I have been convinced that an SSD is the way to go . Which one should I get? My budget is an absolute maximum of £130. There are plenty within that range, but which is the best in your opinion?
I just ordered the ocz agility 3 120gb, gets good reviews and it's a nice green colour ;-) Sent from Bittech Android app
Thought I'd jump on this thread instead of starting a new one. Scan are selling http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120gb-corsair-force-sries-3-25-ssd-sata-iii-6gb-s-sandforce-read-550mb-s-write-510mb-s-85000-iops-pc for £122.54. It's a Sandforce SSD and my mobo is Marvell would that be an issue? Or can I just plug it directly into the sata port. And whilst I remember I have only one Sata3 port and it's in use with my HDD. Can I plug it into a Sata 2 instead?
You *could*, but I'd be tempted to swap the port that the HDD is on before adding the new one in, make sure there are no issues & everything boots up ok, then shove the faster SDD onto the sata3 port. Odd that you only have the one sata3 port - doesn't your board have at least 2?
Will double check the board specs, think I have the Marvell Controller and a Sata 3 port plus Sata 2's. I found a Crucial 120gb SSD for the same price which is Sandforce.
Just an update. WOW! I don't like to use exclamation marks too much but WOW!!! That is FAST. I still need to tweak some settings to make it boot even faster but it takes like 20 seconds. Everything starts super quick. Even though it's a new PC, adding the SSD makes it feels like a different machine again. Can't wait for the capacity to go up and the price to come down. I remember my first HDD was 30MB, that's 30 MEGABYTES and cost a fortune. Going to stop overenthusing and install BF3. Thanks all.
Glad your happy dave For me, getting a SSD was the biggest jump in tangible performance since I went from a Geforce FX 5200 to a Radeon 9800 pro!
