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Oh yeah believe me, I have the 8320 and I got so much crap for that. When I was building me system, everyone was suggesting alternative builds using the i5....very irritating. But I love the 8320, it works really well for me. So you think I should keep it? Do you think it'll make a noticeable difference in windows? 

it will make the same difference any other mediocre ssd would, faster boot times and load times for any programs on the drive.

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Hey guys, I just got a Kingston 120 GB SSDNow V300. I got it for like 50 bucks. Is it really that bad? I didn't look at the bad review until now because it had overwhelmingly good ones. I'm really just looking to put it into my system as a boot drive and somewhere to put the programs I use most. This is my first build by the way. Thanks guys!

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Nope, its not the greatest deal/product in the world but you didnt over pay

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There are definitely better drives. I use one myself and it's not awful. it's not great, but it's not awful

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its fine, just dont put sensitive data that you would be upset losing on it, and always do backups as a safety measure :)

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Hey guys, I just got a Kingston 120 GB SSDNow V300. I got it for like 50 bucks. Is it really that bad? I didn't look at the bad review until now because it had overwhelmingly good ones. I'm really just looking to put it into my system as a boot drive and somewhere to put the programs I use most. This is my first build by the way. Thanks guys!

Could have spent ten bucks more and got a proper SSD. 

 

Yes you did overspend, because a WD Black hard drive is not that much slower then a V300 but gives you much more storage for the price.

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its fine, just dont put sensitive data that you would be upset losing on it, and always do backups as a safety measure :)

 

 

Yes it's relatively bad compared to other options (if you got one of the ones with the crappy flash), but it's faster than a hard drive at least. 

 

 

There are definitely better drives. I use one myself and it's not awful. it's not great, but it's not awful

 

 

Nope, its not the greatest deal/product in the world but you didnt over pay

Do you guys agree? Should I return it for the Samsung 850 Evo???

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Do you guys agree? Should I return it for the Samsung 850 Evo???

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Up to you whether or not you want to return it, I would test the speeds first (Crystal Disk Mark) to see if you got a good one or not, if you got a bad one, I'd return it.

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Do you guys agree? Should I return it for the Samsung 850 Evo???

You didnt get ripped off, its a mediocre drive, dont worry i have a fx-6300 which everyone hates on but it works just as intended... soo there is no problem with a littile hate on the product you are using

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You didnt get ripped off, its a mediocre drive, dont worry i have a fx-6300 which everyone hates on but it works just as intended... soo there is no problem with a littile hate on the product you are using

Oh yeah believe me, I have the 8320 and I got so much crap for that. When I was building me system, everyone was suggesting alternative builds using the i5....very irritating. But I love the 8320, it works really well for me. So you think I should keep it? Do you think it'll make a noticeable difference in windows? 

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Oh yeah believe me, I have the 8320 and I got so much crap for that. When I was building me system, everyone was suggesting alternative builds using the i5....very irritating. But I love the 8320, it works really well for me. So you think I should keep it? Do you think it'll make a noticeable difference in windows? 

it will make the same difference any other mediocre ssd would, faster boot times and load times for any programs on the drive.

 The Wannabe is no longer. Replaced by the Flotilla. If you replace every part of a computer is it still the same computer?

Survived the Survivor 2299

Audio Engineer, Lighting Programmer, Video Engineer, FOH.

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