Guide to SSD drives

[red_ned]

Found this which kind of help:
http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/19193 ... yers-guide

and

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/18 ... oud-expect

i am thinking of buying this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-2-5-Inc ... b_title_ce
reviewed
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/18 ... ey-can-buy

[Mad Frankie]

The Samsung SSD Evo drives are very good but if you're after a little better bang per buck then the Crucial SSDs have the edge and in continued day to day desktop operations there'll be no discernible difference between the two.

Crucial MX100 256Gb SSD for £80 : http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... ubcat=2393

* I've used the above company for many years now for parts, upgrades and full systems for myself and many other people. I've found their service and support to be second to none.

* Crucial, Samsung and Intel all offer a range of very good drives - none of them would be a bad choice at all. The latest OCZ drives however draw a little more power than others and may therefore not be the best choice for anyone considering one for a laptop due to heat considerations.

[rey mears]

i think the write speed is a little low on the crucial, the evo is a fair amount faster http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... =HD-191-SA also the scandisk http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprodu ... ubcat=2393 is a fast card which i persoanly have from the oc black friday deals cost £60 but gone up again.

[Mad Frankie]

Yes, the Samsung Evo range are faster on write speeds in tests but you pay a premium that's a little disproportionate I feel.
The Sandisk is a good shout however in the lower price range and comes with a good warranty.

I personally feel that longer term tests are of more value with SSDs for most people. I've got an Intel SSD 520 240Gb which was given to me. On my system it feels a little more rounded and relaxed in day to day use than my old Evo 120Gb and yet the benchmarks out there don't reflect this.

[red_ned]

ok so i went through with my plans as i wanted 2 separate drives, 1 windows drive and 1 game drive

120GB Samsung 850 EVO, 2.5" SSD <- windows drive
1TB Samsung 850 EVO, 2.5" SSD <- game drive
Akasa AK-HDA-03 2.5-3.5 inch SSD/HDD Adapter <- holds both drives

This allows me to replace my partitioned primary drive (100GB-windows and 900GB-games) Sata3 7200rpm and still have my 2x2TB Sata3 drives

i have some live backup software to move windows on the fly to new drive so hopefully as it is slightly bigger and i run games from a 2nd drive it shouldn't be too bad to swap over.


Total cost including postage - £409.84 which is a shit load but they are the newest 3D V drives and should match up nicely in my i7 6 core 16gb ddr3 machine and finally allow things to load as fast as they can.
will let you know how it all goes