SSD Cache

[nativeboii_93]

I have a question about the SSD I'm going to get. It is a (ADATA Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive) I'm getting it because I'm on a budget 1. is it a good SSD for frequent gaming 2. Should it be enough memory 3. Will it boot OS and apps fast 4. On Specs it says N\A Cache... why? will it still be fast without any? 5. Should I partition it because I won't have an HDD with it

[OuchMyFaceyHole]

You should get a hard drive with it or just forgo the SSD until you have enough money for a decently sized one. Of course stuff will load fast as thats kinda the point. They decided not to have cache. Not a big deal. Cache just helps with consistency. I don't like the SMI controller it uses so I'd get a big hard drive and get like a 240gb SSD like a 850 Evo or something maybe a touch cheaper down the line.

[Morgan MLGman]

2 minutes ago, Hunter259 said:

You should get a hard drive with it or just forgo the SSD until you have enough money for a decently sized one. Of course stuff will load fast as thats kinda the point. They decided not to have cache. Not a big deal. Cache just helps with consistency. I don't like the SMI controller it uses so I'd get a big hard drive and get like a 240gb SSD like a 850 Evo or something maybe a touch cheaper down the line.

For the price it's a great SSD, though I agree the 850 EVO is faster as I own both of those

[OuchMyFaceyHole]

Just now, Morgan MLGman said:

For the price it's a great SSD, though I agree the 850 EVO is faster as I own both of those

I've had a few SMI based SSD's. They are OK at best. But if he only has 120gb of space he is going to hate himself.

[Aytex]

13 minutes ago, Hunter259 said:

But if he only has 120gb of space he is going to hate himself.

120 gb is not enough for OS and "a few programs" it fills up really quick  

 

highly recommend you get a 250+ SSD

[Mira Yurizaki]

I dunno, I have 172GiB out of 237GiB free according to Windows for my OS SSD. If anything, it'll at least make the experience of running the OS and other programs great.

 

For games it depends on how big they are to begin with.

[bgibbz]

120GB ssd isnt enough. Get at least 250 gb. Currently i have over 400 gb of stuff stored on my ssds. 

[iRileyx]

120 is plenty for the OS, it depends on the programs/games you'd be putting on it though. If its general programs like chrome, hardware monitors, word processing etc. it'll be plenty.

My 120gb with windows 10 + my main used programs is only at 70gb used of the 112(i think) available.

My 525gb with games on is a different story though, only put about 7 steam games + gta v onto it, already used around 130gb on that.

[ProjectBox153]

1 hour ago, nativeboii_93 said:

2. Should it be enough memory 

We don't know what programs you are using, but once you get Windows installed (or Linux, I don't care) you'll soon be out of room, especially if you're installing all your games to the SSD. Also, this should be in the Storage sub-category.

[spamy666]

I have a 120GB SSD and it works well. I do really really wish that i bout a bigger one though as I have used up pretty much all of it.

[Donut417]

2 hours ago, nativeboii_93 said:

I have a question about the SSD I'm going to get. It is a (ADATA Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive) I'm getting it because I'm on a budget 1. is it a good SSD for frequent gaming 2. Should it be enough memory 3. Will it boot OS and apps fast 4. On Specs it says N\A Cache... why? will it still be fast without any? 5. Should I partition it because I won't have an HDD with it

I have a 256 Gig Samsung 830 SSD. I have Windows installed on it and a few select programs. All my games are on a 1 Tb hard disk. All my data is on a second 1Tb hard disk. Windows boots about as fast as Jimmy Johns gets you a sub. Freaken Fast. 

 

As far as ADATA is concerned I dont know about the brand. I know they exist and thats about it. Games really dont benefit much from being on a SSD. Mostly just lower loading times. 120 Gigs though is not a lot of space. You might wait till you can spring for a 240 to 500 Gig model. SSD's.