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Which SSD is better?

GLiffjOhn
Level 7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-148-442

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167093

help me pick one or is there any other suggestions?

Cooler Master HAF 922
Samsung 830 128GB SSD
500GB W'D Caviar Black HDD
G Skill Ripjaws X (2x8gb) 1866
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z/GEN3
Intel i5-2500k @ 4.5mhz 1.270vcore
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W
ThermalTake Frio running at 1300-1400rpm
EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit
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Chris_Manico
Level 10
personally I'd go with http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-233-191 for a single drive. i personally have 2 of the 90 GB Corsair GT in a raid 0 and love em, pullin 1.1 GB/s read speeds, which is total overkill honestly . at the time it was either a 180 GB for 280, or 2 90 GB for 150 each, so i went with the raid set up. Seems like Corsair has the better read speeds better write speeds higher IOPS, higher MTBF. Just sayin
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Great way to get a faster SSD system...me jealous :). I have heard that Corsairs have higher out-of-the-box failure rates, but if you get past those first few weeks, you are home free. SSDs in RAID sounds like over-kill to me :cool:
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Chris_Manico
Level 10
I agree 100% , this ssd raid is way overkill, hehe kinda knew that going into the build, but at that point i had gotten every thing I wanted and was still with in my given budget. Kinda wish i had just gotten a 120 GB, and used the extra money and gotten the H100 instead of the CM V6 GT, not that i don't like the cooler, and it's performed as expected, at the time i had reservations about going with liquid cooling. plus had i gotten the h100 i would have been more inclined to get more ram, I was limited to using 2 slots do to the size of the V6GT, and even with using just 2 slots its a really tight fit, and the Sniper ram seemed to be the lowest profile ram @ 2133. ha and getting the h100 would have avoided my other thread about removing my cpu cooler for moving.
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Chris Manico wrote:
I agree 100% , this ssd raid is way overkill, hehe kinda knew that going into the build, but at that point i had gotten every thing I wanted and was still with in my given budget. Kinda wish i had just gotten a 120 GB, and used the extra money and gotten the H100 instead of the CM V6 GT, not that i don't like the cooler, and it's performed as expected, at the time i had reservations about going with liquid cooling. plus had i gotten the h100 i would have been more inclined to get more ram, I was limited to using 2 slots do to the size of the V6GT, and even with using just 2 slots its a really tight fit, and the Sniper ram seemed to be the lowest profile ram @ 2133. ha and getting the h100 would have avoided my other thread about removing my cpu cooler for moving.


If you spin the V6 around it should fit fine. Otherwise it's only slightly less effective if you take off one fan like I did then you can use all four slots with your cooler.

Nackers
Level 15
hi all,, What do you guys thing of the OCZ Vertex 4 256gb, Thanks

Excellent SSD...very fast, like all SSDs. OCZ makes very fast SSDs, along with Corsair. Intel and Samsung have more reliable ones, but all the major vendors make good ones.
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Nackers wrote:
hi all,, What do you guys thing of the OCZ Vertex 4 256gb, Thanks


Very good SSD and the controller is getting better every time they update it.......

Chris_Manico
Level 10
Untill i see a need for more than 8 GB I'll leave well enough alone. thus far no matter what I've thrown at this system its taken. Then again when i built it i knew it way way more PC than I needed. planned on no less than 2 years before i upgraded, taking into account i was upgrading my Evga gtx 580 to the new 680 ( ty Step UP) . only thing i really want for my pc now is new speakers, these creative T7700 7.1 surround speakers on on its last leg, all the satalites work, but i think some of the connections on the sub are starting to go, i lose my left center some times, and now my center channel seems to be gone 😞 i've considered taking it apart but don't want to totally kill it lol. I've had em since 2003 😮 and they dont even make em any more.
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Zka17
Level 16
A single SSD is enough for OS... unless, you want to RAID way...

HiVizMan
Level 40
I use one Samsung 830 256GB drive for my OS. But before that I was quite happy with a 60GB drive as my OS and application drive. LOL did mean I had to manage disc space really carefully.
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