much difference in them on the paper specs and they are basically the same price...

mattyfez · 22 Jun 2020 at 19:02

The samsung has a 5 year warranty and marginally better specced Vs the TG 3 year warranty though..

I did have a quick google and didn't find any direct comparisons, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The WD blue seems to sit between them looking at the spec sheets & warranty, but is £6 more expensive so again ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Gray2233 · 22 Jun 2020 at 19:14

mattyfez said:
The samsung has a 5 year warranty and marginally better specced Vs the TG 3 year warranty though..

I did have a quick google and didn't find any direct comparisons, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The WD blue seems to sit between them looking at the spec sheets & warranty, but is £6 more expensive so again ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The Samsung drive you're looking at uses QLC flash which is inferior to the TLC found in the Team Group Vulcan and Western Digital Blue.

I'd discount the Samsung entirely, it should come down to whether or not you think an extra two years warranty is worth £6.

mattyfez · 22 Jun 2020 at 20:22

Interesting point, is it just down to duration? (i'm no expert) but duration isn't really an issue for consumer SSDs..
I'd guess that makes the team group drive the best option then but it has the shorter warranty out of the three mentioned...lol

I think my current thoughts are: meh, get the one that looks the prettiest heheh

Alex h · 22 Jun 2020 at 20:59

Gray2233 said:
The Samsung drive you're looking at uses QLC flash which is inferior to the TLC found in the Team Group Vulcan and Western Digital Blue.

I'd discount the Samsung entirely, it should come down to whether or not you think an extra two years warranty is worth £6.

The wd can be had for same price 100 pounds easily found in Google so 2 extra years for no more money is a no brainer

Alex h · 22 Jun 2020 at 21:01

mattyfez said:
Interesting point, is it just down to duration? (i'm no expert) but duration isn't really an issue for consumer SSDs..
I'd guess that makes the team group drive the best option then but it has the shorter warranty out of the three mentioned...lol

I think my current thoughts are: meh, get the one that looks the prettiest heheh

Like I've said wd blue can be had for 100 pounds Google is your friend mate