What size SSD?

Cleeecooo · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:18

I'd get the 128 GB as just through very light use, I filled 75 GB without noticing!

IvanDobskey · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:19

64Gb for a windows 7 partition is just not big enough. Get at least a 128Gb one.

stulid · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:20

IvanDobskey said:
64Gb for a windows 7 partition is just not big enough. Get at least a 128Gb one.

Of course its big enough, read the other posts.

kmax86 · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:22

128 you will nver know when you will need the space

Im regretting getting a 64 m4

stueng · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:24

Stinger53 said:
Hi, im goin to get a M4 SSD soon hopefully.
what size should i get? 64 or 128?

what motherboard chipset to you have? does it support smart response? if not then go as large as possible. If it does then get 64GB

CuteTurtle · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:25

IvanDobskey said:
64Gb for a windows 7 partition is just not big enough. Get at least a 128Gb one.

Yes it is, Win7 only takes around 16GB or so

Mak3R · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:26

I used to run a 60GB Vertex2E and now I have a 128GB M4. Managing everything on the 60gb drive became a pain in the ass as there was really only enough room for W7 and a few games.

Now I have Office, Visual Studio and other programs all on my SSD with space to spare. 60GB sounds like a lot but once you start using it, trust me it disappears fast.

Stinger53 · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:28

stueng said:
what motherboard chipset to you have? does it support smart response? if not then go as large as possible. If it does then get 64GB

i've got the msi z68 g45 g3 mobo
chip set is Intel® Z68 (B3)

i dunno about smart response

stulid · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:28

stueng said:
what motherboard chipset to you have? does it support smart response? if not then go as large as possible. If it does then get 64GB

Why would you want to use SRT if you can just use a really fast SSD as it is.

stulid · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:30

Stinger53 said:
i've got the msi z68 g45 g3 mobo
chip set is Intel® Z68 (B3)

i dunno about smart response

Its got it, but don't use it, the idea of SRT is to cache the OS when its installed onto a HDD, which makes it faster.

Use a really fast SSD such as a M4/Corsair like you would any normal HDD.

Stinger53 · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:31

cheers

thinkin I will get a 64gb M4 and get a second ssd later on if i needed. i already have a WD 1tb HDD

stueng · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:35

stulid said:
Why would you want to use SRT if you can just use a really fast SSD as it is.

Because you can get SSD performance for your OS and most common games you play on 500GB-1TB of storage or whatever you have for £90

You have Z68.. consider SRT instead of spending £300 on a SSD

I suspect there are lots of benchmarks online to help you make your decision

Stinger53 · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:38

stueng said:
Because you can get SSD performance for your OS and most common games you play on 500GB-1TB of storage or whatever you have for £90

You have Z68.. consider SRT instead of spending £300 on a SSD

I suspect there are lots of benchmarks online to help you make your decision

if i did go for SRT how do u set it up?

stulid · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:39

Sorry but its just not as fast using SRT.

stueng · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:42

Which benchmark was that though? how many times had that test been done, did the cache have time to fill?

stulid · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:43

So even that above shows that a SSD on its own is faster than with SRT

stueng · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:44

stulid said:
So even that above shows that a SSD on its own is faster than with SRT

well no of course not... but its a significant bump for £80-£90

I wish they would allow you to choose your own cache size as 64GB is silly... I want 128GB of cache that way my OS and games will be cached

Im just saying.. its an option....

stulid · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:51

stueng said:
Which benchmark was that though? how many times had that test been done, did the cache have time to fill?

Its from the Anandtech site, same place you got you picture (which is a hotlink by the way so remove/host it correctly it now please)

Stinger53 · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:56

Stinger53 said:
cheers thinkin I will get a 64gb M4 and get a second ssd later on if i needed. i already have a WD 1tb HDD

cheers i think i will go with what i said earlier.

Narj · 27 Jan 2012 at 15:57

opstrat said:
sorry to thread jack but am i right in saying u dont get the full amount to use?

Correct. It's slightly lower than the figure advertised. Something to do with the technology and perhaps spare capacity for failures I think.