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new to SSD. Need 120gig suggestion

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kater1

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Hello all

I am new to SSD drives. I am needing a replacement for a Dell workstation. It has a 160gig drive now with 104gig unused. I was thinking a 120gig SSD would work good. I am wanting to stay below $50 shipped. What would you suggest. Doesn't have to be the fastest on the market. I want reliability more.

I am looking at the Kingston Digital 120GB SSDNow V300

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A1ZTZOG...lid=1UOJAAWJX27HC&coliid=I2RLPX3JBLXMJS&psc=1

and the SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00S9Q9UKS...lid=1UOJAAWJX27HC&coliid=I1BCAJJQZ8NW4A&psc=1

Yes? No? Maybe?

What your opinion?

Thanks

Bill
 
Flip a coin and go with that one. Some SSDs are better than others, but relative to hard drives, it would be hard to tell the difference.

My recommendation would be that, whichever one you go with, spend ~$20 more and get double the size. I would never assume that I am never going to need more storage space than I have at this moment for the life of the drive.
 
This is for a workstation in a pet grooming shop. So I don't need a larger drive. I just want to speed it up a bit. And at its age, I am sure the Seagate hard drive it getting close to the end of its life.

I have read that some SSD drives have slow down issues over time. Don't want that to happen with this system.
 
Out of the two, I would pick the SanDisk. The Kingston drive uses a SandForce controller and while it's a relatively mature and stable platform today, it has suffered from quite a few issues in the past.

SSDs had slowdown issues due to lack of TRIM and unsophisticated garbage collection algorithms, but that was years ago. No issues with current generation drives, as long as you don't fill them 100%.
 
120GB vs 240GB SSDs... some 120's are noticeably slower than their larger counterparts (the M500 in my HTPC, for example...) and now that the price point for larger drives has really come down, it's hard to recommend anything but a ~256GB SSD... But I still spec 120GB SSD's for general use builds, and spend the $20 somewhere else. 🙂
 
kater1 said:
So I don't need a larger drive. I just want to speed it up a bit.

I have read that some SSD drives have slow down issues over time. Don't want that to happen with this system.
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SSDs slow down more, the smaller they are. You want no slowdown? Buy the 240GB, even if you only want 120GB.
 
VirtualLarry said:
SSDs slow down more, the smaller they are. You want no slowdown? Buy the 240GB, even if you only want 120GB.
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Pretty much this.

Even if you never use more than 100 gigs of space all the extra space is a buffer against slowdown. SSD users have reported noticeable slowdowns if the drive is holding close to capacity.
Going with a step up in capacity to 240 or 256 GB will help ensure you never get close to capacity based on the estimate that 120 would be enough.

If 120gb is a set in stone limit for SSD capacity, install a reliable HDD as well to hold data or use an external drive connected to the computer for the data.


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