Good find and TC you could clone the drive to any external drive using a USB to SATA adaptor or just hook it in a spare SATA port Macrium does a really good job and all you need do is to clone it back when you get the new drive. Macrium Reflect Free I have attached pics of how I do it but you might have a preference for something else
NB You will be notified of a bug patch do that before cloning
Now for my two cents worth I stick with the better known drives (SSD especially) Samsung, SanDisk, Crucial and Corsair being my line of choice and they are all around the same price mark for the GB's you get. I must admit I do like Samsung because of their technology and they make their own controller - which in the past has been a failing point with SSD's so I know I am safe.
My Computer
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Own build (new) Desk1 / Asus ROG Win 7 / Desk2 1st build
- OS
- Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
- CPU
- Desk1 i5 3750K / Laptop i7 GTX 860M / Desk2 i5 2500
- Motherboard
- Desk1 Asus P877-V / Desk2 Gigabyte H67 UD3H / Laptop ?
- Memory
- Desk1 8GB (1866) / Desk2 16GB (1333) / Laptop 8Gb DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- Desk 1& 2NVidia GTX 650 & Laptops on board Intel
- Sound Card
- Desk 1 & 2 -XONAR DG Realtek High Def audio Laptop
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Desk 1 Benq HD 2450 / Desk2 Philips 24" / Laptop 17.5"
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080 D1 & D2 & Laptop 1
- Hard Drives
- Desk1 Samsung 120GB 830 SSD
Asus ROG 256GB 850 Pro SSD
Desk2 Samsung 840 256 SSD
Toshiba 120GB EVO
- PSU
- Desk 1 Corsair HX 1050/ Laptop ? / Desk 2 Corsair HX 650
- Case
- Desk 1 Cooler HAF XM ? Toshiba laptop / Desk2 Coolermaster
- Cooling
- Fans on all Desk1 -2 Desk2 - all Coolermasters 5 Laptop ?
- Keyboard
- Desk 1 MS Sidewinder X6 Desk 2 MS Sidewinder X 4
- Mouse
- Desk 1&2 - Gigabyte MS 900 gamer - laptop - Logitec wireless
- Internet Speed
- ADSL2+
- Other Info
- One other Desktop (tester) and spare Toshba laptop both with SSD's
Running Kaspersky 2016 ISS on all machines config'd identically
Logitec audio stereo systems on each machine (x3)
Canon MG5250MFC
Router/modem TP-Link running WPA2SK
