128GB SSD

FPS wise, you stand more to gain from an upgrade to a quad core cpu than with the SSD, but if you are happy with your current build, go for that SSD. a SSD is always your last upgrade... ;)
 
Pada said:
Wow, that is an awesome price for that 90GB SSD, but it is rather slow with random read & writes compared to other SSD's. See http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/270341-32-benchmark-result-worries vs http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/357630-Buying-128GB-SSD?p=6716696&viewfull=1#post6716696
That SSD would still make a big difference in terms of speed over your existing HDD's.

Last year March I've paid R1400 for a 30GB OCZ Vertex 2, and that was the cheapest SSD I could find with a reasonable speed, which is slower than this Kingston 90GB.
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30GB? so little space?

I see.. mm.. slow.. :( But yeah.. kk.. guess what you pay is what you get.. :D
 
SharkBait said:
FPS wise, you stand more to gain from an upgrade to a quad core cpu than with the SSD, but if you are happy with your current build, go for that SSD. a SSD is always your last upgrade... ;)
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Mm was thinking of that..

But the thing is, if I have to upgrade the CPU, that'll mean I have it lying around.. until a get another mobo to start another PC..

So i just thought, maybe I should upgrade the CPU later..

And just upgrade the SSD..

Cause it's not like the i3 is slow anyway.. It can run all the games that I enjoy playing.. but Just want something EXTRA.. to make it run faster :)
 
kaisterkai said:
Yeah, i know what you mean, it's not a NEED, but it's a WANT.. and a AWESOME want..

I asked about this in the pervious post, people say it's the BEST upgrade you can EVER get for a PC.. :D

So i think it's all worth going for it :) IMO
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Maybe not a need at first, but once you try one, that *want* instantly turns into a *need* ;)

A friend of mine wasn't convinced at all, he thought it was a huge waste of money (thinking in size terms) but when he got a 60gb vertex for his new desktop, he was so amazed at the performance, he got one for his old desktop too.

And my old desktop does feel like it's 10 years old in comparison now. It's honestly a pain to use... (and I did try the ssd in there before I got my new pc, it felt like the whole thing had been upgraded, ram and all)
 
xera said:
Maybe not a need at first, but once you try one, that *want* instantly turns into a *need* ;)

A friend of mine wasn't convinced at all, he thought it was a huge waste of money (thinking in size terms) but when he got a 60gb vertex for his new desktop, he was so amazed at the performance, he got one for his old desktop too.

And my old desktop does feel like it's 10 years old in comparison now. It's honestly a pain to use... (and I did try the ssd in there before I got my new pc, it felt like the whole thing had been upgraded, ram and all)
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Yeah, my friends and I just said that SSD isn't really a need, so it can wait..

But I kind of want my PC to run FAST FAST!!
Want to get one so badly, but money.. :(

so expensive.. :(


But so to speak a 90GB will be fine for Win 7 right? (Obviously with no pic,vid etc :P )
 
Yes, 90dB would be perfect for Windows 7 x64.

You should be able to install all the critical/commonly used applications on there and still have like 10-20GB space left.
 
I see.. mm.. Speaking of which...

Um.. you know the Kingston 96Gb SSD, think there is any reason not to get that?

I mean I know the read and write speed is lower.. but it's still faster than normal HDD.. so would it be better to get the expensive one or think that one is fine?
 
Yes it's enough.

I have all my development software installed on my 120GB (111gb acually), plus some games (mw2, black ops, crysis, crysis warhead, cod 4), and all my source code also lives on my SSD, because it's very frequently accessed.

I do not store multimedia on it (pictures, movies, music)

And I stilll have 16GB free....

Pada where do you store your source, btw?
 
Well, at my office my source code are either in /home/<username>/www or in /home/<username>/NetBeansProjects/<Project Name>
The projects/source code that I'm working with are usually quite small < 100kB, so it really doesn't take up much space on the SSD to begin with.
I can fit my Ubuntu 11.04 x64, data and all my applications on my 30GB SSD, and still have like 10GB left, which I can't say from Win7 ;)

At my home I don't code that often any more, so my files are actually in my My Documents folder, which is on my HDD.

I don't store any multimedia on my SSD either.
 
xera said:
Yes it's enough.

I have all my development software installed on my 120GB (111gb acually), plus some games (mw2, black ops, crysis, crysis warhead, cod 4), and all my source code also lives on my SSD, because it's very frequently accessed.

I do not store multimedia on it (pictures, movies, music)

And I stilll have 16GB free....

Pada where do you store your source, btw?
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I'm thinking you guys are talking about OS that isn't Win 7?

but ok.. I get it.. mm..

stil think 128GB is better :)
 
Pada said:
Well, at my office my source code are either in /home/<username>/www or in /home/<username>/NetBeansProjects/<Project Name>
The projects/source code that I'm working with are usually quite small < 100kB, so it really doesn't take up much space on the SSD to begin with.
I can fit my Ubuntu 11.04 x64, data and all my applications on my 30GB SSD, and still have like 10GB left, which I can't say from Win7 ;)

At my home I don't code that often any more, so my files are actually in my My Documents folder, which is on my HDD.

I don't store any multimedia on my SSD either.
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I see .. that's cool.. leave window 7.. and use something else :)

Yeah, kind of pointless to store media on SSD though.. but kk.. get point :)
 
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