does kingston ssdnow v300 120gb is a good choice?
what its reading of disk transfer data in win.exp index?

A good choice if you are on tight budget but still need a SSD replacing your HDD.

i never used first gen samsung ssd before. i couldn't afford one during those days hehe

what's the model? what do any disk health tools tell you about its smart status when you run them on the ssd? maybe it needs to be reset to factory state.

no it's not a good choice. however powerwoot is right. choose that if you really have tight budget and it's very urgent that you must run your stuff with ssd. if not, there are plenty of choices out there. mainstream drives should be fine for you.

No... The reason is Kingston employed a bait-and-switch tactic in their V300:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-upda...wer-micron-nand

Intel's 530 would be a far better choice for me.

Hi softmodder

Which first gen SSD?

erm..my boot time is very fast, from i press POWER ON until desktop screen abt 10 sec.
But problem is my desktop wasnt ready in time, my mouse sensor freeze for abt 15 second before it can be move. wat the issue now? i alrd in AHCI mode.

Check msconfig, see your startup programs and services. Something is causing the freeze (usually some kind of anti-virus/malware scanner or auto updater).

its new ssd. nothing installed..

Windows is installed. Check what services is enabled.

uh? nothing installed? meaning fresh windows install, without drivers, and without windows updates?

usually what i do is just install windows, install drivers (the latest that you can find. if not stock drivers should work too. after driver install), then install windows updates.

which windows version by the way?

https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3391846 is it ok?

That one is OK... Even though it's not the fastest, but its low pricing makes up for it.

intel 320 is too old imo :/

Seriously, add a few bucks and get a new intel 530 with 5 years warranty and newer version la..dont be cheapstake soo much.consider it as investment as u can use it for 5 years.

hai.. i bought intel 330 120gb 2 years ago.. now problem come up with my C always have different space remaining everytime i open drive window. for example, if i open the window it show 8.5gb remaining, then i closed the window, open it back, show 7.3gb remaining.. is it due to ssd or windows 7?

it's just the os creating temp files and things like pagefile/swap. it's common. it's just that you don't notice it when the free space is large enough.

yeah? seems dat i need to upgrade the ssd capacity...

any reliable and recommended for 240gb?

it depends on your budget.

for general use, all mainstream ssds should work well. if you have a little extra, you can go for larger mainstream drives. performance drives are better but the price is premium. they do run at higher speeds, but you will not feel it in common usage because mainstream drives are already fine for that.

for 240gb (usually around MYR 450 plus or minus), if you wanna have newer drives you can go for plextor m6s and toshiba q series pro. if not you can get a 5-year warranty with intel 530 (an old performance drive. it's still fine for general use). if you wanna go for larger drives, crucial mx100, or transcend ssd 370 might be your choice.

it's better you also check out garage sales section in this forum. sometimes you can find cheap performance drives there. (like plextor m5pro/m6pro, crucial m550, samsung 840pro/850pro)

i didn't include samsung 840 evo because there are still issues reported and pending, while 850 evo is expensive relatively. i also don't include oem ssd because maybe the offered warranty is too short.

What version of window u guy using and wish to know u guy boot time...

thanx for the long reply. appreciate that bro. very informative..

can u help me to choose which one i should pick for 240gb.

Plextor M6s
samsung evo 850
intel 730

all ssd listed above have similar price(plextor the cheapest).. can you give me the simplest benchmark chart for ssd performance as i dunno which chart i can refer to... (sorry very noob about ssd... )