- Jan 3, 2015
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So, I've been looking to upgrade my storage for ages now. My hard drive which is over 9 years old is starting to show its age, being incredibly slow, and I've decided to make the jump first to an SSD, and keep all my other stuff on my current hard drive.
I was originally going to get the Intel 530 Series 120GB, as I had heard great things about it. However, having searched a bit more, it's come to my attention that the Kingston Fury 240GB is only £5 more and has twice the storage. They have the same controller, but slightly different NAND Flash Type, with the Intel SSD having synchronous MLC and the Fury having plain ol' MLC.
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/intel-internal-hard-drive-ssdsc2bw120a401%2Ckingston-internal-hard-drive-shfs37a240g/
How big is the speed difference between these drives? I have about 160GB in total, with OS and games, so using the Intel drive leaves me with a few games left on the hard drive. Is it worth the extra speed?
Woody
I was originally going to get the Intel 530 Series 120GB, as I had heard great things about it. However, having searched a bit more, it's come to my attention that the Kingston Fury 240GB is only £5 more and has twice the storage. They have the same controller, but slightly different NAND Flash Type, with the Intel SSD having synchronous MLC and the Fury having plain ol' MLC.
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/intel-internal-hard-drive-ssdsc2bw120a401%2Ckingston-internal-hard-drive-shfs37a240g/
How big is the speed difference between these drives? I have about 160GB in total, with OS and games, so using the Intel drive leaves me with a few games left on the hard drive. Is it worth the extra speed?
Woody
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