TTQ B4U Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 So I'm looking to upgrade system to SSD. What are the reliable and decent ones to look at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 If you want a fast single 2.5" the new Vertex 4 is the shizzy. Just put one in a laptop and it's awesome. If you want no questions asked, fastest thing in town, get a PCI-E Based SSD. I have one of these in my main desktop and well, it's nuts. Over 1Gb/s transfers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.cos Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 If you want a fast single 2.5" the new Vertex 4 is the shizzy. Just put one in a laptop and it's awesome. If you want no questions asked, fastest thing in town, get a PCI-E Based SSD. I have one of these in my main desktop and well, it's nuts. Over 1Gb/s transfers. holy crap thats pricy. We have an SSD in the macbook pro, and i love it.. i hate working on my PC now its sooo slow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted November 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 holy crap thats pricy. We have an SSD in the macbook pro, and i love it.. i hate working on my PC now its sooo slow I'll be putting an SSD into my wife's laptop too. The main reason I'm doing so is my new work laptop, an i5 Lenovo 220 Tablet has one and it screams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 holy crap thats pricy. We have an SSD in the macbook pro, and i love it.. i hate working on my PC now its sooo slow :fuuuu: If you only knew what I paid for it when I first came out..... http://i.imgur.com/amuJZ.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.cos Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 :fuuuu: If you only knew what I paid for it when I first came out..... http://i.imgur.com/amuJZ.jpg :no: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 The Samsung 830 series gets very high marks, and I've seen it on sale lately. Check Slickdeals.net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 I haven't had problems with OCZ. I did have problems with a Corsair Force Series 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Nothing by OCZ. I have installed 8 of them, and within a year, 7 of them had died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 What are the reliable and decent ones to look at? MacBook Pro MackBook Air combigned with a Thunderbolt display. Oh wait you are talking about just buying a HD.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradyPPC Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 Ive been running a 512gb Samsung 830 series SSD in my laptop for about 6 months now and absolutely love it. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147139 Enough so that I have switched all of the other drives in my other computers out to the 128bg versions of the same drive. You can pick up a 128gb bare drive for $89 now from newegg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147163 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco-REX Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 I run SSDs in my gaming rig. Other than the fans, my computer has no moving parts. However, you know how some games have tips in the loading screens? Well the load times are so short I never get to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillbot Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 I'll never own another OCZ product ever. I have a Kingston v200 128gb new sealed if anyone is interested in that. Bought it for my daughters laptop then decided i'm too lazy to install it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 I have the Kingstons V200 SDDNOW and I hate it, It has issues with my EVGA X58SLI board. I have to put it in raid mode for it to work and the performance is so so. faster then a spinny disk but my old intel 40gig was faster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillbot Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 I have the Kingstons V200 SDDNOW and I hate it, It has issues with my EVGA X58SLI board. I have to put it in raid mode for it to work and the performance is so so. faster then a spinny disk but my old intel 40gig was faster I used to run SAS drives, when I migrated to SSD I was underwhelmed for the price/performance of them. For me, spinners are just fine. I'd rather pay $50 for nearly 1TB over ~64gb any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 I used to run SAS drives, when I migrated to SSD I was underwhelmed for the price/performance of them. For me, spinners are just fine. I'd rather pay $50 for nearly 1TB over ~64gb any day. it's really all about the seek time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillbot Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Yeah, 15k rpm SAS drives are fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 SAS LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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