Need smallish SSD for old computer

[Yuriman]

I'm looking to give my father an upgrade for Christmas. He's running an old Shuttle XPC with an E6600. Windows + his programs fit comfortably on an 80GB drive and he has a 250GB drive for his larger files. He's not really in need of more space, but I'm looking to make his PC a bit faster. What's a good SSD of 128GB or less (80 would probably be fine) to buy for him?

 

[kleinkinstein]

The Samsung 830 128 or 64 is rock solid! Or, if you we're thinking, you'd pull your X-25M regift it and get yourself a 256. C'mon, man!

 

[sequoia464]

The Samsung 830 128 or 64 is rock solid! Or, if you we're thinking, you'd pull your X-25M regift it and get yourself a 256. C'mon, man!

Makes sense to me. That X25 will probably be good for quite a while.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I'm looking to give my father an upgrade for Christmas. He's running an old Shuttle XPC with an E6600. Windows + his programs fit comfortably on an 80GB drive and he has a 250GB drive for his larger files. He's not really in need of more space, but I'm looking to make his PC a bit faster. What's a good SSD of 128GB or less (80 would probably be fine) to buy for him?

Which OS is Pops using? I put an Intel Elm Crest 128GB SATA-III on Mom's LGA-775 nVidia/nForce 610i board as boot/system drive with an E6700 Wolfdale. [Of course, the SATA controller is only SATA-II.] It's been tip-top stellar marvelous for about 14 months.

Old Moms is at the computer compulsively almost as much as I with my own workstation. I've got her system working with S3 sleep-state, waking up reliably when our WHS-2011 server begins a schuduled backup for it. And even if Moms keeps it awake all day and night, it only uses 77W.