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ZeneticX
post Oct 28 2012, 07:47 PM

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what's the best performance to budget ratio SSD currently ?


looking to get 1 and reformat my pc to win 8
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post Oct 30 2012, 05:51 PM

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QUOTE(everling @ Oct 29 2012, 12:37 PM)
From retail shops, Intel 330. Or if you need/want 256GB, Crucial M4.
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if i'm going for 330, is it worth to top up a bit for 520, on same size 120gb


or go for 60gb 520 since it's slightly cheaper

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post Oct 30 2012, 06:24 PM

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QUOTE(everling @ Oct 30 2012, 06:09 PM)
It probably won't be worth it. If you do go up to RM419, you should then strongly consider the 330 180GB that goes for RM429. On a 60GB SSD, you will be quite limited in the number of programs or games that you can install on the SSD. Since SSDs are still quite expensive, having a lot of storage capacity is still quite valuable.

For example, Windows 7 and Program Files will take about 20GiB. Diablo III takes another 12GiB. And a 60GB SSD has only 55GiB of actual capacity, leaving you with only 23GiB of free space for other stuff. With a 120GB or a 180GB SSD, you will have more space to install more games and other programs.

On the other hand, I wouldn't recommend the average user to buy more than 256GB, unless they know they need more. Best to reserve SSDs for OS and programs and store your data on HDDs.
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i guess i will go for 330 180gb then

but where u found RN429 ? i did a search on gs, managed to find lowest 440 only sweat.gif
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post Nov 2 2012, 11:27 PM

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do you guys split your ssd into partitions?


1st time ssd user here
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post Nov 5 2012, 08:54 PM

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add me to the user list , intel 330 180gb smile.gif

1st time on SSD, came to this decision after 5 of my hard disk went dead throughout the years on my rig, it's an old C2D P45 rig btw.

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QUOTE(OC4/3 @ Nov 4 2012, 01:34 PM)
Nope,my 80GB is just good enough for OS
For larger SSD,make one partition call fast data to store data that you frequently used laugh.gif
For storage,i use my HDD
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erm, is 180gb considered large ?

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post Nov 5 2012, 11:43 PM

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QUOTE(everling @ Nov 5 2012, 09:54 PM)
Welcome to the club. smile.gif
Bad PSUs or electrical supply are more likely to kill HDDs. Is yours a good one?

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i don't think my PSU is that bad, gigabyte odin 800w...

can not partitioning HDD into several partitions be the cause ? i tend to do that for all my 500gb and 1tb hdd until recently i realized what could've probably caused all the trouble

that's why i was asking on previous reply whether i should partition my ssd, to avoid same mistake, or just to be safe


btw i should set the settings to AHCI in my bios for the ssd to unleash its full potential right ?


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post Nov 9 2012, 03:43 PM

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QUOTE(KHOdin @ Nov 9 2012, 02:31 PM)
feel like upgrading to SSD and install windows 8 in it ...whats the current best bang now ? prefered 120GB ...
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intel 330

or if you can wait. wait for next year, intel 335. 240gb but lower price per gb than current 330

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QUOTE(KHOdin @ Nov 9 2012, 03:48 PM)
my friend bought intel 520 120gb at RM400...
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if u can afford 520 then go for it

i bought intel 330 180 gb RM410
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post Nov 13 2012, 05:28 PM

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i bought my 180gb intel 330 for RM410 only @ lowyat viewnet

just ask for best price
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post Nov 13 2012, 08:23 PM

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QUOTE(wildguyz @ Nov 13 2012, 05:53 PM)
hey, should i bought 120gb ssd or 180gb ssd? the ssd will just for os and bf3.
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if you have budget, go for larger size

tight budget, smaller size
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post Nov 14 2012, 03:02 AM

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an info to those planning to install or already installed windows 8 on SSD, sorry if posted before

STORAHCI had replaced MSAHCI starting from windows 8. so if you wanna check whether your AHCI is enabled and working under regedit, look for the value under STORAHCI. you won't be able to find MSAHCI
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post Nov 14 2012, 05:15 PM

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QUOTE(how5day @ Nov 14 2012, 04:55 PM)
Ooh this thread is soooo tempting, after reading many many posts from you all.. I decided to buy intel 330 180GB very soon,
Going to do fresh install as many of you recommended, but jz wondering, is there anyone tried cloning windows from hdd to ssd then install again windows in ssd, this method will make windows optimise itself for ssd onot? Hahaha
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fresh install is always the best option

but before that do remember to enable AHCI in your motherboard bios 1st
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QUOTE(jazzkobis @ Nov 26 2012, 02:15 AM)
guys, for the AHCI setting, do i do it before migrating HDD to SSD or after?
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i do it right after i plug in my ssd (no OS yet) into my pc. just go do bios and enable it, after that reboot, you will see a screen where the AHCI drivers are loaded (diff mobo may vary). then i only install the OS

and again for those who wanna use/change to Win 8, the registry value is StorAHCI

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post Nov 30 2012, 03:48 PM

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can power outage affect an ssd? I've read about this online and some say certain ssd have protection against this

because this is the 2nd power outage at my house since I installed my ssd about 3 weeks ago. its an intel 330
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QUOTE(aLpHa-Ev7 @ Nov 30 2012, 05:45 PM)
without a battery backed cache, any disk drive (HDD or SSD) will have the likelihood of data corruption in an event of a power failure.

A SSD Nand-flash must fully complete an in-progress program (write) operation to ensure the data is stored properly within the NAND cell, so if halfway power got cut, you may experience some data loss/corruption.
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if lets say i set in my desktop power options to turn off the hard disk (SSD in this case) after 20 mins idle, will it be affected, if the power outage occur after 20 mins i leave my comp.
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