Girlzilla July 23, 2014 Share Girlzilla Member July 23, 2014 If you were to buy an SSD, which and why? Memory size - only need to install Windows 7 and a few programs. My old, regular drive would be for games. I want to hear people's opinions on brands so I don't buy a brick! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZesteR July 23, 2014 Share ZesteR Member July 23, 2014 Hello! I did a few builds personally and at work using SSD drives. One thing I find myself wishing is that I got a larger SSD drive! I spent the time to review newegg to find a decently reviewed SSD drive that had fast WRITE speeds. All SSDs are going to have fast read speeds, but WRITE is where it's at. With that said, I would get at least a 240GB SSD. You'll notice you'll be slowly installing new programs that you want to run fast and take advantage of the SSD's speed. I.E. GAMES! Your load times for games will be very fast compared to your old magnetic HDDs. Brands, I've used Intel and GSkill with no issues. I have bought Kingston SSD, but that was awhile ago when SSDs were new. Still works, but it's "slow" compared to newer SSDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackYoshi July 23, 2014 Share BlackYoshi Member July 23, 2014 (edited) I have a 128GB SSD and I find that it does everything that I need it to. I have my system set up so that only my OS is installed on my SSD and I have an additional terabyte drive that I use for my games and such. My boot/system speeds have always very impressive, I actually have a hard time accessing my BIOS because it boots too quickly. The drive is still fairly old as well, I bought it two years ago and it's still running just fine for me. I'd suggest buying a newer model over my brand, the brand is Crucial btw. It's mostly up to you on what you want to use it for, SSDs are pretty expensive for some of the 250GB+ ones. Edited July 23, 2014 by BlackYoshi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaRvIn July 23, 2014 Share MaRvIn Member July 23, 2014 (edited) If I were to buy an SSD I would go with a Samsung Pro. I am running a Samsung Evo and I put a Samsung Pro in killer's build. We both haven't had any problems. They are the top rated SSD's on Newegg and I have seen nothing but good reviews on youtube. Really with SSD's they are the only way to go in my book. Edited July 23, 2014 by MaRvIn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaftiel July 23, 2014 Share shaftiel Member July 23, 2014 (edited) ........ and I have seen nothing but good reviews on youtube. Well if Youtube says its a winner... I say go for it! I have been itching to get one myself, probably a present to myself on my next birthday Shaftiel Edited July 23, 2014 by shaftiel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaRvIn July 23, 2014 Share MaRvIn Member July 23, 2014 Figure I will just leave this here for your viewing pleasure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
san` July 23, 2014 Share san` GC Alumni July 23, 2014 I have this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147193 Works great for me, as I like having games installed on it and use my other drive for storage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingCat July 23, 2014 Share walkingCat Member July 23, 2014 same as san only 128 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onyxdragoon July 23, 2014 Share onyxdragoon Member July 23, 2014 I have 2 Crucial M4s 256GB which were one of the best at the time. I usually read Tom's Hardware for tips. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-recommendation-benchmark,3269.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieChan July 23, 2014 Share JackieChan GC Alumni July 23, 2014 I have a 128gb Samsung Evo and it's running great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfsblood July 24, 2014 Share Wolfsblood Member July 24, 2014 I'm using a Crucial 128gb SSD and with Ubuntu as the os. It boots amazingly fast, when I click "suspend", it's gone to sleep before I can drag my creaky old self out of my chair. On recovery from suspend, it's ready to resume before the lcd monitor has come up. I do not have games installed on it though, as have it partitioned in case I decide I need anther operating system for those few programs that refuse to run in linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher July 24, 2014 Share Preacher Member July 24, 2014 I started with a 128gb and was like you but I quickly found I was constantly moving crap around so I got a 240gb http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148694 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girlzilla July 24, 2014 Author Share Girlzilla Member July 24, 2014 Thanks everyone for your replies. I'll be thinking on this - I'm hoping to save $$ to buy this in the next 1-2 months. I also need a new video card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
san` July 24, 2014 Share san` GC Alumni July 24, 2014 You could always sell one of Jack's kidneys... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onyxdragoon July 24, 2014 Share onyxdragoon Member July 24, 2014 I am looking to buy a kidney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girlzilla July 24, 2014 Author Share Girlzilla Member July 24, 2014 Jack's fresh out of kidneys. How do you think I afforded my CPU and mobo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackburton July 24, 2014 Share jackburton Member July 24, 2014 It's true she's stealing my organs! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crasx August 11, 2014 Share crasx GC Alumni August 11, 2014 zilla- I got a new graphics card and have a pair of 6870s I don't need. interested? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher August 12, 2014 Share Preacher Member August 12, 2014 I could use one crasx what you looking to get for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey August 12, 2014 Share Smokey Member August 12, 2014 Works great for me, as I like having games installed on it and use my other drive for storage. Same here, although I have the 128GB version. It's true you're not supposed to defrag them, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onyxdragoon August 12, 2014 Share onyxdragoon Member August 12, 2014 Don't defrag them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaRvIn August 12, 2014 Share MaRvIn Member August 12, 2014 http://www.pcworld.com/article/2047513/fragging-wonderful-the-truth-about-defragging-your-ssd.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onyxdragoon August 12, 2014 Share onyxdragoon Member August 12, 2014 TL:DR There is no need to defrag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaRvIn August 13, 2014 Share MaRvIn Member August 13, 2014 Not at all. I wouldn't do it but some people do it every six months that I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protomanx13 August 13, 2014 Share Protomanx13 Member August 13, 2014 Not at all. I wouldn't do it but some people do it every six months that I know. That is bad, because the reason why SSD run so fast is due to parallel read. Say your SSD has 4 flash memory, if you save a 100MB data to your SSD, your data will break it up into multiple data package to save in multiple flash memory. This allows faster read time by accessing multiple flash memory when it tries to get the data. So really, this is like raid 0 by combing multiple hard drive to increase speed. If you defrag your SSD, essentially you are reading only from one flash memory. So instead of achieving 4 (or # of flash memory) times of speed, you are reducing that read time to 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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