Storage SSD upgrade from 120GB to ... ?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by forum_user, 17 Jul 2012.

  1. forum_user

    forum_user forum_title

    Joined:
    4 Jan 2012
    Posts:
    511
    Likes Received:
    3
    I currently have the OCZ Vertex 3 120GB. Was a lovely purchase at the time, but the size is now limiting me as I knew it would eventually, and I'm fed up with using Steam Mover or SteamTool to move my game around.

    So, looking at prices:

    OCZ 120GB Vertex 3 - £92.54 - I buy one and raid0 both together?

    or

    OCZ 360GB Agility 3 - £234.43 - Will last me as a main drive for a long while.

    However, I did spot one of these, possibly too luxurious and small capacity ...

    OCZ 240GB Revo Drive 3 - read 1.5MB/s - write 1.2MB/s - 200k IOPS

    ... games would almost load instantaneously ...

    Lastly, will my existing 120GB SSD work happily in an eSata port? I don't know anything about eSata, but I think my 120GB might now become an external drive depending on the advice I get. I've done a little searching for eSata speeds and discovered that my current mobo (P8P67 PRO) has 2 eSata300 ports - I've seen eSata-600 now and i haven't what the actual speeds are yet. I have found a PCIe storage controller that does eSata 6GB/s which would be perfect for my next computer ...
     
  2. Alekoy

    Alekoy Ostekake!

    Joined:
    28 Dec 2003
    Posts:
    1,172
    Likes Received:
    68
    one more SSD and RAID0, you will get even more speed out of them that way.

    I run 2x 60GB SSDs, will add two more when I eventually run out of space..

    Regarding eSATA, it is normal SATA, but with a more solid connector.
     
  3. forum_user

    forum_user forum_title

    Joined:
    4 Jan 2012
    Posts:
    511
    Likes Received:
    3
    Last edited: 17 Jul 2012
  4. GeorgeStorm

    GeorgeStorm Aggressive PC Builder

    Joined:
    16 Dec 2008
    Posts:
    6,772
    Likes Received:
    447
    I would personally go with one bigger drive (I'm actually looking at a Samsung 830 256gb) since I don't want to deal with multiple SSDs, since I've already got 4 HDDs, and that looks to increase.
     
  5. forum_user

    forum_user forum_title

    Joined:
    4 Jan 2012
    Posts:
    511
    Likes Received:
    3
    Have bought OCZ 240GB Agility 3 for £134. That will last me a little while longer. Thanks guys
     

Share This Page