Help me with SSD

[Sparkiee]

Hello, I am looking forward to buying an SSD but i have no clue what it is and what it does, it would also be good if you would suggest me something worth max. 60-70 €

 

Also, I have DDR2 motherboard 500 GB hard drive.

 

Thanks,

Sparkiee

[Wingfan]

? how do you know you want it if you dont know what it is?

[DarkBlade2117]

Hello, I am looking forward to buying an SSD but i have no clue what it is and what it does, it would also be good if you would suggest me something worth max. 60-70 €

 

Also, I have DDR2 motherboard 500 GB hard drive.

 

Thanks,

 

Stores stuff like a your 500GB HDD but no offense you are gonna need more then an SSD to get performance.

[Sparkiee]

? how do you know you want it if you dont know what it is?

One guy offered me it, he said it will fasten my PC a little bit, but I want to know how.

[Sparkiee]

Stores stuff like a your 500GB HDD but no offense you are gonna need more then an SSD to get performance.

 

Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2,66 GHz

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

DDR2 Motherboard

500 GB

4 GB of RAM

These are my PC specs, if it would help.

[DarkBlade2117]

 

Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2,66 GHz

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460

DDR2 Motherboard

500 GB

4 GB of RAM

These are my PC specs, if it would help.

What do you do on this PC?

[Sparkiee]

What do you do on this PC?

I usually play games

[DarkBlade2117]

I usually play games

What Kind of Games? Specific names like Minecraft, CS:GO ect.. ect. What kind of FPS do you get?

[Sparkiee]

What Kind of Games? Specific names like Minecraft, CS:GO ect.. ect. What kind of FPS do you get?

CS:GO 60-120 FPS, LOL 60 FPS, BF3 (i dunno how much fps do i get in that one)

[DarkBlade2117]

CS:GO 60-120 FPS, LOL 60 FPS, BF3 (i dunno how much fps do i get in that one)

I dont know how you can even run BF3 with that PC but if the dude who offered you the SSD, How many GBs, Brand and Model, Ect ect. Is it free?

[Sparkiee]

He said I may need one for a better performance in this forum, he didnt say what brand and etc.

[Sparkiee]

I dont know how you can even run BF3 with that PC but if the dude who offered you the SSD, How many GBs, Brand and Model, Ect ect. Is it free?

He said I may need one for a better performance in this forum, he didnt say what brand and etc.

[LinusDropTips]

An SSD (Solid State Drive) is a form of permanent storage much like a hard drive, but is based on solid state storage. This is non volatile flash memory meaning that it keeps the data when power is not supplied. They are effectively a faster replacement for HDDs. They are significantly faster and much more resistant to physical damage, but are generally smaller and more expensive.

 

An SSD will increase your PCs performance, but not in games and other processing workloads. It will make your PC boot faster and your programs and general use will feel more responsive due to the faster speeds of the SSD, but the SSD will not affect your games in any way.

 

I recommend an SSD as a boot drive as they make using a PC a better overall experience, but if you want raw FPS in games and SSD will have no impact.

Buying second hand drives is not recommended, but I would especialy avoid second hand SSDs as it is much harder to tell the health of the drive because they don't show warning symptoms like HDDs.

 

I hope this helps, feel free to ask if you have any more questions