should i go SSD?

Swatman · Apr 16, 2009

300 gb is no longer enough for me to hold and im thinking of a few options right now

500 GB HDD or 64 GB SSD for my *SSD would be for OS only*

now i have a few options im looking at and i will link them below

500 GB:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136320

SSD option:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231220

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220342

now if i get the SSD im going to keep my 300 gb and use them both, if i get the 500 gb im going to get rid of my 300. what should i do and why?

icebob · Apr 16, 2009

Swatman said:
300 gb is no longer enough for me to hold and im thinking of a few options right now

500 GB HDD or 64 GB SSD for my *SSD would be for OS only*

now i have a few options im looking at and i will link them below

500 GB:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136320

SSD option:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231220

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220342

now if i get the SSD im going to keep my 300 gb and use them both, if i get the 500 gb im going to get rid of my 300. what should i do and why?

SSD is tricky you don't want to go with anything that have a Jmicron controller so your choice are basically The Big Dudes (intel SSD but the are frikkin expensive or go with the OCZ Vertex which are more affordable but still expensive

Swatman · Apr 16, 2009

what is a jmicron?

icebob · Apr 16, 2009

It's the controller build in the SSD. Don't want to touch that

Swatman · Apr 16, 2009

im not looking to spend over 150 so i can get a 60gb vertex ill be happy

icebob · Apr 16, 2009

Swatman said:
im not looking to spend over 150 so i can get a 60gb vertex ill be happy

If you can find one at that price let me know I'll buy 3 mores...

Swatman · Apr 16, 2009

icebob said:
If you can find one at that price let me know I'll buy 3 mores...

sorry meant to say, "if i can find a 60gb for 150 ill be happy"

turbohans · Apr 16, 2009

If you got the money, for shure!! even just to have your OS and most demanding program on SSD keeping what you got would be good.

I plan to soon, thinking 60gb will be plenty for windows and all my progs and just using what I already got for music pictures and videos.

turbohans · Apr 16, 2009

icebob said:
It's the controller build in the SSD. Don't want to touch that

shure is,, just like a regular drive...

Charr · Apr 16, 2009

turbohans said:
shure is,, just like a regular drive...

No, the jmicron chip in cheap SSDs is ****.

OP, you may want to get 2x 7200RPM drives and put them in RAID, or a 10k drive. Cheap SSDs really shine when a few are in RAID on a hardware controller with a big buffer. This makes the stuttering and random write problems a lot less serious.

Swatman · Apr 17, 2009

ok so i see many NAYS for these SSD's. should i just go with 500 gb normal HDD then? which one from my link should i go w ith

Psychotron · Apr 17, 2009

Yeah good dont go with SSD.
I have 2 120Gb OCZ Vertex. I mean the SSD are fast but you can only see it in benchmarks..imo. Thats why I went back to my raptor set up..

Id get this one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136218

icebob · Apr 17, 2009

Swatman said:
ok so i see many NAYS for these SSD's. should i just go with 500 gb normal HDD then? which one from my link should i go w ith

If you go with the cheap ones there's a lot af nays but if you get the right stuff holy cow :beer:

those thing are fast

icebob · Apr 17, 2009

Psychotron said:
Yeah good dont go with SSD.
I have 2 120Gb OCZ Vertex. I mean the SSD are fast but you can only see it in benchmarks..imo. Thats why I went back to my raptor set up..

Id get this one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136218

Did you set them up the right way? there's a little bit of work to get those bad boys setup but when they are put your helmet on :beer:

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