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I agree with buying refurbished or look on eBay... it gets you the best value

i5 4670k| Asrock H81M-ITX| EVGA Nex 650g| WD Black 500Gb| H100 with SP120s| ASUS Matrix 7970 Platinum (just sold)| Patriot Venom 1600Mhz 8Gb| Bitfenix Prodigy. Build log in progress 

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corsair nutron 128gb i have 2 of them found them for 89 and 99 on sales here in canada

Main Rig: CPU: 3570k Mobo: ga-z77x-ud5h-wb :RAM: 8gb kingson ddr3 1600 :gpu crossfire amd 290's Case: zalman z9 plus Cooler: h80i p/p SSD: nutron 120gb HDD: 2tb wd green 4tb seagate desktop                                              

Girlfirends: CPU: 8350 Mobo 990fxa-ud3 Ram 8gb kingson ddr3 1600 gpu: his 7850 case: inwin dragon rider SSD: nutron 120gb HDD: 2tb seagate                                                                                                                                         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

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What are some good ssd type/name that i should look at ? ( i understand that older ssd can be dramatically slower than good old hard drive. )

 

The cheaper the better, i don't care about refurbished ssd, as long as it last 2+ years and load everything up fast ( Arma 2 really need an ssd to help loading things faster once i am inside the game )

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120gb samsung for 95 on amazon.

[ I7-4770K ][ Gigabyte GA-Z87-UD3H ][ Corsair Dominator Platinum 16gb ][ Corsair Carbide 300R ][ Corsair HX850 ][ Gigabyte Gtx 770 ]


[ Samsung 840 Series 500gb SSD ][ Bitfenix Spectre Pro (Blue LED) + Bitfenix Recon Fan Controller ]


 

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Try to find open box, lightly used or referbished drives. On Craigslist, eBay or a local equivalent. Those normally have the best deals.

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i7 4790K | Asus Z97I-WiFi | CM 280L | Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X | Kingston ValueRAM 2 x 8GB | 128GB Samsung 840 Pro | 2TB Seagate SSHD | Seasonic Platinium 660W | Bitfenix Prodigy

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What are some good ssd type/name that i should look at ? ( i understand that older ssd can be dramatically slower than good old hard drive. )

 

The cheaper the better, i don't care about refurbished ssd, as long as it last 2+ years and load everything up fast ( Arma 2 really need an ssd to help loading things faster once i am inside the game )

Intel 330 series, Crucial M4/M500, Plextor M5S, Samsung 840, Kingston. The Corsair Force drives seem to have good reviews but some people have mixed options on it. OCZ's Agility is okay but slows to A crawl if you fill it up.

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i7 4790K | Asus Z97I-WiFi | CM 280L | Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X | Kingston ValueRAM 2 x 8GB | 128GB Samsung 840 Pro | 2TB Seagate SSHD | Seasonic Platinium 660W | Bitfenix Prodigy

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I personally have had great experience with the 120G versions of the OCZ vertex 3 and the Samsung 840 series non-pro.  I just put the 840 into a HP dm1 netbook and that thing flies now. even with only 2G ram it is very zippy.

Grammar and spelling is not indicative of intelligence/knowledge.  Not having the same opinion does not always mean lack of understanding.  

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