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Hello

I'm looking for suitable SSD hard drive for my system and goo/ best graphics video card. I need best possible upgrade for smooth performance cos I do a lot of multitasking, photo & video editing.
I have ASUS Z97-K motherboard (LGA 1150) with Intel Core i7-4770K

Really need good advice choosing compatible SSD and professional video card for photo and video editing.
Can someone please help here and give good advice?
Thanks in advance!
 
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SSD:

Here are the benchmarks of top 10 Cheap SSDs

Zip file decompression
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ZIP: Seconds: Quicker is better
AData XPG SX900 512GB: 23
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB: 23
Crucial M500 480GB: 23
Intel 520 480GB: 24
OCZ Vertex 450 256GB: 23
Samsung 840 PRO 512GB: 24
Sandisk Extreme II 240GB: 23
Seagate 600 480GB: 23
Transcend SSD720 512GB: 24
Toshiba Q Series 256GB: 22

4K random read performance (incompressible)
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AS SSD: Megabytes per second: Higher is better
AData XPG SX900 512GB: 23
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB: 23
Crucial M500 480GB: 21
Intel 520 480GB: 24
OCZ Vertex 450 256GB: 19
Samsung 840 PRO 512GB: 26
Sandisk Extreme II 240GB: 23
Seagate...
SSD:

Here are the benchmarks of top 10 Cheap SSDs

Zip file decompression
----------------------------
ZIP: Seconds: Quicker is better
AData XPG SX900 512GB: 23
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB: 23
Crucial M500 480GB: 23
Intel 520 480GB: 24
OCZ Vertex 450 256GB: 23
Samsung 840 PRO 512GB: 24
Sandisk Extreme II 240GB: 23
Seagate 600 480GB: 23
Transcend SSD720 512GB: 24
Toshiba Q Series 256GB: 22

4K random read performance (incompressible)
---------------------------------------------------------
AS SSD: Megabytes per second: Higher is better
AData XPG SX900 512GB: 23
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB: 23
Crucial M500 480GB: 21
Intel 520 480GB: 24
OCZ Vertex 450 256GB: 19
Samsung 840 PRO 512GB: 26
Sandisk Extreme II 240GB: 23
Seagate 600 480GB: 22
Transcend SSD720 512GB: 20
Toshiba Q Series 256GB: 18

4K random write performance (incompressible)
-----------------------------------------------------------
AS SSD: Megabytes per second: Higher is better
AData XPG SX900 512GB: 18
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB: 50
Crucial M500 480GB: 54
Intel 520 480GB: 19
OCZ Vertex 450 256GB: 54
Samsung 840 PRO 512GB: 51
Sandisk Extreme II 240GB: 54
Seagate 600 480GB: 44
Transcend SSD720 512GB: 18
Toshiba Q Series 256GB: 45

Sequential read performance (incompressible)
-----------------------------------------------------------
AS SSD: Megabytes per second: Higher is better
AData XPG SX900 512GB: 505
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB: 503
Crucial M500 480GB: 492
Intel 520 480GB: 499
OCZ Vertex 450 256GB: 504
Samsung 840 PRO 512GB: 520
Sandisk Extreme II 240GB: 515
Seagate 600 480GB: 508
Transcend SSD720 512GB: 502
Toshiba Q Series 256GB: 514

Sequential read performance (compressible)
---------------------------------------------------------
ATTO: Megabytes per second: Higher is better
AData XPG SX900 512GB: 551
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB: 556
Crucial M500 480GB: 539
Intel 520 480GB: 545
OCZ Vertex 450 256GB: 551
Samsung 840 PRO 512GB: 561
Sandisk Extreme II 240GB: 555
Seagate 600 480GB: 554
Transcend SSD720 512GB: 538
Toshiba Q Series 256GB: 552

Sequential write performance (incompressible)
-----------------------------------------------------------
AS SSD: Megabytes per second: Higher is better
AData XPG SX900 512GB: 298
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB: 470
Crucial M500 480GB: 414
Intel 520 480GB: 218
OCZ Vertex 450 256GB: 497
Samsung 840 PRO 512GB: 500
Sandisk Extreme II 240GB: 468
Seagate 600 480GB: 437
Transcend SSD720 512GB: 259
Toshiba Q Series 256GB: 469

Sequential write performance (compressible)
--------------------------------------------------------
ATTO: Megabytes per second: Higher is better
AData XPG SX900 512GB: 519
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB: 506
Crucial M500 480GB: 432
Intel 520 480GB: 475
OCZ Vertex 450 256GB: 534
Samsung 840 PRO 512GB: 535
Sandisk Extreme II 240GB: 518
Seagate 600 480GB: 473
Transcend SSD720 512GB: 465
Toshiba Q Series 256GB: 519

>>>>>>>>>Crucial M500 480GB bags 1st in the list.


Graphics Card:

> R9 270X

> R9 280X

> GTX 770 Ti

> GTX 780

> GTX 750 Ti

For your usage, 750 Ti can cope up with your daily tasks and also, it's cheap.
 
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Vytas Speak

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Wow! That's a decent answer. Just can you tell me please which one I should buy? I mean, I don't really understand what means "Sequential read performance" or "Sequential write performance" etc. Just need a good for best performance at reasonable price.
Thanks
 


Hi Vytas, I have recommended Crucial M500.
To make sure it's a top notch device, I have submitted the benchmark details.