Yup, after parting with SSD for a while, (I used to have an intel 330 until it died on me). Then settled for a HDD for booting but now cannot stand the slowness. I just can't wait to get another SSD.

nice haha

right. sata2 still can benefit from its performance of random iops.

ssds are really getting cheaper. now you can get a decent one with half a price a few years ago. (a mainstream drive, that is)

Couldnt agree more.
Previously I also deadset on getting the 900s, but then there are someone claimed that Liteon and Plextor drives have high RMA rates at their shop.
Hence got another recommendation from sifu, which is HyperX Fury SSD.


After another round of researching and reading reviews, found that the 900s is still the better pick for me

so right now, am using the Liteon 900s 256GB as bootdrive, never felt so fast in my life before (an HDD user all this while)

Is Crucial still a good brand for SSD? I'm thinking to get M550 120gb.

I think it is a good brand and that is a good ssd but like others said, go for 240/256gb, much better.

Thanks.

However I'm stuck with SATA2 interface, don't think going for 256gb ssd would make much difference and my budget 200-300 only.

Maybe you could try finding a samsung 650 basic 120gb. It is a whole lot cheaper and perhaps maybe better?

Yea I did. But <10k IOps only, not sure if I see correctly.

Intel/ Crucial is one of the largest maker of SSD other than Sammy, Sandisk/ Toshiba

If like that then go for crucial. reliability wise it should be good. a friend of mine used crucial ssd for quite some time now and it still doing fine.

Thank you both for the info.

I was right about Samsung 650, random read was on the low side, according to the review below.



This post has been edited by goedemorgen: Dec 22 2015, 10:34 PM

there will be lemons in all mass-manufactured goods. it's hard to avoid this one. that's why it's important to have good warranty and rma service.

yeah hdd is still good for storage for today's computer systems, but you just can't do anything productive with it as os drive, even if you have a good cpu and more ram.

yes crucial is a good brand. however, i suggest you go for samsung 850 evo 250gb (around MYR 450), with 5-year warranty. a typical mainstream ssd normally has 3-year warranty and will cost you about 350+. with top up of 100, you get additional 2 years of warranty with 850 evo. i think it's a good deal.

Hahah.... yea, thanks to your advice last time to make the jump to SSD

The reason I chosen Liteon is still because of the its reputation being the parent company of Plextor, and also shame on Kingston for ruining their reputation with the V300 series that made me lose confidence in them

But yea, good ole' HDD is still good for mass storage, nevertheless

Currently the setup of my is liteon 900s as the bootdrive, and a WD Blue 3TB to run games/ torrent/ storage

This post has been edited by rurushu: Dec 23 2015, 02:34 PM

haha glad i could help.

right the minimal but optimal setup is 1x ssd and 1x hdd. in terms of performance and disk space, the setup takes the best of both worlds.

should i get samsung 750 evo or kingston hyper x fury?

there is no samsung 750 evo.

if you meant 850 evo, imo it's a better drive (mainstream; 5-year warranty) than kingston hyperx fury (value; 3-year warranty).

however it's really subject to your personal preference.

hello there. i need help here. just buy ssd n try on my own to clone it. i clone my C: partition with easeus todo software. no issue buy when i plug in ssd alone in my laptop idoes not have boot. can u help me on how to clone it right. thanks

Use Macrium Reflect software. For cloning Windows drive, better clone the whole disk or you will have problem booting windows.

Hai friends.. I have one hdd with 2 partitions.. can I copy only os partition to my ssd?

cloning the os partition only will not work. you need related system partitions also. if you don't know what you're doing with easeus todo, like kizwan said, try use Macrium Reflect.

yes, you can. try do that with Macrium Reflect.