Which HDD

GodAtum · 15 Feb 2010 at 13:41

I need a new HDD as my one is a bit tempremental as it fails to boot on occassion.

I'm looking for a boot drive so I'll probably go for an SSD <£150. But that means I need to buy a 2nd drive to store all my programs and files on which means getting a 1TB drive. Any advice? Just go for 1 large drive instead?

Just noticed this, any good? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-108-OC&groupid=1657&catid=1660&subcat=1668

tibbsey · 15 Feb 2010 at 14:40

That bundle sounds like it will suit you perfectly.

The Caviar Greens are very good hard drives, and the OCZ Vertex 30GB is always one of the first to be recommended for 30GB SSDs.

Depending on how many programs you'd be wanting to put on the SSD you might be better off spending a bit more and getting a 64~GB one.

pcAnywhere · 15 Feb 2010 at 14:43

The problem at the moment is that the cost of the NAND memory used in SSDs is varying wildly; so the value of using an SSD is subsequently vary variable!

If you are happy with boot times of around 50 to 60 seconds then something like a sammy F3 (1 TB) would be ideal. If you really need sub-30 second boot times then a SSD is your only option.

Not sure which controller the Vertex SSDs use. Some are better than others...

GodAtum · 15 Feb 2010 at 18:57

Will 30GB be enough for Win 7? I'm currently using 67.4 GB on my OS partiton.

Ricardox1 · 15 Feb 2010 at 21:15

GodAtum said:
Will 30GB be enough for Win 7? I'm currently using 67.4 GB on my OS partiton.

Should be

GodAtum · 16 Feb 2010 at 11:16

I've read that on SSDs performace worsens over time. is this something I should be worried about?
If I install a new disk, what is the best software to clone my OS?