DorkNRok Posted November 12, 2013 Member ID: 3282 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 4 Topic Count: 26 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 350 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 139 Achievement Points: 2327 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/10/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16, 2024 Birthday: 08/18/1983 Posted November 12, 2013 Ok, I've decided to break down and finally get an SSD. New to the Solid State world and I've heard mixed reviews about reliability. Anyone with experience care to recommend their favorite/trusted brand? I would appreciate it gang. Awards
Artimus Prime Posted November 12, 2013 Member ID: 645 Group: ++ COD2 Admin Followers: 19 Topic Count: 38 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 710 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 312 Achievement Points: 4328 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Birthday: 04/19/1960 Device: Windows Posted November 12, 2013 I like the SSD. I have one for a boot drive and Windows 7 64 bit boots in 17 seconds. I have no idiea what brand I have though. Awards
LordOfChaos Posted November 12, 2013 Member ID: 3174 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 100 Topic Count: 78 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2162 Content Per Day: 0.45 Reputation: 1645 Achievement Points: 17423 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/03/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 27, 2017 Birthday: 07/24/1957 Posted November 12, 2013 I have an SSD and it's great... Their a bit pricy. I use is solely to contain the OS, and boot with it. It boots in like 3 seconds, with windows 7 pro... I did. Have some games on it, but I switched them to my terabyte drive, as I did not get a very large SSD drive, and the games filled it up quite fast. If you have the money to spend, then get one with lots of capacity. You can check my profile on Xfire for the specs... Lol I forget which one I bought, but it works fine, have had it almost a year now, and no problems.
DorkNRok Posted November 13, 2013 Member ID: 3282 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 4 Topic Count: 26 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 350 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 139 Achievement Points: 2327 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/10/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16, 2024 Birthday: 08/18/1983 Author Posted November 13, 2013 Thanks guys, and I will check your specs Lord. Awards
Cpt.TennealXI Posted November 13, 2013 Member ID: 24 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 42 Topic Count: 66 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1753 Content Per Day: 0.31 Reputation: 640 Achievement Points: 12252 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 20 Birthday: 12/30/1967 Device: Windows Posted November 13, 2013 I paid a but extra and got the intel...no regrets here! Awards
MtDeW Posted November 13, 2013 Member ID: 49 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 6 Topic Count: 113 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 839 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 993 Achievement Points: 11437 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 23 hours ago Birthday: 02/09/1966 Device: Windows Posted November 13, 2013 I love my ssd and I have ben using it for over a year now.win 7 64 bit boots in 8 seconds
DuckyofDeath123 Posted November 13, 2013 Member ID: 19683 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 19 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 578 Content Per Day: 0.14 Reputation: 598 Achievement Points: 4968 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/20/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 25 Device: iPhone Posted November 13, 2013 So, reliability-wise a name brand SSD is no better or worse than a name brand hard disk. Things to be on the watch for are more to do with the controller used than the brand of SSD, to be honest. At the moment, you're spoiled for choice with SSDs. The Crucial M4 and M500 are popular, but have come up as being a little unreliable in some reviews. The Samsung 840 EVO SSDs are spot-on for price/size/performance/reliability at the moment (I've bought a 500 GB one a few weeks ago). Plextor's current M5s drives are doing very well indeed in user reviews for price/performance and size/price. I would have bought a Plextor if I didn't have a discount on the Samsung drive. Don't buy a small SSD if you have budget for a larger one. Having only Windows and your swap file on there is basically investing money to make your PC start up faster, which you do once a day, presumably. If you can get a bigger one that you can fit your most commonly used programs on (this is why I got the 500 GB one, my old 160 GB Intel was too small) then you start getting more benefit out of it. It is true the SSD won't improve framerates in games, but it WILL drastically cut loading times and that is something you notice every map change in a game or with basically everything you do with other programs. The SSD shines most if you don't have to fall back on old HDDs for your everyday things. And check some shops for prices. A lot of people buy an SSD knowing it's expensive, and forget to check if it could have been €100 cheaper at the neighboring shop. And it could have been, since shops know this and prices can vary wildly. DorkNRok 1 Awards
HarryWeezer Posted November 13, 2013 Member ID: 20166 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.14 Content Count: 7655 Content Per Day: 1.81 Reputation: 7232 Achievement Points: 53682 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 26 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Posted November 13, 2013 I had an SSD once. Penicillin cured it. tsw 8.5, DorkNRok and JohnnyDos 3 Awards
DorkNRok Posted November 13, 2013 Member ID: 3282 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 4 Topic Count: 26 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 350 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 139 Achievement Points: 2327 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/10/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16, 2024 Birthday: 08/18/1983 Author Posted November 13, 2013 Yea Ducky, looking to cut loadtime for BF4/other games and hold the OS. Awards
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