SSD decisions

Moothead2 · 2 Jun 2011 at 19:10

This one; http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-078-OC&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1427 - Great £/GB ratio.

or this one; http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-008-CR - From what I've heard more reliable than OCZ SSDs.

I'll be using this as a boot drive and maybe for a couple of games and applications. I'm finding this more difficult than picking a motherboard for an i5 2500k with all the different brands, capcities and prices.

I was also wondering if anyone had any experience with the CM iGreen 600w PSU. It's only for a build that won't be stressed much and it got great reviews when it was released.

Thanks.

fleming222 · 2 Jun 2011 at 19:40

From what I've read and heard, the crucial SSD's are the better brand. But its down to price really, unless that doesn't matter too much.

shine · 2 Jun 2011 at 19:51

The OCZ SSD you've linked to is the SATA II, previous generation drive, this is the latest gen SATA-III OZC drive:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-071-OC&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1427

The Crucial M4 are the latest SATA III drive as well, I have the 256GB one and am very happy with it. The Vertex 3 is faster but costs more, I always recommend you get the largest SSD you can afford in your budget.

olivier renault · 2 Jun 2011 at 20:26

Still, the vertex is 1£ -> 1GB. If it was me, I'd go for capacity. Massive improvement over a HD, even first generation.

The M4 64GB has poor right speed, unlike the other M4's.

I always recommend you get the largest SSD you can afford in your budget.

yup. Especially if that drive is a Vertex

Very good.

olivier renault · 2 Jun 2011 at 20:27

Moothead2 said:
I was also wondering if anyone had any experience with the CM iGreen 600w PSU. It's only for a build that won't be stressed much and it got great reviews when it was released.

How much for the iGreen? I can almost guarantee you will have better value for money here.

Moothead2 · 2 Jun 2011 at 20:43

olivier renault said:
How much for the iGreen? I can almost guarantee you will have better value for money here.

£41 inc Shipping. Buying that one will come to a cost of around £60 inc shipping. I'll be using that PSU on a build that will running a Phenom II X4 940 and a 4850 but it will rarely, if ever, reach anything like 50% power usage. It's just if I upgrade to a sandybridge combo I can give this motherboard/CPU to my dad instead selling this CPU/Motherboard and buying him a dual core cpu or whatever and save maybe a tiny bit of money.