Hard Drive

[rockytopva]

I am looking to replace a hard drive on my computer. I am looking for a 1TB solid state drive. Any suggestions? They call them solid state drives but I still see the moving platters. I wonder why?

 

[lforrest]

There shouldn't be any moving platters in an SSD unless it is one of those older hybrid drives that have both built in.

 

[rockytopva]

This drive advertises itself as a Seagate 2TB Desktop Gaming SSHD(Solid State Hybrid Drive) SATA 6Gb/s 64MB...

 

[lforrest]

A hybrd drive like that only uses the SSD part for frequently accessed data. The platters still hold the bulk of the data like a normal HDD, while the SSD holds only a few MB.
But it is probably better than a standard hard drive, but definitely not as good as a pure SSD.

 

[rockytopva]

Thanks... I would want the pure SSD. Any recommendations for the big tower?

 

[lforrest]

Most of the brands seem the same to me. I only have a 250GB SSD, but would probably want more in my next computer.

This one looks like a good deal

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-2-5-Inch-Height-SDSSDHII-960G-G25/dp/B00M8ABHVQ/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1454804848&sr=1-2&keywords=ssd&refinements=p_n_feature_three_browse-bin%3A6797520011

 

[rockytopva]

Thank you ever so much! That seems like a great deal!

 

[rockytopva]

This one seems nice if you have the money!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167363&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Solid+State+Disk-_-N82E16820167363&gclid=CNKm4o7p5MoCFYJEaQod-bkNpA&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[StanJ]

Rocky, I have a Kingston 120 Gig SSD, as my main drive. It was the best deal I could get online at the time. I also have a 500 Gig SATA for storage and backup.
This setup works fine for me, as I do NO gaming or graphics on it. It really depends on what you use your PC for I guess.

 

[StanJ]

This one seems nice if you have the money!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167363&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Solid+State+Disk-_-N82E16820167363&gclid=CNKm4o7p5MoCFYJEaQod-bkNpA&gclsrc=aw.ds

If your motherboard doesn't have a PCI Express slot, this won't work for you, besides are you that well off that you can afford to spend a grand on this when you could probably get a whole PC for that money?
Here a pretty decent one and all you have to do is use your old HDD and monitor.
http://www.pcczone.com/home-office-computer-amd-processor.html

 

[rockytopva]

If your motherboard doesn't have a PCI Express slot, this won't work for you, besides are you that well off that you can afford to spend a grand on this when you could probably get a whole PC for that money?
Here a pretty decent one and all you have to do is use your old HDD and monitor.
http://www.pcczone.com/home-office-computer-amd-processor.html

Yes... It is a lot of money. I have plenty of time to shop and think about things. I also have extra hard drives on my computer so it does not have to be a TB. I have the extra PCI express slot. I may wait and see if the price does not come down.

 

[StanJ]

Yes... It is a lot of money. I have plenty of time to shop and think about things. I also have extra hard drives on my computer so it does not have to be a TB. I have the extra PCI express slot. I may wait and see if the price does not come down.

Well as I said earlier, you can get a SATA SSD for as little as $100 and use those other drives for storage. That will give a big performance boost to your system. You don't need to be on the BLEEDING EDGE of technology to get good performance.

 

[rockytopva]

Here is a 2 TB PCi card for only $2,229! Better get in while supplies last!


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5EM2VX9482&cm_re=pcie_ssd-_-20-167-263-_-Product

 

[rockytopva]

I think I may go with this one... Seems like the best bang for the buck...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167361&cm_re=pcie_ssd-_-20-167-361-_-Product

 

[rockytopva]

Or even a little cheaper...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167359

 

[StanJ]

I think I may go with this one... Seems like the best bang for the buck...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167361&cm_re=pcie_ssd-_-20-167-361-_-Product

If you mean the SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 250GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-75E250B/AM, then yes that is a good deal at $130, and Samsung is good technology.

 

[rockytopva]

The PCI-e lines are the fastest lines to the processor, I am thinking the Intel SS drive the faster.

 

[StanJ]

The PCI-e lines are the fastest lines to the processor, I am thinking the Intel SS drive the faster.

You may want to compare the two based on your system specs. The EVO would be far cheaper without O big loss of performance comparitively.

 

[rockytopva]

Thanks for the input guys! The computer seems to be performing well so this is not a big hurry. It looks like we have not seen a great deal of progress in the processing and RAM areas so I will not consider building a new computer. However these new hard drives are tempting! So far I am leaning towards the SAMSUNG 850 EVO or the Intel 550 PCI-e drives.

 

[lforrest]

Computers usually have their boot drives selectable in the BIOS, I was wondering if a HDD on a PCI-e card would show up there as it is not a conventional place for a drive. Apparently people don't have problems with using it as a boot drive, but they may start about 5 seconds slower than SATA-3 drives. Perhaps it has to find a port or something. So your computer would boot up in 15 seconds as opposed to 10 seconds, but once it is booted the pci-e cards are supposedly faster.