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Thread ID: 126788 2012-09-18 03:08:00 the price of HDDs have come down a lot lately Gobe1 (6290) PC World Chat
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1301919 2012-09-18 03:08:00 Brought my SSD last week.....it is NICE! incredible how noisy those black caviar hdds are
Brought a 560Ti a few weeks earlier.
just need a nice sata3 board and cpu to put it all on now :punk
Gobe1 (6290)
1301920 2012-09-18 03:08:00 Bought a new HDD for my lappy and SSD for the desktop a month ago now. Loving them both. 8ftmetalhaed (14526)
1301921 2012-09-18 06:41:00 SSD prices were never really effected by the floods. The price has just come down as they have become more mainstream. icow (15313)
1301922 2012-09-18 22:29:00 SSD prices were never really effected by the floods. The price has just come down as they have become more mainstream.

Yeah but it is GOOOOOOOOOOD!! they are more affordable now especially for home
Gobe1 (6290)
1301923 2012-09-18 22:59:00 It is indeed. Nice to see 120gb+ in a reasonable price range. 60gb doesn't cut it for me when games like bf3 are 20+ gb. icow (15313)
1301924 2012-09-18 23:39:00 yeah, looks like I'll 'have' to get one for myself, too - I'll need a 120GB unit.

Intel vs OCZ, or others, which one you guys recommend? Also, notice that there's quite a big gap in prices for Intel's 3 yrs warranty and 5 yrs warranty. How reliable are they (compare to ordinary HDD)?
bk T (215)
1301925 2012-09-18 23:59:00 OCZ's vertex 4 is apparently pretty insane, hence why I nabbed one myself. Only 64gig, since I've just got the OS on it, but damn it makes a difference.

Have a look at some benchmarks. As for reliability, the general consensus is they're more reliable than mechanical drives, and have a longer life expectancy than your average computer anyway.
8ftmetalhaed (14526)
1301926 2012-09-19 01:43:00 Anyone got news as to when Toshiba's new 3.5" SATA HDD line of rebranded Hitachi drives from Western Digital will enter the market?

I talk of course, of the "new" DT01ACA Series (storage.toshiba.com)
Agent_24 (57)
1301927 2012-09-19 03:06:00 It is indeed. Nice to see 120gb+ in a reasonable price range. 60gb doesn't cut it for me when games like bf3 are 20+ gb.

Haha yes. 60gb is too small for me too but 120gb and a 1tb for everthing else is magic, and if room does get tight just install the progs on d drive. A 256 would be sweet

EDIT: i have heard some bad reviews of the sandforce chip reliability...can any one else confirm?? unfortunately i already brought mine but so far so good :thumbs:
Gobe1 (6290)
1301928 2012-09-20 02:22:00 Does win have to be reconfigured for SSD's .
ie some way of putting all the temp/caching files etc onto the HD , not the SSD. To keep the writes down top a minimum.
Or does it no longer matter with new SSD's ??
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