How big is the one you have now? For most of my clients I set up a single 128GB Samsung 830 SSD for booting/programs and then if they need more storage I generally add a 500GB+ magnetic hard drive.
Generally speaking, you will probably know better than we will if you need the additional space. A good rule of thumb is to look at how much space your programs and OS take up and then buy an appropriate SSD accordingly. Data/music/pictures/etc can live on a slower drive and it [mostly] won't affect performance.
Generally speaking, you will probably know better than we will if you need the additional space. A good rule of thumb is to look at how much space your programs and OS take up and then buy an appropriate SSD accordingly. Data/music/pictures/etc can live on a slower drive and it [mostly] won't affect performance.
You mostly won't notice the difference unless you are a REAL power user. Samsung SSDs are pretty damn fast when used as a single boot drive. I personally run a RAID0 on two Sandforce 2 drives and honestly, it's not worth the hassle. Of course, the Sandforce 2 drives could have something to do with that too. I recently bought a single 128GB Samsung 830 and I'm planning on doing a fresh Windows install on it in the near future.
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1) I ve read nice things about Samsung 830 128GB. Any other similar choices out there?
2) This is the first time for me really researching about SSDs. I m gonna buy one real soon. Is it really worth it buy one for 100-120 euros or would someone end up regretting it?
The use i m planning for it is as a boot drive and games. Unless there are some others that i m ignorant about. Not really a power user.
2) This is the first time for me really researching about SSDs. I m gonna buy one real soon. Is it really worth it buy one for 100-120 euros or would someone end up regretting it?
The use i m planning for it is as a boot drive and games. Unless there are some others that i m ignorant about. Not really a power user.
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It does depend on how many games you plan on having installed at one time. I think 128GB is totally fine. You should plan on 30-40GB for Windows. The amount each game takes up can vary between small (a few hundred MB) and huge (~20GB) but as long as you're willing to uninstall games you don't play any more and just keep your save files, you should be OK. If you run out, you can always buy another one later and just install your games to that. Hope this info helps!
OS and some apps find their place on a 64 GB SSD, but hibernation is always on C drive. Free space get short soon, also write performance is lower on the 64 GB drive.
I would try to use the 128 GB drive for everything, and if you want all apps and games on ssd, please buy another and add it, I would suggust 128gb but you can just install some games on the additional ssd, also 64 GB will work.
I would try to use the 128 GB drive for everything, and if you want all apps and games on ssd, please buy another and add it, I would suggust 128gb but you can just install some games on the additional ssd, also 64 GB will work.
I've been running a Crucial M4 128 Gb drive with no problems so far and it came with the latest firmware. The boot times are great.
Question: If I do decide to go with another SSD, should it be the same brand and/or size, or does that matter?
Question: If I do decide to go with another SSD, should it be the same brand and/or size, or does that matter?
If you are planning on running them in a RAID, you should absolutely get the same model and size and make sure that you have the same firmware version on both of them. If you are just going to use it as a second standalone drive, it doesn't matter and you can get whatever brand/size you want!
What about using the same brand/model, but the 256 Gb SSD paired with the 128 Gb. Will that cause a problem if I try running them in a RAID? I like the performance of the 128 Gb model, but would prefer more disk space, and the prices of the 256 Gb model are coming down.
You can do JBOD which just extends the size of the disk but doesn't give you any performance increase. You may be able to do a striped RAID0 or a mirrored RAID1 but you'd only be able to use as much space as the smallest drive (or 2x that space if you chose to stripe your disks.)
This has been documented and been done but it'd be a waste because in these scenarios your 256GB disk would basically act like a 128GB disk. I'd get a 256GB drive and then just use that as your primary boot volume. Most 256GB drives are faster than the corresponding 128GB drives from the same vendor and series anyway.
This has been documented and been done but it'd be a waste because in these scenarios your 256GB disk would basically act like a 128GB disk. I'd get a 256GB drive and then just use that as your primary boot volume. Most 256GB drives are faster than the corresponding 128GB drives from the same vendor and series anyway.
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