Few random questions about SSD

[Antoine Kamarovszki]

1.) Kingston A400 120GB SATA 3 SSD

Is it good? Fast? Failure rate? Worth buying? It appears to be extremely cheap, about ~30 US Dollars.

If it's bad, could you recommend a cheap SATA3 SSD which is fast and has low failure rate? 

 

 

2.) If I use an SSD as secondary storage device (no OS on it) and install games on it, will the load times be faster (compared to having an OS on it)?

 

Thx

 

[r2724r16]

A400 is a terrible SSD, spend some more money and get a MX500.

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my suggestion would be getting the 256gb one since you will have like 100gb after installing windows.
also i think its better to have your main games, windows and apps you use most on ssd and use and hdd as secondary storage device

my suggestion for a ssd would be this  Samsung 250GB 860 EVO SATA 3.0

 

I put some before after stuff below (256 gb kinston ssd(not A400) which has like 300 mb write/read, on a laptop)

before ssd: windows opens in 30 seconds and you have to wait like 40-60 seconds before being able to do anything
after ssd: windows opens in like 10 seconds and after entering password you can instantly open apps like google chrome

before ssd: google chrome takes 20-40 seconds to open
after ssd: maximum 5 seconds to open

before ssd: takes hella lot when you are on loading screen in game
after ssd: much more less waiting time

before ssd: takes some time to transfer files
after ssd: faster, sometimes instantly
 

[Reznik]

I've used about 7 or so of those Kingston A400 for family member laptops.  Haven't had a single issue with one yet but they have only been in use for a year or so.  It's not a bad SSD if it's all that fits the budget and the alternative is no SSD. They were recently on sale for $25 CDN here and I scooped a couple more to have on hand.