Solid State Drive

[Lance]

Dear all

Has any one got a recommendation (or two) for SSD's to use as the boot drive for a PC refurbishment? Sizes, brands and locations for good deals will be helpful. I remember CW recommending OCZ branded SSDs once upon a time are these still recommended?

Lance

[dees]

I purchased an 80GB Corsair from Centrecom Sunshine, very helpful staff and ok price.
I use it for the same reason you wish to, it is great how Windows 7 cranks up in no time at all.
I kept the old Windows 7 partition, and keep programs on one hdd and data on the next.
All simple and works well.
Cheers

[gto-pontiac]

Corsair, OCZ, Gskill, Kingston, is the main ones, but it you are looking for Speed Intel 510 is the one you are looking for, its the one of the best SSD on the market, it is more expansive than others. other than that they mostlikly uses same controller chip, so its all about the Brand name, I do prefer the OCZ or Intel for SSDs, but i heard that Crucial M4 is a worth a look as well, you can get them from PCCaseGear

I have 120GB and use just for the OS and some Application, make sure to move all the User data to a HDD otherwise it gets full very very quick.

GTO

[Bob]

"it is more expansive than others."
What do you mean by this, does the storage capacity somehow increase?

[gto-pontiac]

no capacity is the same 120GB, it is more expensive because it is made by Intel and not 100% sure but it uses it own controller chip where others uses Sandforce chip as a controller, because of this non-Intel SSD can use the mass produced controller when Intel uses its own, or though the NAND chip is most likely to be same from Samsung or other big name ones, and if you buy a cheaper model like A-DATA or other not so known companies then they might use some cheaper NAND. SO thats why the Intel SSD is more expensive than others, It is only $20~$30 more for the Intel so i would go for the Intel SSD if the budget arrow it. its a similar deal with HDDs, you have Western digital, Samsung, Hitachi and Seagate making them and some are cheaper than others, when comparing with same capacity and rpm.