120GB SSD or 250GB SSD?

Stanley Man · May 15, 2013

Which samsung SSD should I get for my gaming computer. Additionally, I have a 500gb HDD for storage such as pictures, and other junk.

Nickolie · May 15, 2013

I've got the 250GB 840 PRO and it's great. I use it as my OS and all my other software and it works a dream.

geofelt · May 15, 2013

You did not mention budget constraints.
Larger SSD's are a bit faster.
Buy a 500gb SSD, forget the HDD and be done with it.
But, otherwise, buy a 240gb ssd. It will be large enough to hold a bunch of games.
120gb is enough for the os and a handful of games. More than that, you will be needing to juggle game placement on two drives.
As to which, any Samsung will be good. Intel too if it is cheaper.
The PRO has a longer lifespan, but that is really a non issue for desktop users.

TheBigTroll · May 15, 2013

dpeends on your budget. and as for SSD selection, id suggest a plextor m5s 256gb for 169.99. better drive overall

ram1009 · May 15, 2013

Always buy the biggest HDD or SSD you can afford. Check this out: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Deals-SSD-Cheap-Coupon-Logicbuy,22579.html

jaguarskx · May 16, 2013

Bigger is generally better especially considering that for TRIM to operate effectively there needs to be a minimum of 20% free capacity.

What is TRIM?

Basically each sector in a SSD can only be written oven so many times before it fails and becomes useless. If you were to use a program to continuously write 1's in each sector of a SSD and HDD over and over again, you would fine the SSD will be the 1st to die unless the HDD suffers a mechanical failure. TRIM basically reserves sectors on the SSD to help postpone the eventual failure of a SSD drive. I think I read some where that the average expected life span of a SSD is about 5 years based on "typical usage".

It is best to move the pagefile off of the SSD and onto the HDD which frees up some space on the SSD and reduces wear and tear. Also, if you have not disabled hibernation (and you have no need for it) then you can free up around 4GB - 8GB (I forget exactly) of space on the SSD.

If you are using Win 7, then you can click the following link to disable/enable hibernation. It may work with Win 8 as will since it is basically an enhanced version of Win 7.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920730

mad-max79 · May 17, 2013

The Samsung 840 with 250 GB is a really good choice, which makes you more flexible than just putting most stuff on the HDD.

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