AyeAyeRon Posted May 2, 2016 Member ID: 1371 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 348 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1906 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 585 Achievement Points: 14042 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 2, 2018 Birthday: 03/01/1990 Posted May 2, 2016 I was browsing on which SSD card brands/size i should consider. I have marked the "transcend 256 gig" for $75... is this a good deal ? is it a reputable brand ? should i consider more gigs or is 256 good for now ? If down the road i wanted more can i put in more then 1 SSD or do i just buy one with more space ? thank you for answering these questions Awards
Sammy Posted May 2, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted May 2, 2016 If you use it only for the OS and programs that dont take up 50gb of space each... meaning games... then 256 should be good. But if you do want your games on it then 512 would be essential. Personally, I have games on a secondary HDD since they take up so much space and I dont use them much. Dont know about that brand but never had a problem with my samsung. Just be sure your mb can handle achi. It should. Also, you will need to either reinstall the OS (better in the long run) or change out all the needed drivers. Awards
AyeAyeRon Posted May 2, 2016 Member ID: 1371 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 348 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1906 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 585 Achievement Points: 14042 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 2, 2018 Birthday: 03/01/1990 Author Posted May 2, 2016 (edited) you said "Just be sure your mb can handle achi. It should" what does this mean ? and im looking at the MB i want, how do i see if it can support it? *EDIT* FYI this is the name of the MB i am trying to get. MSI 970 GAMING DDR3 2133 ATX AMD Edited May 2, 2016 by PrPleKusH Awards
Sammy Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted May 3, 2016 Ok yea anything made within the last few years is good to go. Each BIOS is handled differently but somewhere is the setting to enable it. Probably in the same place as raid control. Awards
Damage_inc- Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.27 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Posted May 3, 2016 (edited) ssd are too expensive still.while a standard drive is $45.0 for 1 tb- all you need..ssd's are usualy only used for operating systems only and a secondary drive for main storage.gl btw if you build you can pick up a builders os for $45.0 at amazon now then upgrade to win 10 for free- i got win7 pro and upgraded to win10 pro-works grt oh btw this is kinda kool howbout a SSHD Edited May 3, 2016 by Damage_inc- Awards
AyeAyeRon Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 1371 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 348 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1906 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 585 Achievement Points: 14042 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 2, 2018 Birthday: 03/01/1990 Author Posted May 3, 2016 Thanks guys. I appreciate it. Im still very new at hardware but i feel im picking up on it fairly quickly. I appreciate all the help, its ironic Idiots helping an idiot ! hahaha Damage_inc- 1 Awards
Blackbart Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 51 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 342 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5974 Content Per Day: 1.04 Reputation: 3766 Achievement Points: 45818 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 27, 2021 Birthday: 06/26/1949 Posted May 3, 2016 you said "Just be sure your mb can handle achi. It should" what does this mean ? and im looking at the MB i want, how do i see if it can support it? *EDIT* FYI this is the name of the MB i am trying to get. MSI 970 GAMING DDR3 2133 ATX AMD ACHI is the mode that an SSD uses to communicate..."Standard IDE" is the default mode...In the BIOS you change from "Standard IDE" to "ACHI" or "RAID" if you are configuring a RAID setup... Awards
AyeAyeRon Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 1371 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 348 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1906 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 585 Achievement Points: 14042 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 2, 2018 Birthday: 03/01/1990 Author Posted May 3, 2016 Oh ok, thanks bart... still no idea what that is but ill smile and nod lol ill probably google it to save the shame Blackbart 1 Awards
Sammy Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted May 3, 2016 Never spent much time looking at those seagate hybrid drives. Are they actually significantly better than a good hdd or just a gimmick? Awards
iboomboom Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 20343 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 90 Topic Count: 205 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3407 Content Per Day: 0.81 Reputation: 3084 Achievement Points: 30326 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 10/11/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: Saturday at 05:48 AM Birthday: 07/01/1983 Device: Macintosh Posted May 3, 2016 I have a WD Black Performance 4TB and I get 200MB/sec seq write rates on large files. SSDs are low on power but the value isn't really there yet for the high performance, high capacity SSDs. If you're on a budget, WD Black Pro is better than its Seagate rival. My 5 year old 1.5TB seagate died on me when I tried to load Adobe from it. I have a 10 year old 200GB Maxtor and its still rocking, I am just amazed. AyeAyeRon 1 Awards
Sammy Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted May 3, 2016 My WD Black 2TB failed the various tests with too many bad sectors after about 5-6 months. The tests would get to a certain point then either slow to a crawl or come to a dead stop. However they quickly replaced it with an rma 3TB drive so I have no complaints. iboomboom 1 Awards
AyeAyeRon Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 1371 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 348 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1906 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 585 Achievement Points: 14042 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 2, 2018 Birthday: 03/01/1990 Author Posted May 3, 2016 Lmao i bet you dont ! if they would replace my 2tb with a 3tb id be happy too and even give them 5 stars lol Awards
Sammy Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted May 3, 2016 I got the black drive for the 5 year warranty as much for as the performance. The typical 2 year warranty these days just seems too short and suggests that after two years the failure rate goes up. Awards
