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ExTrEmE_xx · Pilgrim Joined: 06 Mar 2012 Posts: 9

Hi all, i am new here and i need advice for buying a new SSD. Which SSD will be the best in speed/price/durability ratio? I need max 128GB drive, i think that's enough for system and some programs. Now i have 100GB partition, and have over 30GB free, with all programs installed, so 128GB will be great. Installed games and other stuff are on other partitions.

Only problem is, that MoBo i have support only SATA2 ports, so i will have to buy SATA3 PCIe card to have best performance. How big difference will be between SATA2 and 3 with SSD. Is extra card worth to buy?

Thanks.. lachen

Sorry for bad english, i speak serbian lachen

My PC:
Case: Silverstone PS01
PSU: PowerLine VP-650W
MoBo: DFI Lanparty DK x58 T3eH6
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.66GHz
Cooler: Noctua NH-D14
RAM: Patriot 3 x 2GB Triple Channel @ 1333MHz
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 @ 850/1200 MHz
HDD1: WD Caviar Black 640GB
HDD2: WD Caviar Green 1 TB

Roach412 · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:13 pm Post subject:

i just picked up a crucial 128gb m4 drive model CT128M4SSD2.

very nice little drive - after windows 7 64bit installed/etc i had a little over 100gb available.

very quick - POST takes longer than booting windows.

only have BF3 and Skyrim installed currently (until i get another larger drive). huge improvement for load-time performance on both games. skyrim on my 6gb/s physical drive took ~10-15 seconds to load new maps/areas, now it takes <2. for battlefield it's very similar - used to sit on the loading screen for new maps for ~20-30 seconds (sometimes a little longer) now it's <5 everytime.

i can't say that it's a big difference between the new models and the old - but, any solid state drive is going to be faster than your mechanical - even if you just get the 3gb/s versions. their speeds are still very high, especially if you get the late generations of those which are pretty affordable. just keep an eye out for sales on them, they come and go pretty much every day.

-Roach
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Crucial M4 128gb SATAIII SSD
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ExTrEmE_xx · Pilgrim Joined: 06 Mar 2012 Posts: 9

I know it's much faster than HDD, in every way lachen

But, what drives makers a should search, OCZ, Crucial, Intel, Samsung....

And how long SSDs life is, what is the best memory chips and controlers?

I don't wanna throw 200-250e for a drive that will crash after half or 1 year lachen

Thanks

And Windows is 7 Ultimate x64

Roach412 · Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:57 pm Post subject:

i spent a decent amount of time reading through toms hardware, specifically in their "SSD hierarchy chart".
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-review-benchmark,3139-6.html

from there i did my own reaching out and researching the specific models against each other at different sites.

that chart will give you straight performance comparisons. from the different discussions i've read, many say SSDs will last just as long as spinning disks. basically, unless they have premature failure they will last longer than their useful life (and be replaced by then).

-Roach
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Lian Li Lancool First Knight Series PC-K59W
Intel Core i7-960 Bloomfield 3.2GHz
EVGA X58 FTW3 132-GT-E768-TR
EVGA GTX 560ti FPB
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 12GB (3 x 4GB)
Crucial M4 128gb SATAIII SSD
Corsair Professional Series HX850 PSU

ExTrEmE_xx · Pilgrim Joined: 06 Mar 2012 Posts: 9

Thanks

I see on other forums and many other stes, that Crucial M4 is realy good drive, nobody complain on performance, or anything else. And Corsair Force GT is slightly faster with compressed files, but Crucial M4 is best in price per GB and performance, and faster with uncompresed files.

WIll see a littile more on link you give me, but i think i will go with Crucial M4 128 GB. big grin

ExTrEmE_xx · Pilgrim Joined: 06 Mar 2012 Posts: 9

So, i can't find Crucial M4 in my country, but i can Samsung 830 128GB. Price is 180-190e.

Is there any difference between this 2 drives

Samsung 830 MZ-7PC128N - this is for notebook
Samsung 830 MZ-7PC128D - this is for desktop

in performance?

Roach412 · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:17 am Post subject:

Karlsweldt · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:19 am Post subject:

Being basically the "same" model, both are noted as 2.5" drives. The one specifically for laptops may be less power-hungry than the desktop model.
You would need a special bracket to adapt any 2.5" drive to the 3.5" bay of desktop units. No big problem. Check www.newegg.com/ .
But putting a 3.5" drive into a laptop is like trying to fit a 5-piece band into a 4x4 outhouse!!
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fussnfeathers · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 2:43 pm Post subject:

Roach412 · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:31 am Post subject:

my case has 2 specific bays for 2.5" drives - so i had no issues mounting. should take a look and see, it'll be obvious.

-Roach
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Lian Li Lancool First Knight Series PC-K59W
Intel Core i7-960 Bloomfield 3.2GHz
EVGA X58 FTW3 132-GT-E768-TR
EVGA GTX 560ti FPB
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 12GB (3 x 4GB)
Crucial M4 128gb SATAIII SSD
Corsair Professional Series HX850 PSU

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