SSD's

[Skyline]

Looking at buying this:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/ocz-a...9721-0a3328ca1f02&istItemId=rmraqixl&istBid=t

I usually avoid PC World, but this looks like a good deal.

Does anyone know of any better for similar/better price?

 

[Far]

i wouldn't recommend an agility, they have a very high failure rate. I'd recommend any crucial or intel SSD, or if you want to stick to OCZ then a vertex 3.

However in answer to your question, that is a good £5 below market price.

 

[Skyline]

Cheers Farphit, think I'll look elsewhere then.

Good price from PC World though, and saves waiting for delivery with in store pickup!

 

[JealY]

My Kingston HyperX is treating me pretty well, could be an option.

 

[Breezer]

SSD's are cheap as farts , just get a crucial

 

[Turrican]

upgraded to a Corsair 240gb force gt few weeks back, 555mb/s read 525mb/s write, prolly abit more bigger / expensive than you'd like, but solid card all round.

u can get a 120gb for around 80-90 quid.

 

[Ilsta]

Hi sorry never heard of these before so trying to get my head around what they are and from my short google search it's a harddrive? do they make a big difference on the system using one for the price and make a big difference over a sata hard drive ? sorry this is new to me so excuse me, just would like to know the exact reason on using one if i am correct lol.

 

[MythRohan]

Hi sorry never heard of these before so trying to get my head around what they are and from my short google search it's a harddrive? do they make a big difference on the system using one for the price and make a big difference over a sata hard drive ? sorry this is new to me so excuse me, just would like to know the exact reason on using one if i am correct lol.

well i am using one and it is super fast on Boot up and Shut Down , Making Rar , Extracting .iso ect ect ect , id say a good buy all around

i am using a * intel SSD 160GB and i haven't looked back since

my comp is now a top score on Windows Experiance index due to this SSD HD
Along side a i5 core processor, 32GB ram, water cooled system
and GFX Card - ATI Radeon 6870 HD 1GB DDR5,




hope this helps :/

 

[Skyline]

The read and write speeds of an SSD are much, much quicker than your usual Hard Drives.

They cost more, but mine will be used as a boot drive and a few other things, therefore looking at the 120gbish sized ones.

My 2TB SATA drive will be used to store most things.

 

[Far]

SSDs should only ideally be used as boot devices, as they all have a limited amount of read and writes to them they're not good if you're constantly transferring data too and from them.

In a top scenario you'd want only your programs that need instant boot up on the ssd (windows, photoshop, CAD etc) basically programs which usually take a while to boot up. And you should change your program files path to your HDD so all programs default there.

@ilsta, if you're a little confused by them just think of them as big advanced USB flash drives. SSDs are memory based (like flash drives), so have no moving parts - this means they're not limited by the spin speeds that hard drives are, however being memory based they're currently quite small in storage capacity compared to hard drives - so aren't ideal for storing all your games and such on.

Im still yet to buy an SSD, however when i take the wallet plunge it'll be an Intel i go for i think.

 

[Darkans]

I'd either go Intel or the Samsung 830 series, make sure it's a SATA III drive aswell because the SATA II connectors are limited on transfer rates, well worth the purchase.