Is THIS ssd worth it

[Overkilled]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-050-KS

 

I have a hackintosh so I was wondering if it would make sense getting two of these 1 for windows, 1 for mac. I know its a budget SSD so will I see a difference between this and my dated stone age Samsung spinpoint HDD?

[79wjd]

Literally any other SSD would be better. The V300 is a piece of crap as Kingston swapped out the NAND (or was it the controller....I think it was the NAND chips) on the SSD to cheap shit after the reviews were posted.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Pretty much any other SSD would be good. 

 

EDIT: Sandisk SSD Plus for example. Better SSD and larger capacity

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00S9Q9UKS/?tag=pcp0f-21

[Mug]

Yes. Yes it will work with Hackintosh. Yes.

 

Would choose another one though, bad things are said about those ones.

[Overkilled]

Obviously the only thing that would be installed on the SSDs is the operating systems themselves as well as some core applications. Im gonna buy a 1TB HDD to work with my 500GB one once I get enough money

[SeanBond]

I can't believe kingston is still allowed to market that with orginal specs. It's not worth it at all.

[Aytex]

ewwwwwwwww nooooooooo

[Overkilled]

Pretty much any other SSD would be good. 

 

EDIT: Sandisk SSD Plus for example. Better SSD and larger capacity

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00S9Q9UKS/?tag=pcp0f-21

 

Nice, would I benefit from 120 on windows and 120 on mac or is 60 enough?

[Overkilled]

ewwwwwwwww nooooooooo

 

 

I can't believe kingston is still allowed to market that with orginal specs. It's not worth it at all.

 

 

Yes. Yes it will work with Hackintosh. Yes.

 

Would choose another one though, bad things are said about those ones.

 

 

Literally any other SSD would be better. The V300 is a piece of crap as Kingston swapped out the NAND (or was it the controller....I think it was the NAND chips) on the SSD to cheap shit after the reviews were posted.

So basically the Kingston is shit?

[Mug]

Obviously the only thing that would be installed on the SSDs is the operating systems themselves as well as some core applications. Im gonna buy a 1TB HDD to work with my 500GB one once I get enough money

Make sure your hard drive partition is compatible with the OS:

• OSX reads but not writes to NTFS
• Windows doesn't see OSX Extended partitions
• exFAT is a good option but it's shit for hard drives.

[GlassBomb]

Nice, would I benefit from 120 on windows and 120 on mac or is 60 enough?

 

To me, 120GB would be a bare minimum. I always recommend ~250GB SSD's for a computer that is going to see daily use. 60GB would be enough, but I wouldn't recommend it.

[Aytex]

So basically the Kingston is shit?

Affirmative

[Mug]

Nice, would I benefit from 120 on windows and 120 on mac or is 60 enough?

60 is enough for Mac but really, really not enough for Windows.

[Oshino Shinobu]

So basically the Kingston is shit?

That particular one, yes. They made some revisions to it which cut it's performance down a lot. 

 

 

Nice, would I benefit from 120 on windows and 120 on mac or is 60 enough?

It gives you more room. Not really necessary, but you could put something else on there too if you wanted. For only a few £ more, it's worth it. 

[Overkilled]

 

Make sure your hard drive partition is compatible with the OS:

• OSX reads but not writes to NTFS
• Windows doesn't see OSX Extended partitions
• exFAT is a good option but it's shit for hard drives.

 

I want two separate HDDs and SSDs for windows and mac. Im running them both of a single HDD and im not gonna make that mistake again! 

[79wjd]

Make sure your hard drive partition is compatible with the OS:

• OSX reads but not writes to NTFS
• Windows doesn't see OSX Extended partitions
• exFAT is a good option but it's shit for hard drives.

There is a program called NTFS for Mac OSX by Paragon that allows OS X to read/write to NTFS devices.

[Sauron]

Nonono. v300 ssds aren't very good and 60gb are really not enough for a windows install that you use regularly. For linux, sure; for windows, no.

[Overkilled]

Does anyone mind giving me some suggestions then.

[Mug]

There is a program called NTFS for Mac OSX by Paragon that allows OS X to read/write to NTFS devices.

Yes there is, for money.

[Overkilled]

Basically im selling my xbox 360s 250gb with kinect to afford this (im only 14 so) and I doubt ill get any more than 130 (probably about 110) and for that I need a 1TB HDD and two SSDs

[79wjd]

Yes there is, for money.

$20 well spent, it's certainly better than having multiple HDDs for separate storage, and it's better than using exFAT, which is just a terrible idea on a drive which could lose power at any point.

But there's also this: http://www.cnet.com/news/how-to-manually-enable-ntfs-read-and-write-in-os-x/

[Overkilled]

$20 well spent, it's certainly better than having multiple HDDs for separate storage, and it's better than using exFAT, which is just a terrible idea on a drive which could lose power at any point.

But there's also this: http://www.cnet.com/news/how-to-manually-enable-ntfs-read-and-write-in-os-x/

Why is it better than multiple HDDs?

[79wjd]

Why is it better than multiple HDDs?

Having all your data stored in one place is better than two. It's easier to manage and keep track of all your data -- it makes finding things a lot easier since there is only one place to look and you don't have to worry about having access to certain files in Windows and others in OSX. Not to mention the cost of a second drive is probably more than the cost of Paragon.

[daniellearmouth]

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-050-KS

 

I have a hackintosh so I was wondering if it would make sense getting two of these 1 for windows, 1 for mac. I know its a budget SSD so will I see a difference between this and my dated stone age Samsung spinpoint HDD?

 

At that price, you can get the Corsair Force LS 60GB model and it would stomp on the Kingston V300 series at this time.

 

In other words: NO, VERY MUCH NOT WORTH IT.

[Overkilled]

Having all your data stored in one place is better than two. It's easier to manage and keep track of all your data -- it makes finding things a lot easier since there is only one place to look and you don't have to worry about having access to certain files in Windows and others in OSX. Not to mention the cost of a second drive is probably more than the cost of Paragon.

Ok in my situation right now I have one 500gb drive that houses both. Im planning on buying a 1TB HDD and using the 500GB I have now just for Mac. As well as buying two separate SSDs. One for Mac, one for Windows. In my situation am I better of just buying the program and just keeping using the original 500gb HDD for both operating systems?