nice!

with that budget you can get liteon ssd s900 or transcend ssd370 256gb, both about MYR 380.00. imo liteon s900 is the better choice.

nice and thanks for sharing

well, fyi for general use, you can hardly notice the performance differences between mainstream and enthusiast ssds. this is why it's sufficient to get mainstream drives. it's cheaper, and you get more space to use.

yes for common usage, consumer sata ssds are almost the same these days. you hardly feel the differences.

once my new gpus are here, i will do sata raid0 setup also because of pcie lane limitations (making use of my old 840 pro). i'm glad i have plenty of sata ports lol!

to me as long as the outcomes are ok, whether it's old or not it doesn't really matter hehe

go for liteon s900 256gb. as a plextor and liteon user of some of their drives, imo they are more than good in terms of stability and reliability (as an addition to my previous reply to your thread).

to me, brands like plextor/liteon and crucial look for stability and reliability in their ssds more than performance. the controllers and nand flash they use are of decent quality and have proven quality records. as a long-time manufacturer of oem drives for high-end systems, i think it's in liteon's core values that their products must meet certain levels of confidence to convince their oem partners so that they can take up good volumes of their products regularly (apart from attractive pricing)

this is different from samsung, which produce retail drives based on new technologies most of the times.

yes, their reputation in optical drive industry has overshadowed their ventures in ssd industry for quite some times.

crucial and plextor/liteon have always been the main force to drive aggressive price cuts. i think the latter is more impressive that they don't produce their own nand flash or controllers but yet can offer very affordable drives without sacrificing quality.

haha nice doing upgrades to your rig eh?

sweet man

if you have extras i suggest you add more ram (like 32gb) and use ram disk and cache. personally, for my use cases i 'feel' better system responsiveness compared to bare ssd-only.

no it's not ok. if you haven't done research even on this single option, i really suggest you do so. although it might be fine for people who are getting their first ssd because of the massive performance improvements over hdd, i still think it's wiser to get others than v300 for your money.

in short, when there are a lot of options using sync nand flash, skip async nand. even though the drive performance is subject to mainly controller, imo there is no need to challenge physical differences between these two types of nand, and still go for the much slower option. (unless you are really having no choice)

you can consider liteon s900, transcend ssd370, or toshiba q series pro at 120gb range. as of now, know that the actual sweet spot is 240gb range.

they are the same imo. my preference is liteon s900 because it's newer.

yes, for my drives that are more than 2 years old, they are still 100% good health lol!

yeah. my ocz vertex 4 (256gb), plextor m5pro xtreme (512gb), and plextor m5m (256gb) are all 2 years+ old.

it depends on usage actually. i think if you apply the common ssd optimizations, tips and tricks found on the first page of this thread, it's very likely your ssd can survive for quite some times.

furthermore, i download my stuff into hdd. i also use ram cache and ram disk.

yes. i will do a secure erase to it when i am free these days. it's been quite some times i am running the machine 24/7 hehehe

my ocz vertex 3 is also still alive and kicking

ssd optimizations, ram-based enhancements, and using hdd as downloads an data storage can make sure your ssd have a very long life.

uh? with w8.1 it should be even faster. the first thing to check is to run crystal diskmark and see if it runs at advertised speed. if it's lower, check if you're connected to intel sata3 port. have you updated the firmware?

i mean the ssd firmware. for now just focus on crystal diskmark results and intel port check first.

yes. just checked your mobo manual (i took a look at h71m-dgs; couldn't find h71-dgs at asrock website), the mobo has only sata2 ports. there is no sata3 ports.

from your diskmark test, your ssd is actually running at full sata2 speed. that's nothing wrong with it.

yes that's normal. it's the sata2 bottleneck that hinders the performance of your ssd.

don't get the wrong idea that when you have a ssd then you must be able to cold-boot it faster than a hdd, especially when you are running w8.x. (like TristanX pointed out, there are things that need time to load during boot time. the more hardware you put in, the long time it takes) the more important part imo is always when you use a computer, e.g. loading apps/games, and working on stuff. it should be more responsive than before with a ssd. sorry but i don't get the part that you are disappointing to have a ssd in your system.

maybe you guys should share some pointers to limadekad on how you make it run fast

i did use ssd with sata2 connections before. like others pointed out, it's still better than a hdd, because what matters most is the user experience when you use a computer. hdd is the slowest storage component in a computer. it has very low iops that results in much lower responsiveness than ssd.

no, ram upgrade (8gb and above) will not show significant performance improvements as much as ssd upgrade.

like what TristanX said, just get the cheaper ones will do (liteon or transcend).

Nice thanks for bringing this up i thought of editing my previous post but you have answered it lol!

Edit: when i checked out the recent garage sales threads, i stumbled upon a seller who offers the pcie m.2 ssd adapter by asus, which is compatible upto pcie 3.0 x4 nvme ssd. If your mobo doesn't have a m.2 slot, you can use this adapter to mount and run it. For better effects you can add a heat sink on top of your ssd. (I am thinking of using plastic clips or rubber bands to secure it hehe)

This post has been edited by horns: Mar 11 2015, 08:35 PM