Which SSD

[The_Mowgs]

So after much thought, and reading people's positive experience, I have decided to upgrade my home pc hdd to SSD.

This will be for a normal home pc so nothing fancy.

Budget: No more than R2000 (shipping included)
Size: Current HDD is 250gig so I think it should be enough

Would someone point me in the right direction please. I am registered on Carbonite but not sure which ssd's to look at or consider.

Thanks

 

[InusB]

Have a look at http://www.gtxgaming.co.za/

Crucial BX100 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal SSD for R2,100.00

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Have a look at http://www.gtxgaming.co.za/

Crucial BX100 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal SSD for R2,100.00

Still waiting for stock

 

[The_Mowgs]

Have a look at http://www.gtxgaming.co.za/

Crucial BX100 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal SSD for R2,100.00

That seems like a very good price but is it a good drive?

 

[Vaughan]

Crucial is a great drive, good speeds, good reliability and amazing price per GB.
Almost no point going any other brand at the moment unless you have a personal preference.
The real question is which Crucial....

 

[Electric]

http://carbonite.co.za/f42/crucial-bx100-250gb-ssd-102782/

 

[Alacrity]

Crucial is a great drive, good speeds, good reliability and amazing price per GB.
Almost no point going any other brand at the moment unless you have a personal preference.
The real question is which Crucial....

You don't need a big SSD. Use the SSD for OS and Apps. And a secondary HDD for data, music, movies etc. 120GB is big enough and you get all the benefits.

Also, don't forget to over provision unless you want your drive to die prematurely due to write amplification...

Also, disable hibernation or move the hibernation file to the secondary HDD!!! The swap file need special attention, mine is on a 2GB RAM drive...

 

[Vis1/0N]

Also, disable hibernation or move the hibernation file to the secondary HDD!!! The swap file need special attention, mine is on a 2GB RAM drive...

I moved swap to ssd. Also based on something I read on the Internet. Rightly or wrongly I don't know for sure

 

[Alacrity]

I moved swap to ssd. Also based on something I read on the Internet. Rightly or wrongly I don't know for sure

You want the swap file on the fastest disc. SSD is fast but RAM disk is faster. You need enough RAM to do this.

 

[Ancalagon]

BX100 is not as fast as Samsung 850 Evo. Look at reviews.

I got a Samsung 850 Evo 250GB from Wootware (actually yesterday) for R1750.

The BX100 is more power efficient, but the Samsung 850 Evo is faster and comes with a 5 year warranty.

 

[JCM]

Samsung EVO 850, never looked back.

 

[Ancalagon]

Wootware has pretty good prices on SSDs. I think Takealot has the BX100 for cheap, too.

 

[The_Mowgs]

Thanks all. Will look at the samsung, sounds perfect.

 

[Ancalagon]

You want the swap file on the fastest disc. SSD is fast but RAM disk is faster. You need enough RAM to do this.

I did some reading on this. They say that Windows is designed with a swap file in mind, and it works best with one around, even if you have enough RAM.

 

[Rocket-Boy]

Takealot have a daily deal on the Samsung 850evo today, good price.

 

[P924]

Takealot have a daily deal on the Samsung 850evo today, good price.

Was sold out at like 10h00...

 

[Ancalagon]

Was sold out at like 10h00...

Ah man I could have saved R200! Damn.

 

[The_Mowgs]

Just bought the 850evo. Anything I should know before installing clean OS on the drive?

 

[Soul Assassin]

Just bought the 850evo. Anything I should know before installing clean OS on the drive?

Place pillows around your chair for when you fall off from the sheer speed a SSD gives you.

 

[The_Mowgs]

Place pillows around your chair for when you fall off from the sheer speed a SSD gives you.

All around? And which type will be best?