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    Budget SSD For Laptop

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Hackez, Sep 1, 2011.

  1. Hackez

    Hackez Notebook Evangelist

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    Hackez, Sep 1, 2011
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  2. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    For $90, there's no question you should buy that drive. Crucial is offering the best price/performance/reliability ratio out there at the moment.
     
    saturnotaku, Sep 1, 2011
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  3. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Ya that's a pretty good price. Crucial, Intel and Samsung are by far the only reliable choices for SSDs these days.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Sep 1, 2011
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  4. ExMM

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    +1 From a happy Crucial owner :)
     
    ExMM, Sep 1, 2011
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    chimpanzee Notebook Virtuoso

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    64GB is a bit tight on space(and possibly slower too), there was a 128GB yesterday(?) selling for 179.

    It is still a good deal. If you go for it, may consider turn on compression on selective directories to squeeze something out.
     
    chimpanzee, Sep 1, 2011
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  6. Bill Nye

    Bill Nye Know Nothing

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    The Kingston V+100 128 GBs go for about $125 when on sale (pretty often) if you want storage.

    I'd get the m4 myself though.
     
    Bill Nye, Sep 1, 2011
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    Sandforce, I'd stay away from the Kingston.

    +1 to M4, it's a great drive. If you are only doing Windows plus a few apps, 64GB is fine.
     
    madmattd, Sep 1, 2011
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  8. Bill Nye

    Bill Nye Know Nothing

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    You don't know what you're talking about at all.

    Kingston V+100 uses the Toshiba controller.
     
    Bill Nye, Sep 1, 2011
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  9. saturnotaku

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    Only the Kingston HyperX uses Sandforce.
     
    saturnotaku, Sep 1, 2011
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  10. madmattd

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    My bad I was thinking of a different Kingston drive. No need to get rude.
     
    madmattd, Sep 1, 2011
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    I've had one of the Kingston drives for over a year now, good basic drive - not as fast as my Intel one, but still beats a spinner any day.
    With SSDs as in most everything - you get what you pay for...
     
    J&SinKTO, Sep 2, 2011
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  12. tijo

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    My vote goes to the M4, i got a 64GB in my desktop and it's been treating me well. Probably going to switch to a 128GB soon though and slap the 64GB in my G73.
     
    tijo, Sep 3, 2011
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