SSD for Games

[whipcreambeast]

Hi all,
I have not been researching about ssd for a while due to having already make the plunge a few years ago. But I was wanting a secound SSD for some games... Just wondering what is the best value for money in terms of size now and any recommended brands. Herd that everyone is likeing Samgung at the moment but also herd that they had some firmware bugs aswell.

[WinNut]

Crucial makes some good budget SSDs and Intel makes some of the most reliable SSDs but their prices make me cri everytim

[tmlhalo]

Best value for the performance is a SSD cache.

 

256-512 GB SSDs usually have the better $/GB for pure SSD. 

http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/internal-hard-drive/#qq=1&S=256000,1000000&t=0&sort=a6

[whipcreambeast]

Yer thinking of getting a 240 gb ssd.... And wow Crucial is cheap, I can get a 512gb ssb at the same price as a high end Samsung or Intel 256gb ssd.

 

WinNut do you run a Crucial SSD, and have you had any issue with them?

[Brandogg255]

Crucial is a good SSD company, i know people that have them and have had no issues

[Faceman]

Hi all,

I have not been researching about ssd for a while due to having already make the plunge a few years ago. But I was wanting a secound SSD for some games... Just wondering what is the best value for money in terms of size now and any recommended brands. Herd that everyone is likeing Samgung at the moment but also herd that they had some firmware bugs aswell.

Honestly dude, I would wait another year.  The SSD prices are falling so fast, a 1TB SSD is down to around $350-$400 depending on brand, and I'm hoping it will drop to below $300 by the end of the year.  The only real performance benefit you're looking at is faster load times.  Only you can decide if a few hundo is worth loading a game a little bit faster.

[Nexxus]

I personally wouldnt bother with an ssd dedicated to games. Unless its one of those rare games like civ 5 the load time isnt bad on a WD black speed drive. I only really notice it with things like PS or 3dsmax. games load quick enough as is on 7200rpm drives.

[whipcreambeast]

Honestly dude, I would wait another year.  The SSD prices are falling so fast, a 1TB SSD is down to around $350-$400 depending on brand, and I'm hoping it will drop to below $300 by the end of the year.  The only real performance benefit you're looking at is faster load times.  Only you can decide if a few hundo is worth loading a game a little bit faster.

Good Point, when I had brought my current SSD prices were at $1 -$1.20 per gb and the AUS dollar was on par with the US. But the dollar over here does not look like it will go up anytime soon. So its abit of a gamble if I will get much of a price drop

[Nexxus]

quick commentary on your samsung thing I use an 840 evo and haven'tnoticed a single thing it does strange/awkwardly or buggy I dont have any software installed for it but ya it works just fine,