Hi,

Recently my intel 330 died/corrupted after theres an error during windows update. At first it was like it cannot read the drive and later refuse to function at all. Is there any fix to rectify this?

So if it really died, I am thinking of getting another ssd for o/s (win8 and soon 10). My question is 120gb still enough or have to get 240gb? Then which brand is better? Currently using asus z77 vlk so will it have any compatibility issues?
Thanks in advance

P/s: Currently eyeing samsung 650 for 120gb since it is affordable. As for 240gb, not sure. Something reliable for less than rm400 would be great.

Thanks for the input. Previously I'm using SSD strictly for OS while I used HDD for other programs such as MS Office etc. so perhaps 120gb is pretty much enough for me.

So if I buy an SSD do I have to format it or just install OS right away? Sorry for the silly question, my friend used to do all the installation when I got my first SSD. I heard u need to do disk cleanup every once in a while to delete the old backup files, is it true?

This post has been edited by Oyaji: Nov 27 2015, 05:02 AM

ok, after some digging I came up with these;

Pendrive rapid-X
transcend 370
OCZ vertex 150
Kingston hyperX fury
Lite on S900
Adata SP900

so yeah, which one should I consider? Many of those I'm not familiar with. are they reliable?

Since many recommend Liteon S900 I just might get one. I saw in garage sale people selling OEM liteon? is it the same S900? Where to find the cheapest price for it? I am planning to purchase it January next year.

liteon ssd

this one sells really cheap, really tempting.

This post has been edited by Oyaji: Nov 29 2015, 11:45 AM

Too bad. Have to look somewhere else for that SSD or buy other brand.

digging at lelong saw this one. Not S900 though
liteon l9s

So is it not as good as L9s and S900?

The seller sells those at RM300 and 1 year warranty. Well there still time before Xmas so I can still look around.

tried to find this liteon cv1-cc256-11 on the net but the one that always pop up are this liteon cv1-cc256-01. the difference is between eleven and one.
judging from the spec of the latter, the seq write comes close to what you estimates at around 335 MB/s. I guess it is not bad at all
might be better than kingston v300 and definitely better than my old intel 330.

Still haven't bought that cv1-cc256-11, thinking about its 1 year only warranty.
Browsing through techview at lelong
Saw them selling Liteon MUII (RM399) and 900S (RM409) with full 3 year warranty
what is the difference between both of those?

So 900s it is then. Cant wait for the funds to be available. Want to have a taste of that delicious speed.

I have read whatever reviews available for the 900s and other SSD and decided to get the 900s due to mostly positive feedback I read in the internet. Plus the pricing is still affordable.

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.

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

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

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.

Just bought the Liteon 900s for RM390. Such a good deal. Unfortunately don't have enough time to install windows in it.

Hi guys, I just finally install windows with my liteon SSD. I just wanted to confirm something. Is it normal for an SSD to have less storage than advertised?

I'm asking because when the first attempt failed, the SSD split into 2 partitions (disk 0 and disk 1). Second attempt after converting disk 0 to GPT I now left with about 238.35 GB. When I open disk management in control panel it only shows disk 0. Should I convert disk 1 to GPT as well or just leave it as is? Thanks in advance.

Hi, here is the screenshot of the SSD.



I had to convert to GPT because if I don't it won't let me to continue to install OS in there. Currently using win 8 pro and planning to upgrade to win 10 plus the bios is UEFI supported.

I see. So actually there's nothing wrong with the SSD after all
It was my first time encountering that GPT conversion. Had to search at youtube on how to do it.
Anyway thanks for the explanation.

I see, just read about this ransomware. Thanks for the heads up.

I see, thanks for the info