Thinking of an ssd.. advice?

poizyn

poizyn

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I was taking a look at the vector ssd. The only issue i have is the controller on my motherboard which wont support the full speed of the vector. Any advice?
 
Buy the biggest one you can afford. Everything else is secondary. Not sure about Vector pricing, but I'd seriously consider buying an old one (with trim) that has more capacity instead of cutting edge model.

Though maybe avoid noname brand for peace of mind.
 
HavocXphere said:
Buy the biggest one you can afford. Everything else is secondary. Not sure about Vector pricing, but I'd seriously consider buying an old one (with trim) that has more capacity instead of cutting edge model.

Though maybe avoid noname brand for peace of mind.
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See i dont need space on my ssd i have more than enough hard drives.. it is going to be used for windows and not much else maybe a few programs. So getting a really big one isnt exactly necessary. The vector pricing isnt bad and 128Gb is more than enough. Im not keen on getting a cheap ssd that will die soon or not give me full performance..
 
lol. I've got a couple of terabytes too. Still annoyed that I bought a 128gb (~June 2012). Currently 7.68GB free.

Do whatever makes you happy - but mark my words...you'll regret a 128gb.
 
At the moment i have a 320gb c drive all my files are stored on the other drives.
I keep absolutely nothing on my c drive it have +- 40gb of space used i will have to wait and see. I have been debating this move for so long now though :(
 
Energy usage aside, the OCZ Vector worked well with both Windows and Mac OS in my trials. The drive comes with a five-year warranty. OCZ's warranty policy is a little interesting. The company guarantees that the drive will last at least five years if you write 20GB to it per day, every day. Consequently, the warranty of the Vector expires after five years or after 36.5TB of writes, whichever comes first. It's quite hard to determine how much data has been written to the drive, however, so keep that in mind.
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http://reviews.cnet.com/internal-hard-drives/ocz-vector-series-ssd/4505-9998_7-35551436.html

After reading that I would rather stick to a normal hard drive for now.
 
Glordit said:
http://reviews.cnet.com/internal-hard-drives/ocz-vector-series-ssd/4505-9998_7-35551436.html

After reading that I would rather stick to a normal hard drive for now.
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Why? Personally I don't plan on overwriting 15% of my drive every single day?

Also, your reading the energy usage part wrong. An SSD will kick a HDD's ass every day of the week energy usage wise...with one hand behind its back. No moving parts is hard to beat energy wise.

The article is merely saying that this particular OCZ unit loses vs other units on energy usage. But really an OCZ drive uses <2W...were talking cents per month here... Possibly enough to buy an extra chappies chewing gum after a year.
 
I dont think anyone would write 20GB a day to an ssd.. my whole idea behind an ssd is to increase boot times, loading times etc. which i dont think will use even close to that much.
To be honest i dont think many people write that much per day to a normal hard drive
 
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I upgraded my hdd on my laptop to an SSD late last year.

Even though my laptop only has SATA2, it is dramatically faster with an SSD. I also opted for a 128GB version, and disk space wise, I still have 40GB free. You get into the habit of carrying around an 2.5" external HDD for large files you might need every now and again. I did not need to make any other sacrifices.

Corsair Force 3 was the most affordable I could find at the time with great performance.
 
If you have the money rather go for a 250GB-ish SSD. 128GB is just enough for win7, 1 or 2 games and a few progs.

Believe me. You will kick you behind 3-4 months later after getting a 128GB.
 
HavocXphere said:
You seem confused...
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Why am i confused?

And also as i said i dont need a big ssd i have more than enough hard drives to keep my files on.

Also i will only install programs i use on a regular basis on my ssd. The rest can go on my other drives
 
You can think of it in 2 ways:
1. Increase boot times, thus bettering them. Therefore shorter boot times
2. Decreasing boot times, literally decreasing the amount of time it takes to boot.

First one was meant more figuratively.
 
Agree with going as big as you can. I have a 90 gig Corsair 555mbs ssd.

I have windows 7, BF3 (+DLC) and Arma 3 Alpha on it (all games are installed to a bigger normal HDD and then 'soft linked' back to the SSD to make cleanup and space management easier).

I have about 20 gigs free at the moment (I trimmed Win7 down to the bone and all apps is on the normal HDD, except for my core games).

Next time I have a bit of extra cash I will be getting another, bigger ssd, to host more of my games on :P
 
Fabio said:
You can think of it in 2 ways:
1. Increase boot times, thus bettering them. Therefore shorter boot times
2. Decreasing boot times, literally decreasing the amount of time it takes to boot.

First one was meant more figuratively.
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Increasing the performance by decreasing the time it takes to boot. An SSD DECREASES boot time, as we are talking about time here not performance. An increase in time means more time, a decrease in time means less time.

Therefor, an SSD would decrease boot time, not increase it :)
 
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