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SSD recommendations?

Discussion in 'Storage and Networking' started by CMH, Jun 14, 2012.

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  1. CMH TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 2,572   +9

    I saw that about the toggle-NAND. Seems like the faster ones are all toggle-nand anyway.

    In either case, I've got the Sandisk now, and it works well. I believe that the difference between them probably can't be seen outside of benchmarks anyway.

    The money I saved is going toward a 7950 :D. Pretty sure I'd be happier with more money in there than in an SSD.
  2. cliffordcooley TechSpot Paladin Posts: 2,641   +389

    Unless you perform the test on the same PC and using the same Internet connection, you can't be certain there were no other aspects involved in the PC with the SSD performing better.
  3. zorg Newcomer, in training Posts: 16

    I am positive that it is the case, whenever you are loading large texture maps, or otherwise heavy grafix, the WD Black 1TB I have in an otherwise identical machine (i7 w/8GB Ram identical graphix cards) , is certainly slower.. this is the whole idea of getting an SSD as a gamer imho. (not D3 only obviously, but all games I have tested perform nicer with an SSD)
  4. JC713 TechSpot Evangelist Posts: 3,443   +306

    M4 is a budget ssd. they offer a good performance to price ratio. the best in my opinion must be the Samsung 830 because of its custom Samsung Flash module and its speed. But if you want reliable (you wont need this if you do raid 0 xD), go intel. it is worth spending the extra buck when dealing with storage. good luck!