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As some new to the whole SSD thing ... anything I should know or tips?

Certain brands?
Marketing hyper to be avoided?
Certain specs to make sure it has / doesn't have ?
 
Dolby said:
As some new to the whole SSD thing ... anything I should know or tips?

Certain brands?
Marketing hyper to be avoided?
Certain specs to make sure it has / doesn't have ?
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Make sure you buy sata 3 even if you don't have a sata 3 port. Obviously buy a name brand and research it.

Other than there really isn't much to know other than your pc is about to be super charged beyond any upgrade you have ever made. Unless owned you wd veliraptors. Those were pretty good but nothing like ssd's.
 
SSDs also fail and when they do it's more catastrophic than a normal hdd failure so backup your data.
 
ponder said:
SSDs also fail and when they do it's more catastrophic than a normal hdd failure so backup your data.
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Did someone say ssds don't fail? it sounds like you are in one of those wars except you hate ssd's and love your 7200rpm's :D.

obviously ssds fail as does every single computer component we use. so whether you have a 5400rpm/7200rpm or ssd you should back up, nothing is catastrophic about a hdd crash if you have backed up regardless of the tech used.
 
I'm using a dated ADATA S511 120GB and it's been perfect sailing. So don't forget about ADATA :D
 
killadoob said:
Did someone say ssds don't fail? it sounds like you are in one of those wars except you hate ssd's and love your 7200rpm's :D.

obviously ssds fail as does every single computer component we use. so whether you have a 5400rpm/7200rpm or ssd you should back up, nothing is catastrophic about a hdd crash if you have backed up regardless of the tech used.
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HDD's failing is way more catastrophic since you have to decide whether you want to spend R3000+ to recover data. With a SSD you don't have that choice :D
 
Praeses said:
HDD's failing is way more catastrophic since you have to decide whether you want to spend R3000+ to possibly recover data. With a SSD you don't have that choice :D
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It is not a certainty your 2tb drive of porn and windows install will be recovered :p

Kooldude i don't know about you but i would first check the warranty before chucking it away, i do however see what you were getting at :D. I would not spend 1.5k on a new drive if the old one could be replaced and most have 5 year warranties.

Patriot were offering a 10 year warranty or they may still be.
 
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OCZ always good (well so far).
+1 for ADATA - also a good choice (very good value).
I would suggest minimum 120GB - are you using Windows?
 
I don't think any brand has been around long enough to prove themselves. I had one Mushkin die on me, but that was about 3 years ago when SSD drives and price were still frowned upon.

So far my G-SKILL and OCZ both going strong and they were relativity cheap. Take a chance ... can't be worst than any HDD failure rate.
 
I think what was trying to be said was SSD recovery is a lot more expensive than HDD recovery, 3 to 4 times the price, if recoverable at all due to encryption and numerous other issues.

As mentioned by others, if you have backups this doesn't matter, but having an SSD is even more reason to be vigilant with backups.
 
I haven't seen the Intel SSD drives for sale in South Africa yet.

Did Intel decide to hate Africa again?
 
easier to backup SSD's and you wont have 2tbs of data on them :P

So it will be OS, steam, Apps and games. Nothing an image cant handle for you haha
 
NomNom said:
Brands to look at:
Corsair
OCZ
Intel
Samsung (Available at Wootware)
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Add ADATA and Transcend to that list, especially in the case of Transcend's SSD720 family. Very fast drives, those.

kingrob said:
I haven't seen the Intel SSD drives for sale in South Africa yet.

Did Intel decide to hate Africa again?
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The 335 series is on sale everywhere I look, although Intel's a popular brand so they get snapped up quickly.
 
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