Hi all,
I'm looking at upgrading my parents' PC from a 1TB WD Black to a ~500GB SSD to give it a bit of a boost (whilst it boots Linux in about 25s, it takes about 30s to log in, and loading Chromium/Firefox takes about 10s - from the sounds it's making, it's doing lots of small file reads). I'm looking for a reliable, budget 2.5" SATA drive, around 500GB.
The cheapest option from the "normal" manufacturers are the Crucial MX500 500GB and MX300 525GB (both £120).
Other options would be the SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB (£130), Samsung 850 EVO 500GB (£135), and Western Digital Blue 3D 500GB (£145).
Before I go and get the MX500, should I be looking at any of the others? I'm guessing they largely perform in a similar manner when being used for normal home-office use (i.e. web, e-mail, and word processing), so simply having an SSD is the biggest benefit, and I should plump for the cheapest "decent" one?
Thanks!
I'm looking at upgrading my parents' PC from a 1TB WD Black to a ~500GB SSD to give it a bit of a boost (whilst it boots Linux in about 25s, it takes about 30s to log in, and loading Chromium/Firefox takes about 10s - from the sounds it's making, it's doing lots of small file reads). I'm looking for a reliable, budget 2.5" SATA drive, around 500GB.
The cheapest option from the "normal" manufacturers are the Crucial MX500 500GB and MX300 525GB (both £120).
Other options would be the SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB (£130), Samsung 850 EVO 500GB (£135), and Western Digital Blue 3D 500GB (£145).
Before I go and get the MX500, should I be looking at any of the others? I'm guessing they largely perform in a similar manner when being used for normal home-office use (i.e. web, e-mail, and word processing), so simply having an SSD is the biggest benefit, and I should plump for the cheapest "decent" one?
Thanks!
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