I'm upgrading my old 7200 RPM hard drive to an SSD. I've never owned or operated a computer with an SSD before. I spent about an hour reading many of the stickies and the links within the stickies, but most of it went right over my head because I'm not very tech-savvy.
As I understand it, there are two major categories of SSDs: SATA II and SATA III, with the latter being a later generation and therefore faster, etc, but some motherboards can't run a SATA III SSD, right? This is my motherboard. Can I run a SATA III SSD on it?
Whether a SATA II or SATA III SSD, I have no idea how to shop for one other than looking at its storage capacity. However, even when I do that, I see huge variation in the cost. For example, I've found some 256GB SATA II SSDs on Newegg that are less than $200, and some that were more than $400, with no discernible difference between them, even when I use Newegg's "compare" feature. There must be something big that I'm missing if there's a two-fold difference in price for the same storage capacity.
So while I've tried browsing Newegg, it seems like a pointless activity if I have no idea what I'm doing.
I plan to put my OS (Win7) on the SSD, along with all of my games (which could easily surpass 150GB), so in terms of storage capacity I'm probably looking for 200+ GB, depending on how exorbitantly priced they are.
As for my budget, it's pretty flexible, but it really depends on how much I'm getting for my dollar. Of course, a $2300 SSD is going to be better than a $300 one, but there's obviously quite a lot of diminishing return going on there. I really hate putting a number out there and calling that "my budget", because if I say I have a $300 budget, and someone knows of a $350 256GB SSD, I don't want to miss out on that and be left with a $280 160GB SSD, you know what I mean? But to give you a ballpark figure, I'd say $300, but again - flexible, and it's all about trying to strike the vertex of the theoretical bang-for-buck parabola.
PS. I'm Canadian, so, if possible, use newegg.ca when looking at SSDs for me
Thanks!
As I understand it, there are two major categories of SSDs: SATA II and SATA III, with the latter being a later generation and therefore faster, etc, but some motherboards can't run a SATA III SSD, right? This is my motherboard. Can I run a SATA III SSD on it?
Whether a SATA II or SATA III SSD, I have no idea how to shop for one other than looking at its storage capacity. However, even when I do that, I see huge variation in the cost. For example, I've found some 256GB SATA II SSDs on Newegg that are less than $200, and some that were more than $400, with no discernible difference between them, even when I use Newegg's "compare" feature. There must be something big that I'm missing if there's a two-fold difference in price for the same storage capacity.
So while I've tried browsing Newegg, it seems like a pointless activity if I have no idea what I'm doing.
I plan to put my OS (Win7) on the SSD, along with all of my games (which could easily surpass 150GB), so in terms of storage capacity I'm probably looking for 200+ GB, depending on how exorbitantly priced they are.
As for my budget, it's pretty flexible, but it really depends on how much I'm getting for my dollar. Of course, a $2300 SSD is going to be better than a $300 one, but there's obviously quite a lot of diminishing return going on there. I really hate putting a number out there and calling that "my budget", because if I say I have a $300 budget, and someone knows of a $350 256GB SSD, I don't want to miss out on that and be left with a $280 160GB SSD, you know what I mean? But to give you a ballpark figure, I'd say $300, but again - flexible, and it's all about trying to strike the vertex of the theoretical bang-for-buck parabola.
PS. I'm Canadian, so, if possible, use newegg.ca when looking at SSDs for me
Thanks!
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They all seem pretty much identical except for brand and price.
