ZeroDamage November 9, 2011 Share ZeroDamage Member November 9, 2011 So what should I get? I've been trying to read up a little because I am honestly out of the loop on these things. I see that the normal size is either 120 or 128GB. I've seen reference to the OCZ Octane but cannot find them for sale anywhere. I think I want to grab one and use it for my large games like BF3 and MW3 which do a lot of loading, especially BF3 which takes several minutes to load up for me. I do not want to spend over $200 on one and want it to provide enough space for my steam games (plan on cleaning up additional unplayed games) and Windows. So this is what I do not know: What should I be looking for? Read/write speeds? Life expectancy? etc etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onyxdragoon November 9, 2011 Share onyxdragoon Member November 9, 2011 I've been out of the loop for a little. I remember Crucial's M4 pretty much dominating, with the OCZ Agility 3 next. I would recommend going to Anandtech's website and read reviews and comparisons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lousiest November 9, 2011 Share lousiest Member November 9, 2011 Whenever I'm out of touch, I just go to Tom's Hardware and look for their "Best XXX for the money" articles. For SSDs in the month of October 2011, it's http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-nand-reliability,3021.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage November 9, 2011 Author Share ZeroDamage Member November 9, 2011 I honestly forgot about Tom's. That article basically says the Agility 3 which is what I've been looking at on Amazon. If I order it now, I could have it now for my 3-day weekend install. I probably should have grabbed my RAM from Amazon as well. It'll be a good number of days before I that memory from New Egg. Oh well. I am looking at these two. http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-Technology-Agility-2-5-Inch-AGT3-25SAT3-120G/dp/B004Z0S6SO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320863194&sr=8-1 and http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Force-2-5-Inch-Solid-CSSD-F120GB3-BK/dp/B0051A8T52/ref=sr_1_12?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1320864883&sr=1-12 They both seem to have really good speeds around the 500~mb/sec range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage November 9, 2011 Author Share ZeroDamage Member November 9, 2011 I went with the Corsair which comes with the bracket to fit 3.5 inch towers. I should have it tomorrow with Amazon prime which means I got the 3-day weekend to reinstall windows after cleaing up my Steam folders, defragging it and all of that jazz. I will post up on how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookie November 9, 2011 Share mookie GC Alumni November 9, 2011 I've noticed that most of the (OCZ) SSDs I was looking at a few months ago have dropped by a full egg, mainly due to a high failure rate. Probably not unique to OCZ, better have a good backup plan in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher November 10, 2011 Share Preacher Member November 10, 2011 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227726 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lousiest November 11, 2011 Share lousiest Member November 11, 2011 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227726 You have that Preach? I'm thinking of getting that this Black Fri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage November 11, 2011 Author Share ZeroDamage Member November 11, 2011 I have amazon prime and grabbed the Crucial drive from there and got it today. Still finishing up my Windows reinstall but WOW! So fast. If I would have thought, I would have bought another one but made it 60GB and used that solely for Windows and used the 120GB for games and the like. I may still go that route later but I think that is the idea way to set your system up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher November 11, 2011 Share Preacher Member November 11, 2011 overall that one was rated highest among the hardware sites for under $200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage November 11, 2011 Author Share ZeroDamage Member November 11, 2011 It is amazingly fast. Once my system gets past the POST stage, it takes about 2.5 to 3 seconds to boot to the login screen. Once I log in, My system is IMMEDIATELY usable; I can launch any and all apps without having to wait. SSDs will over take platter based drives soon enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnderCover November 14, 2011 Share UnderCover Member November 14, 2011 It is amazingly fast. Once my system gets past the POST stage, it takes about 2.5 to 3 seconds to boot to the login screen. Once I log in, My system is IMMEDIATELY usable; I can launch any and all apps without having to wait. SSDs will over take platter based drives soon enough. cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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