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- Jan 5, 2005
I'm looking to get a new SSD before December comes around because my drive is getting full and there are so many new games coming out! I'm looking for something either around 128GB or 256GB.
My first question is, with a 128GB SSD, how much space do you actually get after Windows formatting? With a 256GB?
As far as drives, I want something with great gaming performance, and it seems the bigger drives are faster. I don't mind spending money, but I don't want to waste it either. Things I've heard:
OCZ Vertex 3: apparently the fastest out there but plagued with stability problems, so I'm not sure I want to deal with that.
Crucial M4: Seems to be a pretty popular choice around here, fast, cheap, and stable
Intel 510: very reliable but also seems kinda expensive. Might be able to get a discount through an intel employee which could make it worthwhile...
Kingston HyperX: haven't heard much about this guy, but its apparently quite expensive
Samsung 830: this one just came out and it seems to have great performance, beating the m4 in sequential reads/writes which is the main mode for games as I hear. apparently the reliability is in question though...
Any comments/suggestions?
Also, is now a good time to buy? from everything I've seen, it looks like there won't be any new groundbreaking SSDs coming out in the next few months, so I won't be kicking myself. I'll probably wait til closer to december for prices to go down but I want to start doing some research and figure out what I'm gonna get.
My first question is, with a 128GB SSD, how much space do you actually get after Windows formatting? With a 256GB?
As far as drives, I want something with great gaming performance, and it seems the bigger drives are faster. I don't mind spending money, but I don't want to waste it either. Things I've heard:
OCZ Vertex 3: apparently the fastest out there but plagued with stability problems, so I'm not sure I want to deal with that.
Crucial M4: Seems to be a pretty popular choice around here, fast, cheap, and stable
Intel 510: very reliable but also seems kinda expensive. Might be able to get a discount through an intel employee which could make it worthwhile...
Kingston HyperX: haven't heard much about this guy, but its apparently quite expensive
Samsung 830: this one just came out and it seems to have great performance, beating the m4 in sequential reads/writes which is the main mode for games as I hear. apparently the reliability is in question though...
Any comments/suggestions?
Also, is now a good time to buy? from everything I've seen, it looks like there won't be any new groundbreaking SSDs coming out in the next few months, so I won't be kicking myself. I'll probably wait til closer to december for prices to go down but I want to start doing some research and figure out what I'm gonna get.