New drives advice please

Witcher1979 · 27 May 2014 at 12:14

Hey all

I am after a SSD for my boot drive as I still use old mech drives and mine is getting slower and slower. I think 120gb should do which will also let me copy the odd game over if needed. I am also after a 2-3tb mech drive which is only going to be used for streaming moves so this can even be a cheap USB drive which I can take out of its case and fit inside the machine, would prefer 3tb. Budget for both drives in total is £200, but would like to see some change if possible

I know other places can't be linked but if a drive is cheaper elsewhere just giving me the name of the drive will do so I can have a search about.

Thank in advance for any help on both drives that I require.

wazza300 · 27 May 2014 at 12:35

Samsung evo 120gb? but for just over a tenner more crucial m500 240gb?

Omaeka · 27 May 2014 at 13:09

Gotta be Samsung or Intel for an SSD imo.

Hagar · 27 May 2014 at 13:23

wazza300 said:
Samsung evo 120gb? but for just over a tenner more crucial m500 240gb?

I have just bought the crucial 240 and for £80 is a bit of a bargain.

I am just creeping up on a TB of SSD with my original Sandisk extreme 240 bought for £150 2 years ago, a Seagate 480 for £160 this year and now the crucial 240.

I also have an Intel 330 80Gb in a USB3 caddy.

OLDPHART · 28 May 2014 at 00:41

Samsung all the way, using a 120GB 840 EVO for OS+APPS and a 500GB 840 EVO for games.

Witcher1979 · 2 Jun 2014 at 13:09

Thanks guys I got the Samsung evo 120gb for £65 delivered so well happy with that. I also found a 3tb drive. Thanks again for all the help.

mdaw · 2 Jun 2014 at 15:32

Another thumbs up for the 840 evo. I have the 120gb version and runs lovely and quick.