SSD just for gaming

[DiceAir]

Hi there

I'm looking for and SSD just for my games

Specs as follows

i5-2500k
r9-280x crossfire
corsair ax850w
60GB ocz vertex 2 for os

So the thing is that I want my BF4 to load faster and maybe other games too. So i want to know what size and what is the cheapest ssd I can get away with. I was looking at getting either a 64GB or 128GB SSD. Now the thing is my board doesn't support 6GB/s as my cpu is still sandy bridge and it's running from the integrated intel chipset and my cpu doesn't have that. So just looking for something cheap reliable. I feel any ssd is faster than HDD duh but yeah suggest me some


Thanks

 

[DCWarhound]

You can also try a hybrid.

I'm using Titan-Ice as reference because their prices are the average (you might cheaper at other shops)

SSDHD Hybrids:
http://titan-ice.co.za/hard-drives-internal/hybrid-drives-ssd-combo/

SSD 99GB and below:

http://titan-ice.co.za/solid-state-drives/2.5-upto-99gb/

SSD 100GB +

http://titan-ice.co.za/solid-state-drives/2.5-100gb-199gb/

 

[DiceAir]

any other place where I can find it cheaper?

 

[DCWarhound]

Can always ask Joker if you are in JHB or Pretoria,he has his own hardware shop i think.

 

[DiceAir]

how about this http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=14&products_id=11003

 

[Cronus086]

I've been looking for one myself but haven't found the right one for the right price

 

[B1nary]

whats your price range?

 

[DiceAir]

whats your price range?

I know it's going to sound weird but as cheap as possible. How about this one

http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/1237...s_ssd_drive_for_Laptop_or_desktop_Last_1.html

fairly cheap and 256GB and it's mlc based

 

[DCWarhound]

I know it's going to sound weird but as cheap as possible. How about this one

http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/1237...s_ssd_drive_for_Laptop_or_desktop_Last_1.html

fairly cheap and 256GB and it's mlc based

Looks fishy.

 

[Cronus086]

Looks fishy.

That's what i thought lol..

 

[Glordit]

Looks fishy.

http://www.liteonssd.com/25q-sata-mlc-ssd/item/root/25q-m2s-mlc.html

Drive does exist and the seller has 1000+ positive feedback ratings, so I doubt it is a hoax.

 

[DiceAir]

http://www.liteonssd.com/25q-sata-mlc-ssd/item/root/25q-m2s-mlc.html

Drive does exist and the seller has 1000+ positive feedback ratings, so I doubt it is a hoax.

So i just pulled the trigger on a liteon 256GB SSD for R1550 including delivery. So pretty good deal will serve me well.

That ssd in the link is not the right one i think that's the M2S and not the new M6S. I think it's actually a plextor drive. funny thing is i can't find any info on that specific drive. I found the firmware updates on the dell website so I'm going to do a firmware update first then check out speed. will let you guys know how it goes when I get it.

 

[HavocXphere]

Good call on the 256.

Take a look at this thing too - it has served me well @ managing space on my 128 ssd. Link looks a bit shady I know...been using it for 1+ years though.

http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html

 

[DiceAir]

Good call on the 256.

Take a look at this thing too - it has served me well @ managing space on my 128 ssd. Link looks a bit shady I know...been using it for 1+ years though.

http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html

nice find. will use it for sure. I bookmarked it for future use

 

[DiceAir]

Good call on the 256.

Take a look at this thing too - it has served me well @ managing space on my 128 ssd. Link looks a bit shady I know...been using it for 1+ years though.

http://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html

So let me get this straight. So i copy for example bf4 to the ssd then just make a junction to the normal HDD?

 

[DiceAir]

ok so i got my SSD today. will test tonight and see how it performs. mainly going to test BF4 load times