dudebroman Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 23961 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 7 Topic Count: 35 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 484 Content Per Day: 0.14 Reputation: 334 Achievement Points: 3415 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/15/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 18, 2024 Birthday: 02/21/1986 Device: Windows Posted May 3, 2016 For SSDs I have 2 brands. I have a 250gb Samsung 850 pro - fantastic product and clones your old drive to the ssd providing you have the space. I also have 2x 250gb Intel 535 SSDs. Again brilliant kit. The software on this will also give you an estimated lifetime as well, based on how many writes it has done etc. If I were to choose...I'd go Samsung every time, but price wise Intel had a great deal that I frankly couldn't pass up on amazon. steam: nephilim460 | origin: netphlix_n_chill | twitch: nephilim_uk Magnus_1 1 Awards
Sammy Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted May 3, 2016 I agree price aside I would go with samsung. You do get what you pay for. Awards
AyeAyeRon Posted May 3, 2016 Member ID: 1371 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 348 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1906 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 585 Achievement Points: 14042 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 2, 2018 Birthday: 03/01/1990 Author Posted May 3, 2016 Ok thanks guys ill look more into them. Awards
SupaDupa Posted May 4, 2016 Member ID: 20988 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 29 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 317 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 310 Achievement Points: 2300 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/23/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 17, 2024 Birthday: 10/16/1980 Device: Android Posted May 4, 2016 I'm going to say this only once. There is only two companys you should ever consider purchasing from when it comes to SSD's. Samsung (evo series) preferably,or Intell!!!! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147373&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Solid+State+Disk-_-N82E16820147373&gclid=CJfrwtqbv8wCFdKIfgodLlwE8Q&gclsrc=aw.ds Don't be a cheap ass!! As Arnold always said, DO IT, DO IT NOW!!!! Magnus_1 and AyeAyeRon 2
L!ckALotAPus Posted May 4, 2016 Member ID: 21216 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 20 Topic Count: 33 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1695 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 1732 Achievement Points: 15803 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/15/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 8, 2020 Birthday: 02/09/1966 Posted May 4, 2016 I have an old OCZ vertex 3 and it has over 70,000 hours on it, and 0 problems. 550/540 zoom zoom
YACCster Posted May 4, 2016 Member ID: 20683 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 138 Topic Count: 311 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 3407 Content Per Day: 0.82 Reputation: 4127 Achievement Points: 45800 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 22 Joined: 12/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: Saturday at 07:04 PM Device: iPhone Posted May 4, 2016 SSD is the only way to go unless you want over 1TB of storage, and even then there are lots of options. Example of a deal today: Adata 960GB SATA 6Gbps for $188: Newegg via eBay offers the Adata Premier SP550 2.5" 960GB Serial ATA 6Gb/s TLC Internal SSD, model no. ASP550SS3-960GM-C, for $187.99 with free shipping. That's tied with our mention from three weeks ago as the lowest total price we've seen. (It's a current best by $12.) It features up to 520MB/s read speeds and up to 490MB/s write speeds. Deal ends May 9. Awards
AyeAyeRon Posted May 10, 2016 Member ID: 1371 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 348 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1906 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 585 Achievement Points: 14042 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 2, 2018 Birthday: 03/01/1990 Author Posted May 10, 2016 Im getting a SSHD cheaper, bigger storage and just barely slower then SSD Damage_inc- 1 Awards
hxtr Posted May 11, 2016 Member ID: 220 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 147 Topic Count: 595 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 16950 Content Per Day: 2.96 Reputation: 13538 Achievement Points: 129714 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 120 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 26, 2023 Birthday: 04/05/1970 Posted May 11, 2016 ssd are too expensive still.while a standard drive is $45.0 for 1 tb- all you need..ssd's are usualy only used for operating systems only and a secondary drive for main storage.gl btw if you build you can pick up a builders os for $45.0 at amazon now then upgrade to win 10 for free- i got win7 pro and upgraded to win10 pro-works grt oh btw this is kinda kool howbout a SSHD It is like buying a new computer the speed difference though. You can get a EVO 256 or 512 by Samsung EVO 850 or the Pro 850. 256GB like $88 bucks or so and $144 for the 512GB. Having and hard drive and ssd... no thanks.
Magnus_1 Posted May 11, 2016 Member ID: 1410 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 43 Topic Count: 25 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 525 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 476 Achievement Points: 3640 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 05/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 20 Birthday: 05/08/1953 Device: Windows Posted May 11, 2016 (edited) SAMSUNG EVO 850 !!!! I have 2 . Samsung developed their own memory controllers, whereas the rest use the Sandusk controllers. Mucho problemos with the Sandusk. i boot from a cold start in less than 30 seconds. A restart takes half of that. Edited May 11, 2016 by Magnus JohnnyDos, Teleck and SupaDupa 3 Awards
TBB Posted May 11, 2016 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 290 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 20404 Content Per Day: 3.65 Reputation: 22461 Achievement Points: 147463 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 390 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 11 hours ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: Windows Posted May 11, 2016 I also have a Samsung EVO 850 in my new build. Use it as my boot drive - fast - have WD Black Caviars for regular storage SupaDupa 1 Awards
Sammy Posted May 11, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted May 11, 2016 Yup nothing wrong with a 256 ssd for programs.... assuming not loaded with big games... and a wd black for everything else. Basically thats the idea behind hybrids anyways but keeping a clean boot ssd with programs and swapping out or adding hdds for the heavy lifting as needed is preferable. Albeit more work to set up. Awards
SupaDupa Posted May 11, 2016 Member ID: 20988 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 29 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 317 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 310 Achievement Points: 2300 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/23/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 17, 2024 Birthday: 10/16/1980 Device: Android Posted May 11, 2016 See.....The hybrids are a no no btw. Because if one of the drives fain in it then you have a half broken coffee coaster. And yes,they break a lot.
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