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Samsung 840 Evo 256Gb

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well its coming up to xmas and i currently have a wd black drive and it gets kinda slow if you do alot of stuff at once and I have never used a SSD before but is it worth getting a ssd for my system OS and some games? Only thing putting me off is that I have everything installed on here and configured the way i want and i dont want to do that stuff again but I herd there is drive cloning software but yeah If it really makes a big differnce i guess i can get one im just not sure? can anyone give me advice on what to do? system specs are :core i5 4570 amd 7870 ghz editon sea sonic s12 II 620wat psu and current got a wd black 1tb drive with another 500gb drive for uh *movies*

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well its coming up to xmas and i currently have a wd black drive and it gets kinda slow if you do alot of stuff at once and I have never used a SSD before but is it worth getting a ssd for my system OS and some games? Only thing putting me off is that I have everything installed on here and configured the way i want and i dont want to do that stuff again but I herd there is drive cloning software but yeah If it really makes a big differnce i guess i can get one im just not sure? can anyone give me advice on what to do? system specs are :core i5 4570 amd 7870 ghz editon sea sonic s12 II 620wat psu and current got a wd black 1tb drive with another 500gb drive for uh *movies*

Yea, I'd buy a new SSD before even turning my pc on if mine were to break, once you taste the performance of an SSD you can't go back.

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You'll see a huge difference in loading times or games/windows start up and loading programs. With Fastboot disabled I can boot up fully in around 5-7 seconds. With Fastboot enabled I can boot up in 3-5 seconds. This is all on Windows 8 though. 

Setup: i5 4670k @ 4.2 Ghz, Corsair H100i Cooler, Corsair Vengeance Pro 16GB Ram @ 1600 Mhz, MSI Z87-GD65 Motherboard, Corsair GS700 2013 edition PSU, MSI GTX 770 Lightning, Samsung EVO 120 SSD + 2TB&1TB Seagate Barracudas, BenQ XL2411T Monitor, Sennheiser HD 598 Headphones + AntLion ModMic 4.0

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Yes, just put your OS on it an be amazed :)

CPU - Intel 4670k  Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H  RAM - Kingston HyperX 8GB  GPU - EVGA 780  Case - Fractal Design Define R4    Storage - 2TB WD Black, Samsung 840 Evo 128GB     PSU - Corsair RM650  Display -  Benq XL2430T and Acer S235HL  Cooling - CM Hyper 212 Evo  Keyboard - Corsair K95  Mouse - Razer Deathadder  Sound - Sennheiser HD 558                                 Mic - Blue Snowball  Phone- OnePlus One  Tablet - Nvidia Shield

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Is there some sort of software i can use to copy my os and like 2 games and then leave the rest of the data on my current drive? reason why i ask is because i have skyrim and have spent a couple of week setting up my mods and tweaking the .ini file for ages

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Yes it is completely worth it. great performance increase.

 

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Ok den I think i will get one... Any one know a good SSD to buy thats cheap? probaly on a like $200 USD budget the lower the price the better

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Samsung 840 Evo 256Gb

CPU: Intel i7 4790K @4.8GhZ  CPU Cooler: Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2  Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97 UD3H  GPU: Asus ROG RX 480 8G OC Memory: 32GB Gskill Ares 2400Mhz  Storage: 2x Crucial M4 512GB SSD (raid0)  / 1TB Seagate FireCuda SSHD Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv ATX PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 750W  Operating System: Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB (64 bit) Other: NZXT Hue+ LED Controller with 8 LED Strips for desk and PC lighting

 

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