widezu69 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I have a Corsair Performance Pro SSD for booting. I don't like the humming and vibrations from platter HDDs. I'm using a C300 SSD at the moment but I'm looking upgrade to bigger and plus the C300's potential isn't being fully utilised to it is going to a better home. What I am looking for is a reliable, and cheap SSD. I probably don't mind SATA II but we shall see. I'm looking for something larger than 240GB. Nothing hardcore like an M4 or anything. I'm eyeing the 600GB Intel 320 but I want some opinions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Michael Posted January 15, 2012 Founder Share Posted January 15, 2012 what's your price range ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widezu69 Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Lets say no upper for the time being Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Brian Posted January 15, 2012 Founder Share Posted January 15, 2012 Intel 320 series are perfect for primary or secondary. I got one as my primary, its fast and very reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 (edited) 320 series would be great, but unless you're looking somewhere different to me they're $1000+This is SATA 6gb/s, only 88gb less and $400 cheaper - Newegg.com - Crucial M4 CT512M4SSD2 2.5" 512GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Edited January 15, 2012 by Jimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Don't get a 320 Series... They have issues. The firmware update didn't fix the so called "8MB bug". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widezu69 Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Oh yeah I hadn't thought of that! Hmm...I feel that the M4 is a great boot drive and it will go to waste as a storage drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 But it's cheaper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Michael Posted January 15, 2012 Founder Share Posted January 15, 2012 Why not go for the hybrid? You're really annoyed by the noise? Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widezu69 Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Yeah I work on a work surface that just happens to amplify the hum. Tried with many HDDs but still annoys me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widezu69 Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Had a search around, seeing as I'm only using it for storage, it doesn't need aggressive read and write speeds. Sata II will do but seeing as the only good large drive is the Intel 320 600GB which costs and arm, leg and having the possible 8mb risk, I'd rather go with something else. OCZ recently released their new Petrol SSD line, a sort of value line. Similar to the Octane, just slower and cheaper. The half terabyte drive clocks in at "merely" 360/250Mb/s. If the price is right I'll grab one of those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 If the price is nice on the OCZ go for it... But if it's not a lot cheaper than the one Jimbo posted the extra speed and dependablility is well worth it... Jimbo posted a very nice drive indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widezu69 Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Hmm...yeah I know the M4 is a good SSD but I feel that it is too good for something I'm just going to put some files on. I want really a lesser, larger SSD that's cheaper if there is one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl7 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I just checked here in Switzerland, and the M4 is the cheapest of the large capacity SSDs, about US $750, 490GBP.The Intel 320 with 600GB costs quite a bit more, about $1050. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I just checked here in Switzerland, and the M4 is the cheapest of the large capacity SSDs, about US $750, 490GBP.The Intel 320 with 600GB costs quite a bit more, about $1050.that's exactly the way I see it too Svl7. Your getting one really dependable drive going Corsair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I see what you're saying widezu, but if it turns out that's the cheapest price/capacity ratio you'd be mad to buy anything else IMO. Paying extra for the speed would be silly, but paying more for a drive that's slower would be stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widezu69 Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Yeah I know. I found an M4 512GB on ebay for £450 best offer. I'll shoot the guy an offer later. I've emailed him asking about firmware etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 That would be a good bet Widezu because I agree with Jimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Truly, spending that much on a storage drive puts you at Ubergeek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widezu69 Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 My motto: "because overkill is never enough" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 "Because I can!" "Because warp speed is my only speed" "Because less isn't actually more" "because that how I roll! "because I have the need for speed" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 "Because I can!" "Because warp speed is my only speed" "Because less isn't actually more" "because that how I roll! "because I have the need for speed" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widezu69 Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 My tech is my penis. Low tech = small penis. No tech = no penis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 (edited) <off topic=""> [Offtopic] </off><off topic="">So no tech = Unic lol no ballz sucka =) So being high tech = porn star? </off> Edited January 17, 2012 by mw86 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeping Shadow Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Use Sundisk Extreme 480 gb instead DW-RW. Windows 7 perfomance: 7,8But I have big temperature on CPU (up to 70*C) and very loud fan... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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