Which SSD is reccomended?

[nikryj]

I am building a new system in an Antec 300 Illusion case with a GIGABYTE GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard. I am getting a 500gb Seagate Barracuda, but I am looking for a 60gb SSD to boot from and possibly put a game or two on. I know absolutely NOTHING about ssds.

 

[Twoboxer]

Know that if by "Game" you mean something like World of Warcraft, a 60 GB drive will be full.

Anyhow, here are the latest recommendations:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-nand-reliability,3021.html

 

[nikryj]

How about the Patriot Pyro PP60GS25SSDR 2.5" 60GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD). I was looking into an OCZ SSD but I have heard and read some very nasty things about them.

 

[zepfan_75]

64 gb Samsung 830 reads are as fast as either of those but it is supposedly as reliable...

 

[inzone]

What version of windows do you have ? A 60gb is small if you want to put a few games as well that thing will be full in no time and it's best for performance reasons to not fill the SSD to capacity. I was using a 64gb as my boot drive and with only one game added in no time it was up to over 50gb and starting to slow down. I now have a 180gb for the boot drive and 99gb free space. Corsair Force GT180gb.

 

[nikryj]

I will be running 64bit windows 7. The only game I would be throwing on it is Battlefield 3. With a 7200rpm hd, that thing still takes FOREVER to load.