spec me and SSD pls ;)

Paul2506 · 10 Mar 2013 at 03:18

Hey i have been looking at the Agility 3 240GB SATA III it's currently going for £131 .. so that's my budget, Is this a good ssd? i have never bought one before and i just wanted a bit of feedback off others if possible or any recommendations pls,Many thx

marc2003 · 10 Mar 2013 at 04:14

i've never owned an SSD before either and i've been casually looking around these forums recently.....and there seems to be nothing but tales of woe when it comes to OCZ drives. obviously unhappy people tend to be a lot more vocal - i'm sure there are happy OCZ users out there but i'm still totally put off them.

samsung seem to the popular choice at the moment. 9 quid over budget though but you do get 10GB more for that cash.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-162-SA

yashiro · 10 Mar 2013 at 05:41

I'd recommend the Samsung 840 over anything OCZ myself.

hyperst · 10 Mar 2013 at 13:39

I use an Agility 3 and had 0 problems, I have had 2 agility 3 in raid 0 with 0 problems, maybe lucky I guess, am upgrading to one 128gb 830 though, 830's can still be found and are cheaper than the 840 pro by quite a bit so that's why I got the 830.

marc2003 · 10 Mar 2013 at 15:53

hyperst said:
840 pro

i didn't link to one of those -far too expensive.

it's £192 (TWO - usually £210) compared to £140 for the basic 840. the OP originally was looking at the ocz drive for 131.

wazza300 · 10 Mar 2013 at 15:57

Paul2506 said:
Hey i have been looking at the Agility 3 240GB SATA III it's currently going for £131 .. so that's my budget, Is this a good ssd? i have never bought one before and i just wanted a bit of feedback off others if possible or any recommendations pls,Many thx

its not a very reliable ssd compared to the newer samsungs and crucial m4,intel ssd's are reliable also

its cheap because it uses cheaper asynchronous nand,the others i mentioned use better performing (as the drive fills up) synchronous nand

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/08/07/nand_flash_faces_off_synchronous_vs_asynchronous

Antowns · 10 Mar 2013 at 16:37

marc2003 said:
i've never owned an SSD before either and i've been casually looking around these forums recently.....and there seems to be nothing but tales of woe when it comes to OCZ drives. obviously unhappy people tend to be a lot more vocal - i'm sure there are happy OCZ users out there but i'm still totally put off them.

samsung seem to the popular choice at the moment. 9 quid over budget though but you do get 10GB more for that cash.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-162-SA

I've only ever bought OCZ so I can't say how they compare to other SSDs but I've never had a problem with them in the year I've been using them. I've got two running in stripe on my main box and a one in my Macbook Pro.

The Chemist · 10 Mar 2013 at 19:38

I recently purchased an 128gb version of the Plextor m5 pro. Very pleased with it mounted on the back of my define r4

anthony566 · 12 Mar 2013 at 02:21

While I'm a SSD virgin I have to say the Crucial 250 gig one I have is very fast just a few seconds to boot from a standing start and almost instant from full standby.

Paul2506 · 12 Mar 2013 at 15:40

i'm lost lol...i have no idea which to go with lol xD

wazza300 · 12 Mar 2013 at 15:41

with your budget and pc in your sig id buy the samsung 840 non pro

Alexcy · 13 Mar 2013 at 06:50

i would recommend the ocz vertex 4 series. i have it on my pc and i got no complaints. good for gaming, and when i use some heavy program's like dreamweaver or visual studio it runs them like it runs notepad ;p
here is a link http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-106-OC&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=1427 and it also scores 7.8 in system rating

murah · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:28

gotta love my OCZ vertex 3, recommend vertex line due to previous research i did before buying my SSD recently