Point of getting an SSD?

The only problem is finding a hard drive that I like. The brand, rpm, and price is a big factor right now.

All of the stuff I have at the moment, not including games, is well under 40gb. That's including being fully updated.

UnknownReverent said:

The only problem is finding a hard drive that I like. The brand, rpm, and price is a big factor right now.

If you post "what you like" along with where you will (and won't) buy from, someone may see a sale/good deal and let you know.

Well the current hard drive I have is a 640gb Seagate. I haven't heard good things about them lately. I just want something similar to that size and 7200RPM.

I think at the bare minimum, a 60G will do. I myself would not use anything lower that 120G.

Once you go SSD, you never will go back.
I got my first one a little over a year ago, a Crucial C300 256G SataIII. My read/write scores tripled. The Win7 WEI went to the max 7.9 on the disk data transfer rate. Everything else was at or below 7.5 then.

My company uses hundreds of HyperX 480G drives from Kingston and there is a sale at Newegg for a 120G at $129 after rebate. That is a great price.
Newegg.com - Kingston HyperX 3K SH103S3B/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Upgrade Bundle Kit)

Even after a year or more on my crucial, it is still only half full.

Never run a SSD more than 75% capacity. You need the space for Trim and Garbage Collection.
When you are ready for a SSD, make sure you read all the information about how to use it before you install it.
There are things like, no defrag, no indexing, alignment, etc.

UnknownReverent said:

Well the current hard drive I have is a 640gb Seagate. I haven't heard good things about them lately. I just want something similar to that size and 7200RPM.

Just a thought. Have you considered contacting Seagate to see if they can exchange the drive under warranty?

BarryBGB said:

I think at the bare minimum, a 60G will do. I myself would not use anything lower that 120G.

Once you go SSD, you never will go back.
I got my first one a little over a year ago, a Crucial C300 256G SataIII. My read/write scores tripled. The Win7 WEI went to the max 7.9 on the disk data transfer rate. Everything else was at or below 7.5 then.

My company uses hundreds of HyperX 480G drives from Kingston and there is a sale at Newegg for a 120G at $129 after rebate. That is a great price.
Newegg.com - Kingston HyperX 3K SH103S3B/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Upgrade Bundle Kit)

Even after a year or more on my crucial, it is still only half full.

Never run a SSD more than 75% capacity. You need the space for Trim and Garbage Collection.
When you are ready for a SSD, make sure you read all the information about how to use it before you install it.
There are things like, no defrag, no indexing, alignment, etc.

Do you have a place saved that I could read up on this?

seavixen32 said:

Just a thought. Have you considered contacting Seagate to see if they can exchange the drive under warranty?

I've had it well over 3 or 4 years. I bought it from a Fry's near me. There is no warranty left.

Do you have a place saved that I could read up on this?[/QUOTE]


Sure. Here are a few:

SSD - Install and Transfer the Operating System
SSD Tweaks and Optimizations in Windows 7
SSD Alignment
http://www.overclock.net/t/700470/tu...d-optimization
Sean's Windows 7 Install & Optimization Guide for SSDs & HDDs

There are many more out there.
A very important one is the alignment. I have a program that does the alignment for me even if there is data on it. It used to be free but now Paragon charges for it.
I also use the program on my spinners and has increased their read/write speeds.

I could use the program diskpart that comes with Windows but I guess I am getting lazy.

I also never let Windows create my partitions either. It always wants to make a 100MB second one that just takes up a drive letter, and makes it confusing when I want to image the drive. I simply partition it first, then install Windows.