I have a 40gb SSD can you help me find a better one

HI.

I'm looking for a ssd with a high capacity. I have two 500gb hard drives and one 40gb SSD intel V. Should I go for the seagate momentus 750gb, a 1tb drive or a 256gb ssd. I'm using the SSD right now and the boot times are fast which is nice but loading programs seems to be the same as a 5400rpm HD.

Do SSD's improve the double click program loads faster tasks, or is it only good for boot times?

edit.

is this a good buy http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227544

 

Which laptop do you have right now? I think you have SATA III support, so get a Samsung PM830 or a Crucial M4.

The Intel X25-V 40GB you have is the slowest of the SSDs, and SSDs do improve the overall responsiveness of the machine, not just boot times. The faster 4K reads/writes the SSD has, the more you will feel it in day-to-day tasks.

 

thanks alot i'll look into that, I have the np8150.

edit I found this.... http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148526

price is a bit steep for 256gb though

three questions, what will this do for my computer if I buy the above drive? will opening programs improve? will boot times improve over my 40gb ssd?

 

It is a bit worrisome that there was no difference between the 5400RPM drive and the 40GB SSD, albeit the low-end.

But I'm pretty sure you would notice the difference, the 4Ks are amazing on the drives. Or, you can buy them off the marketplace here, where you could get used SSDs at a cheaper price than the Canadian newegg.

 

wow your pretty nifty to have around thanks a million

Anyways I never tested my sdd out until a min ago. CCC used to take about a min to load and now it takes less than 2sec OMG is this thing fast. I was testing out programs and they all load lightning fast. I'm very happy with the speed as I thought it was only boot times

would getting that M4 load things even faster?

 

A faster SSD will make a difference, but it won't be as significant as the jump from HDD to SSD. The big benefit to an SSD is the almost instant random read time, which won't be greatly improved with a faster SSD.

 

Tom's Hardware (Was my favorite site until they started their Apple love affair.) has a great column they write every couple months on SSDs. They do all the leg work for you. Check it out:

Best SSDs For The Money: January 2012 : Best SSDs For The Money: January Updates

I can personally attest to the Crucial SSDs. Mine has served me well, and is the envy of all of my underfunded friends.

 

I mainly use my laptop for the internet,videos,gaming.

If I just kept this 40gb ssd and loaded all my games onto my other 500gb hard drives and used usb 3.0 would that be a better option as im very poor?

I dont mind waiting a few seconds when it comes to gaming but when im using my desktop and loading stuff I really like the speed makes my laptop feel like a 10 000 dollar computer. I think im just going to keep the 40gb and use external 3.0 usb for games as its not like I plan on moving my laptop around or gaming on my lap...my laptop is my desktop..I find a place to put it and it stays their...the only reason I didnt get a desktop is that I move quite a bit and I dont like the portability of desktops.

do you guys know if its possible to use a 500gb 5400rpm hard drive and a usb 3.0 enclosure to run games? will it lag like mad?

 

That's probably not a good idea. I can almost foresee lots of lag and hanging. Even some BSODs.

Did you check out the article above? They've got solutions for just about every budget.

 

It would be better to put the hard drive into optical bay and buy enclosure for the DVD-Rom.

 

I second the optical bay idea, it is becoming pretty much standard to get a decent small SSD for the OS and programs and store data on the secondary HDD.

 

This is definitely the best solution. Most people only very rarely use their optical media anymore, and even if you do it's probably not as often as you'd use the 500GB hard drive. Plus, you wouldn't suffer the reliability and performance issues that might creep in to using an external all the time.

 

I'd choose to get the SSD, maybe even smaller sized one with 128GB. Your reseller would probably be happy to sell you the caddy, you could try asking other resellers too. Most of them list it for $45. Try to send some of them PMs to ask if you could purchase just the caddy separately. Then you'd have to also buy DVD-ROM enclosure for $5-15.

The important thing to note: do not put your SATA III SSD like Crucial M4 into the optical bay. It only has SATA II speeds. You need to put the SSD in the place of your hard drive and put the hard drive into your optical bay. It's never too late to learn how to do certain things, it would only benefit you in the end as you become more knowledgeable.

You can keep your DVD-ROM as an external. Do you use it to play games or just to install something once in a while or burn DVDs? In case you must have the DVD-ROM, then go for XT hybrid as a compromise.

 

AnandTech - Seagate 2nd Generation Momentus XT (750GB) Hybrid HDD Review

You can read over the review to find out the pitfalls of 8GB NAND Cache vs real SSD. I'm not trying to convince you either way, just making a point it's not the same thing as SSD. I'm sure you'd be happier with the Hybrid over a regular HDD drive. Good luck with your purchase.

 

Thats a perfect comparison for you funny1984ca as the SSD they are using is the same model you have.

However its not that fair exactly for that reason. The Intel X25-V 40GB has a read speed of 170MB/s If they had used a current SSD like the 510 series which reads at 470MB/s the results would be much different. Now as you look at that video the XT and SSD are very close to each other. Now imagine the SSD being almost 3 times faster then what the video is showing.
Sure you'll get more storage room with the XT but the Intel 510 series SSD will blow it away.

 

Running game/program off USB drive shouldnt be a huge problem as long as you dont change drive letter /ports, but then you dont get the benefit for loading game off SSD.

game only/mostly(assuming you have enough memory and disable paging file) only load harddisk during change scene, so loading time will increase, but fps lag? probably not.

edit: 3x the sequential will not have 3x the performance in real life. Not trying to ruin marketing scheme but it just not the case.

 

Read this before you make a purchase: HARDOCP - Introduction - NAND Flash Faces Off - Synchronous vs. Asynchronous

 

I'd actually almost agree with this. It all depends on what your budget is and if the external ODD would be an inconvenience for you or not. A 120-128GB SSD for a primary and a larger (500-1TB) secondary drive is a personal favorite configuration for me but it may not be for everyone. The Seagate Hybrid drives certainly make for a beautiful compromise between SSD and standard HDD performance and storage. If you really liked the performance of the SSD then those would be my two recommendations for upgrades. If your budget allows and you really want to, go for the larger SSD but, needless to say, they are much more costly.
I do have to ask though, how long were you running on the 40GB SSD and how did you manage?