Choosing an SSD and setting up SRT!

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SilentRabbit

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Hello, ive been improving my system quite a lot recently, im looking for an SSD but ive got soe questions first:

1. Do i need an intel SSD to perform Smart Response Technology? Or would it work with say a Corsair SSD?

2. is it worth it? Buying say a 60Gb-120Gb SSD? Using half for cache and half for other storage?

3. are they reliable? ive heard stories of them failing often :(

4. would it be better to buy a 120Gb SSD and using it as a boot drive instead of a 60Gb Cache?

5. Lastly to perfom SRT or use one as a boot drive will i loose my data? do i need to perform a fresh install?

If any of these can be answered id be very grateful!

Ive been looking at Corsair Force series GT 60-90-120GB SSD's , are they good? would any one recommened others?

Thanks!

-SilentRabbit
 
1. No, it can be any brand. Yes Corsair will work. But...*
2. No.
3. Yes they are reliable. *... Intel recommends SLC drives for SRT because they are better/last longer than MLC for SRT because of the way SRT moves the data to and from the drive and mostly for how clean that process leaves that type of flash cell. If you see reports of users wearing their SRT drives, it could be because they are using the MLC type.
4. Yes.
5. No.
That Force GT is probably the drive I would go with if I were getting Sata III right now.
GSkill, Mushkin, OCZ, Adata, Patriot, Crucial, are some other brands that make good drives.
So #4 is the winner here. The os and everything you want the the speed from, is already on c:\.
Have a look at Setup and Manage SSD to get some ideas on how to set up your system with an accompanying hdd.
 
Okay great thankyou for answering! :)

I will probably go with the corsair, 120 Gb force series GT hope its enough space, any more space than that and the price rockets!:(

Also how to i tell if its SLC or MLC? i presume it should say on the website, right?

Actually you mentioned using SLC for SRT so would it better/okay to use an MLC for a boot drive?

Last question: I read somewhere that when you buy an SSD you actually get the gigabyte's you pay for, is this true? :) Or is it like HDD's where you buy 500gb and get 465? :(

Thank you again,
 
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You're welcome. Hope it helps.
Yes, the website or spec page.
Most are Multi Level Cell nowdays and they are great as a c:\ drive. Faster and cheaper.
120gb will show up in Windows as about 114gb.
Also, you wouldn't want to fill it past about 80-85% capacity so the controller has room to manipulate data to and from fresh or cleaned cells. I'd recommend 90-95gb max data.
 
SilentRabbit said:
Okay great thankyou for answering! :)

I will probably go with the corsair, 120 Gb force series GT hope its enough space, any more space than that and the price rockets!:(

Also how to i tell if its SLC or MLC? i presume it should say on the website, right?

Actually you mentioned using SLC for SRT so would it better/okay to use an MLC for a boot drive?

Last question: I read somewhere that when you buy an SSD you actually get the gigabyte's you pay for, is this true? :) Or is it like HDD's where you buy 500gb and get 465? :(

Thank you again,
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When I purchased my 120GB Corsair Force Series GT, and installed it and everything, the total amount of space I had was 111GB.

So you don't get all of it, but I wish you would cause for the price you pay you should get all the space, not 9GB less.
 
Okay thanks again both of you, that makes sense benny boy ill definatly use it as C: !

I totally agree itsaferbie! but thankyou for the feedback, very useful, and 90 GB sounds fine, i could probably manage with that however my current partition set up on my hard drive is about 265Gb for the OS and 200 for anything else, dont ask why, i coudnt get it any smaller than 265 :( anyway its a verryyyy new PC and in total ive used about 78 Gb and that is all on the OS partition, leaving me 12 gigabytes of storage left for programmes etc, i dont think this will be enough :/ looks like i may save for a 180 Gb SSD (same one)

EDIT: Nooooo way the cheapest i can find this is 250 pounds, thats like 400 dollars?!?!? hmm any ideas what i can do? would it really slow down if i went over 90 GB?

Thanks itsaferbie having your word as a customer was useful and bennyboy your a great help, thanks!:good:
 
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Yeah, I'm sure. You don't want to fill it up. It will work it harder than normal and it's speed won't hold up as long.
I don't think everything you have on hdd c right now needs to be on the new ssd c. Does it? Just put the os and other programs you want to start at boot-up, and games will only load faster but you probly have room there for a few games if you wanted. And put everything else, like small programs that start fast anyways, and video, photos, documents, stored data, and the like,,,on the hdd.

What programs are you running?
 
hmm okay, maybe a 180Gb is the only option.... id like everything to be on the SSD you see, i barely have any photos or programmes, hich is why im confused i have so much on it ... ? but pretty much everything is on my C drive, games etc.

How much could i use on a 180 gb?
 
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Is your paging file on your SSD? That would take up about 8GB. You have enough RAM so you probably won't ever use your paging file.

Win7 Pro takes up about 16GB with drivers and all that. Either the same or less for Home Premium.
 
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