What SSD

Mono · 5 Sep 2011 at 09:33

I currently have a 1tb drive (5400 I think)

I have just ordered a £920 computer from OCUK (YAY) but want to know what the best (and cheapest SSD is for me to get) and would I use this for OS & games or just OS?

kingbal · 5 Sep 2011 at 10:39

Crucial M4 is the one to get at the moment - good speed and reliability.

I use mine for OS only - only benefit for games is faster loading times so not really worth it imo.

Gilbert89 · 5 Sep 2011 at 11:33

I would also go with a Crucial M4, although the Intel chips look good and I have heard they are qutie reliable not the fastest of SSD drives though.

JoeUk · 5 Sep 2011 at 12:25

Everyone seems to recommend the crucial these days - i guess its the best balance between cost and performance?

Mono · 8 Sep 2011 at 09:48

thanks for the advise

Johnnytoxic · 8 Sep 2011 at 09:54

I'm going for this

Corsair Force 3

Seems to have the write speeds over the M4, will risk the reliability for that price.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-025-CS&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=910

Ixon · 8 Sep 2011 at 10:41

Johnnytoxic said:
I'm going for this

Corsair Force 3

Seems to have the write speeds over the M4, will risk the reliability for that price.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-025-CS&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=910

Get the Crucial, don't bother with the Force 3 as it not worth the risk tbh, Mine already BSOD on me after a day, & this is the so called the new fixed batch.

Im already considering taking it back and changing for a Crucial, might be slower but reliablilty is a lot more important, plus even the slowest of SSD drives out today are still much much quicker than any standard hard drive.

Mono · 8 Sep 2011 at 11:45

Yep, I am going with the Crucial. For the slight performance benefit the risk is too great.

Orcvader · 8 Sep 2011 at 12:06

If it's just for games and OS then you don't really need fast write speeds. Go for the M4, it's fast and reliable

. The new firmwire also adds a brilliant 20% speed boost

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Gilbert89 · 8 Sep 2011 at 12:07

Crucial M4 - Also on offer check this link.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/LP/crucial_ssd.php

PMKeates · 8 Sep 2011 at 14:27

For what it's worth, I have a brand new OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS and guess what - I get BSODs. I've updated my BIOS (had an update related to storage), SSD firmware and storage drivers and in the past ~24 hours I haven't had a BSOD. I await one with baited breath.

Davefran · 8 Sep 2011 at 14:39

I had an OCZ Vertex 2E ....No problems very fast (now in flat mates PC)
Now got an OCZ Agility 3 ....No problems Extremely fast

Just so you know not all OCZ SSD's are bad. ALL SSD's can have problems, no matter who makes them. By far the most reliable are Intel, but they're are expensive.