Help me choose SSD for Asus P6T DELUXE V2

[blue2007]

After a couple of years of running the setup, I decided to upgrade to an SSD drive for my Asus P6T DELUXE V2. I am confused on whether all SSD drives work for the system, but hopefully you guys can help me figure it out. Here are some thoughts:

1. The SSD will be 128 or 256GB and used to install Win 8 and apps
2. Currently have 3 other drives WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B, each 650GB. One is used for OS and the other 2 are RAID 0 for data.

Can you please help me figure out 1. the SSD drive I would and which works with the Asus motherboard and 2. How to still keep the data on RAID 0 without formatting and starting fresh?

Thank you.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Welcome to the forums!

I think the Samsung 840 Pro is currently the king of the crop. Not the most inexpensive, but best overall performer.

Anand's Review

Release date is 11/06/12 though, if you can afford to wait an extra week.

 

[tweakboy]

You need to disconnect all your drives and only connect the SSD via same way power cable and sata cable. Winblows 8 Phone OS will recognize it and install your OS on the 256GB I recommend,, or 512GB

128GB is too little,, you install OS you have maybe 40GB remaining. If you cant afford the 600 dollars then grab a 256GB for 250 to 300ish. Its the fastest and most stable along with M4 SSD on the market today.

 

[blue2007]

It's the M4 better than Samsung 830?

http://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-2-5-In.../ref=pd_cp_e_1

 

[Zap]

I think the Samsung 840 Pro is currently the king of the crop. Not the most inexpensive, but best overall performer.

It won't matter unless blue2007 has plans to upgrade to a newer platform while keeping the SSD. The Asus P6T uses the X58 chipset, which does not have native SATA 6G. Thus, all fast SSDs will be capped in performance. Even if the onboard Marvell SATA 6G controller is used, IIRC it is connected with a PCIe x1 lane, thus also capped in performance.

128GB is too little,, you install OS you have maybe 40GB remaining. If you cant afford the 600 dollars then grab a 256GB for 250 to 300ish.

I agree that if you can afford it, buy a bigger SSD. Nothing is worse than running out of room on the C drive.

I don't know where you get your pricing, but a good 256GB drive no longer costs $250-300 USD, and 512GB does not cost $600 USD.

Regarding a base OS install leaving only 40GB free on a 128GB drive, you are wrong. Very, very wrong. A completely fresh install of Windows 7 will take around 15GB.

It's the M4 better than Samsung 830?

No. Quality-wise it is around the same. Performance-wise the M4 is a bit slower. By "bit slower" I mean that benchmarks and reviews will rate it slower, but you will not notice any difference while actually using the computer. Just get the cheaper one. Note that SSD pricing is extremely volatile, with sale prices changing daily and sometimes by the hour. Decide on roughly what you want (capacity, a handful of brands/models) and then wait for a sale.

 

[blue2007]

Thanks. So I'll get the Samsung 830 256GB for about $160 then in the future if I upgrade the motherboard, I can still take advantage of the speeds.

So basically I can install the OS on the SSD then still keep the Raid 0 I had setup before, right?

 

[JerryOneMillion]

Yes - But you may need to install the drivers for your raid on the new OS...