New SSD

the_darjeeling · 31 May 2013 at 14:38

Hi

Since my harddrive is nearly full and my 128Gb M4 doesn't have the capacity to keep any games on it, i think i need a new storage drive for games, since Ive had flawless performance from my M4 i figure that another SSD is the best way to go. anyway I've narrowed my list down to a few choices and was wondering which ones you guys thought was the best choice:

Crucial M4 256GB http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-010-CR
Samsung 840 250GBhttp://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-162-SA
Plextor M5S 256GB http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-008-PL
Thanks

Lemin · 31 May 2013 at 15:21

id get one of these 2...

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £193.99
1 x Plextor M5S 256GB Solid State Drive - (PX-256M5S) £139.99
Total : £343.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

the_darjeeling · 31 May 2013 at 15:37

Thanks for the quick reply, I'm going to go for the plextor, it will be running on sata-II so the performance from the Samsung wouldn't be worth the extra cost. also does anyone know if the plextor would need any kind of day 1 firmware update or will it be shipped with a decent one? (when i got my M4 i had to update it as it had the 5000 hour firmware bug)

wazza300 · 31 May 2013 at 16:08

what about the cheaper non pro 250gb Samsung?

UKDTweak · 31 May 2013 at 16:13

AS its going on a SATA II interface and only for game, how about one of these:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-127-OC&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=2394

More space and cheaper?