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Help Picking A Solid State Drive!

CameronNorman
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Hello linustechtips forum peeps! Help me find a new SSD. Here are my requirements.

 

1. Must be under 60 dollars. (Only looking to put my os on it 120GB is fine)

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^ THATS IT LOL well I would like the best bang for my buck of course!

 

THANKS AHEAD OF TIME!

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ADATA SP920 maybe?

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Hello linustechtips forum peeps! Help me find a new SSD. Here are my requirements.

 

1. Must be under 60 dollars. (Only looking to put my os on it 120GB is fine)

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^ THATS IT LOL well I would like the best bang for my buck of course!

 

THANKS AHEAD OF TIME!

 

Not sure how much it is in the US but I got my Samsung 120GB SSD in the UK for about £50, had no problems with it so far, but that is my personal experience.

CPU: FX-6300 GPU: Sapphire R9 380X MOBO: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB PSU: XFX XTR 550W CASE: Zalman Z11 Plus SSD: Samsung 840 Evo

17 years old, PC Enthusiast for 3. Be gentle with me, I'm only young.

 

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Not sure how much it is in the US but I got my Samsung 120GB SSD in the UK for about £50, had no problems with it so far, but that is my personal experience.

samsung ssd's usually have no problem.

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The Kingston HyperX 120gb is about £45 which I think is around $60 which is a decent ssd with 500mb read and write

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Or the Samsung 850 evo

Corsair 900D, GTX 780, Maximus V Formula, 3770K, 4 x Sandisc SSD's, WD Black 2T, FrozenQ red helix res, Laing d5 pump,XSPC Raystorm, 480 Black Ice sr-1, XSPC RX240, XSPC White Tubing, 2 x koolance qd3 fittings and a butt load of corsair fans lol

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Just don't buy an 850 Evo.

 

I have an 840 and have no problem, what's wrong with the 850?

CPU: FX-6300 GPU: Sapphire R9 380X MOBO: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB PSU: XFX XTR 550W CASE: Zalman Z11 Plus SSD: Samsung 840 Evo

17 years old, PC Enthusiast for 3. Be gentle with me, I'm only young.

 

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