fnord76Elder God Premium Member join:2002-05-14 Troy, IL |
fnord76
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2012-Sep-5 9:22 pm
SSD QuestionsSo I believe my HDD is starting to have trouble so I was thinking about upgrading to a SSD. I currently have a 160GB HDD and have barely enough room for my stuff. I was thinking about the SSD to improve performance, but had heard that the SSDs have trouble with overheating with drives bigger that 100GB. I had heard of people using the SSD just for the OS and using another HDD for the rest. What are your guys thoughts about SSDs? |
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KrisnatharokPC Builder, Gamer Premium Member join:2009-02-11 Earth Orbit |
Never heard that rumor. There is nothing fundamentally wrong with SSDs over 100 GB.
They do, however, perform faster the more free space is on them, so don't buy a 120GB drive if you have 110 GB of files. Try to keep 20-40% free for fastest performance. |
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Gordo74 Premium Member join:2003-10-28 Pittsburgh, PA |
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I have never heard about overheating and I am a giant advocate of SSDs. I would buy a 240-256GB SSD for around $150 and be done with it. |
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DKSDamn Kidney Stones
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Love 'em. Follow the instructions (never use defrag; install as boot device) and they work wonders. Two things I have learned, though. Buy the largest SSD you can afford (NAND prices are dropping well below the $1/GB range) and buy the best quality you can afford. I've had a bad experience with OCZ and nothing but good experiences with Intel (current machine has two Intel SSD's). |
actions · 2012-Sep-6 7:09 am · (locked) |
KrisnatharokPC Builder, Gamer Premium Member join:2009-02-11 Earth Orbit |
Yeah, experiences with quality and DOA can be hit or miss. By many narratives, I should have experienced a failure--I have been using a Vertex 2 (one of the older OCZs) in my desktop for 19 months, and an ADATA in my laptop for the past 8 months, zero problems with either of them. I would not be against a Vertex 4 for a new SSD, although I might stay away from the Agilities, because in at least the 3 series they used pretty much any hardware they could get their hands on. |
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McBrainBRB Face Melting join:2010-05-06 Marietta, GA |
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It's not unheard of to find new tech SSDs in the $.65/GB range.
I saw a 240GB SanDisk ExtremeSSD the other day for $155...you can't beat a deal like that.
Kris is right, if you've got 110GB of files, don't get a 120GB drive. Unless you want to get it just to boot your OS from (Win7 x64 is ~25GB). |
actions · 2012-Sep-6 9:22 am · (locked) |
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Lowest I have seen was a 240GB SanDisk SSD for $119.99. |
actions · 2012-Sep-6 11:01 am · (locked) |
McBrainBRB Face Melting join:2010-05-06 Marietta, GA |
You can't beat that with a stick.
$.50/gb is insane. And, if it was the ExtremeSSD model, it's gotten rave reviews from everyone. I would have rather gotten one of those at that price than my Samsung 830 128GB for $109. |
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fnord76Elder God Premium Member join:2002-05-14 Troy, IL |
fnord76
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2012-Sep-6 6:32 pm
Sweet, thanks for the info. I'll see if I can catch a deal at Christmas time. |
actions · 2012-Sep-6 6:32 pm · (locked) |