Hey,
i'll start with the situation I guess, I'm in the process of getting all the parts I will be using in my new build and would like some advice/suggestions on SSD. Now to give a perspective - I've never owned or used a computer with SSD so any SSD would be a huge improvement for me.
I've done most of my homework, I've read couple different reviews on each of the SSDs I mention in topic title but now I'd really appreciate some "real-life" experience. Now I do know that OCN Forums have specific topics for each of the drives separately but they are massive in size and the information they provide is sparse, spanning several pages of "off-topic" in-between.
I'll repeat the drives in question:
As you can see, all of them are roughly the same size(120 vs 128), I've come to a decision that this would be the best size for me at the moment - OS + Parts of Adobe Creative suite + 3/4 currently played games. I do understand that bigger drives offer slight increase in performance but as I've been told, in real-life use this will not be noticeable.
As I mentioned, the SSD will be used to host OS, Adobe Creative Suite parts and up to 4 currently played games, for the rest of the system I have a 2x 300GB VelociRaptor(Raid 1) for some more frequently used files that will make the SSD weep - heavy Dropbox use, lots of file exchanges, downloads - lots of writing to HDD and 2x 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 for everything else.
Now regarding price, all of the mentioned drives are roughly the same price(+/- 20$ from the price of Samsung 830), Crucial m4 being the cheapest and OCZ Vertex 4 being the most expensive.
Knowing all that, what would you suggest I get and if possible - why?
i'll start with the situation I guess, I'm in the process of getting all the parts I will be using in my new build and would like some advice/suggestions on SSD. Now to give a perspective - I've never owned or used a computer with SSD so any SSD would be a huge improvement for me.
I've done most of my homework, I've read couple different reviews on each of the SSDs I mention in topic title but now I'd really appreciate some "real-life" experience. Now I do know that OCN Forums have specific topics for each of the drives separately but they are massive in size and the information they provide is sparse, spanning several pages of "off-topic" in-between.
I'll repeat the drives in question:
- INTEL 520 SATA3 SSD 120G 2.5 MLC 25NM 10
- OCZ, Vertex 3, 120GB, 2.5, SATA III, 120 GB MLC, Retail, VTX3-25SAT3-120G
- OCZ 2.5" Vertex 4 Series Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - 128 GB
- Samsung 830 Series internal SSD - 128 GB (MZ-7PC128B/WW)
- CRUCIAL m4 2.5" internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - 128 GB
As you can see, all of them are roughly the same size(120 vs 128), I've come to a decision that this would be the best size for me at the moment - OS + Parts of Adobe Creative suite + 3/4 currently played games. I do understand that bigger drives offer slight increase in performance but as I've been told, in real-life use this will not be noticeable.
As I mentioned, the SSD will be used to host OS, Adobe Creative Suite parts and up to 4 currently played games, for the rest of the system I have a 2x 300GB VelociRaptor(Raid 1) for some more frequently used files that will make the SSD weep - heavy Dropbox use, lots of file exchanges, downloads - lots of writing to HDD and 2x 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 for everything else.
Now regarding price, all of the mentioned drives are roughly the same price(+/- 20$ from the price of Samsung 830), Crucial m4 being the cheapest and OCZ Vertex 4 being the most expensive.
Knowing all that, what would you suggest I get and if possible - why?
) because they have the longest warranty and are very reliable. Considering you are doing a lot of reading/writing.
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