The HDD parks its heads when it isn't being utilized. Usually so called "green" HDDs does this to "consume" power, that's why you are experiencing the sudden freezing.

Just turn off all your power consumption options, by that I also mean disable hibernating, don't turn off HDD, no auto standby, etc.
You're running a desktop, not a laptop. So, no need for any power savings. It makes no sense as the consumption is too little to be saving you any electric bills.

No, the Intel '8mb' bug happened on the 320 series. A thing of the past, was annoying when it happened though.

Samsung 840 - The perfect drive for real-time video encoding.

Pretty much any SSD is perfect for a notebook.
Question is, how deep are your pockets?

Crucial M4 256GB is going for RM590 now, it's a great deal if you ask me.

Beetle_larvae is selling them at RM590 - http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=2311328&hl=

Why get a Corsair Force GT 240GB when its priced at RM759 when a Crucial M4 256GB can be had for RM650?
There is no Intel 330 240GB, but there is for the 520 series and that costs RM780. Not worth it.

According to storm88 on his earlier post, he can get a Samsung 830 256GB at sub RM650, that's a no brainer right there.

In terms of performance, it has been repeated numurous times already. They do not matter under the usage of gaming, day-to-day basis applications (internet and what not) and windows/applications boot time.

The difference between them is so insignificant that anything one would "feel" is simply just a placebo effect.

If you are doing a lot of real-time video encoding, recording or processing thousands (literally, thousands I mean) of RAW photos, then the extra bandwidth comes in play. But otherwise, forget the numbers. Get the one which is of the best value and reliability.

M4 256GB for ~RM580 not counting shipping, that's seriously tempting.

Honestly, both of them are the same just with a different casing, colors and stickers.
Both still utilizing Sandforce 2281 controller. Benchmark wise, the HyperX is faster overall due to better firmwares from Kingston.

Sever-grade SSDs uses more than 6Gbps of bandwidth. But for the mainstream market, most tops out at the 500+MB/s mark (unless in RAID0).
Not like it matters much, trust me you wouldn't feel the difference running a SSD on SATA2 or on SATA3.

Unless you are all about benchmarks or plenty of file transfer-related activities (which I don't think you are, just a gamer from what I remember), then no, SATA2 or SATA3 does not matter.

Get the SSD, it's the best upgrade you can have on a computer.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Oct 20 2012, 02:25 PM

Not a winner.
It should have been at least 16GB of NAND, not 8GB. Understandable that Seagate is trying to keep the cost down, but NAND has dropped in price enough that 16GB isn't too much of an extra cost.

8GB is simply too little.
I'd still recommend it to people on laptops who doesn't have the luxury of getting a 512GB SSD or easy access to plenty of cloud storage though.

2x Intel 335 240GB then?

Well, if you're going for 2x Corsair Force 3, might as well go for the 335 then?

Intel 330/335 > Corsair Force 3, in performance and reliability.
This I can confirm.

Also, if I assume that you're going to use RAID 0 on both the drives... the P45 chipset on your mobo doesn't even have SATA 3 to begin with. Doesn't matter much at this point as you are already bandwidth limited.

If the SSDs are for a new build, then why not just slap on 2x Samsung 840?

Prices between all the mentioned SSDs are in the RM550~RM600 range.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Mar 8 2013, 06:12 PM

May not be an error, because there exists a 240GB for the 330.
Doesn't matter either way as the performance between the 330 and 335 is practically the same, safe from a few anomaly differences.

Those reviews... I'm honestly skeptical about reviews who runs inmense amount of data copying and writing over to a new drive to see its reliability. This is something only a very, very, very small percentage of users actually achieve.

I don't know what you are planning to do with the SSDs, but okay fair enough... if you're concerned with long-term reliability without exploding the bank, stick with the Intel 330/335.

Especially for a laptop, the more space = the better.
I think the 256GB version M5s goes for around RM600 right now, not too bad... so if you have the budget, definitely yeah go for it.

Install uTorrent on SSD.
When saving files for download select the path for your WD green drive.

It's that simple. And torrents do not create a temp folder, direct downloads does.

And for the millionth time, stop worrying about reducing SSD lifespan.