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Hi guys

 

I currently have an Intel SSD 160g and have a 500g HDD.

 

Running windows and a few games titles on the SSD.

 

Personal documents, music and videos on the HDD.

 

The HDD is fine consistantly have 120gig of space free as i delete any videos that i have watched.

 

But the SSD seems to run out fo space i have to keep deleting older games to be able to play newer titles.

 

So i was thinking of getting a new SSD. Just wanted suggestions on what size, brand, spec should i go with. Budget $350(US or Canadian, Im from Australia the exchange rate is okay at the moment)

 

SSD will hold Windows 7 Pro, Fary Cry 3, Crysis, F1 2012, Flight Simulator, Grid, Off Road Drive, BattleField, COD, Dirt 3 and possibly a few more titles.

 

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SO you think 256gb will be enough

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SO you think 256gb will be enough

You're not going to get a high-performance 480/512GB drive for $350.

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SO you think 256gb will be enough

 

 

You're not going to get a high-performance 480/512GB drive for $350.

 

 

Pretty much what Reuben said, the 256GB 840 Pro is the "best" (please note the quotation marks) SSD on the market at the moment. The higher capacity drives are between $400 - 550 so here's the link to the 512GB 840 PRO which is $499

 

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=210_902_909&products_id=22462

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ever thought of going RAID 0? you already said you keep personal on the HD so, RAID 0 you can use your intel drive still

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Go to techbargains.com I usually see Samsung 840 pros 500gb go on sale there. :) 
I got a 256 and a 128 formyself and my sister there once. 

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hang on, it has to be a store that ships international or domestic store so do either of those links work for shipping to/in Australia?

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can you buy from their website?

Apparently not. Weird! 

 

NCIX has weekly special 256GB $214.99 

 

http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=77219&vpn=MZ-7PD256BW&manufacture=Samsung%20Memory%20%26%20Storage&promoid=1202

 

hang on, it has to be a store that ships international or domestic store so do either of those links work for shipping to/in Australia?

 

 yes NCIX ships international :)

 

 

NCIX also price matches :)

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ncix ships "certain" items international?. whether or not they'll ship it or not. also international warranty headaches.....

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ncix ships "certain" items international?. whether or not they'll ship it or not. also international warranty headaches.....

 

They ship the 840 pro international. I did not even think about the warranty. :)

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Thanks guys

What Hybrid drive should i get say 1TB

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Thanks guys

What Hybrid drive should i get say 1TB

Seagate Hybrid drives seems to be pretty good imo.

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Hi guys

 

I currently have an Intel SSD 160g and have a 500g HDD.

 

Running windows and a few games titles on the SSD.

 

Personal documents, music and videos on the HDD.

 

The HDD is fine consistantly have 120gig of space free as i delete any videos that i have watched.

 

But the SSD seems to run out fo space i have to keep deleting older games to be able to play newer titles.

 

So i was thinking of getting a new SSD. Just wanted suggestions on what size, brand, spec should i go with. Budget $350(US or Canadian, Im from Australia the exchange rate is okay at the moment)

 

SSD will hold Windows 7 Pro, Fary Cry 3, Crysis, F1 2012, Flight Simulator, Grid, Off Road Drive, BattleField, COD, Dirt 3 and possibly a few more titles.

You can get a 500GB Samsung EVO

 

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-EVO-Series-2-5-Inch-MZ-7TE500BW/dp/B00E3W19MO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1382673249&sr=8-2&keywords=840+evo

Desktop: Intel Core i7-6700K, ASUS Z170-A, ASUS STRIX GTX 1080 Ti, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512 GB Samsund 840 Pro, Seasonic X series 650W PSU, Fractal Design Define R4, 2x5TB HDD

Hypervisor 1: Intel Xeon E5-2630L, ASRock EPC612D8, 16GB DDR4 ECC RAM, Intel RT3WB080 8-port RAID controller plus expansion card, Norco RPC-4020 case, 20x2TB WD Red HDD

Other spare hypervisors: Dell Poweredge 2950, HP Proliant DL380 G5

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