Picking a reliable SSD

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11-17-2009, 12:23 PM
cmeche

Picking a reliable SSD

Just put together a new I7 computer to play my 5 team and brought over my 2 year old HD from my old computer. It is a good WG 750GB....but it is screaming the whole time I am running around Dal...WG....and battlegrounds. So, I want to shell out some money for a good ~80GB SSD.

So, which ~80GB SSD would you purchase at this time?

Intel 80gb?
11-17-2009, 01:43 PM
Ughmahedhurtz

If money isn't an issue, get the Intel SLC drive. Barring that, get another SLC drive. Bottom line is if you want data longevity, SLC is the only real choice.

[edit] Kingston is the only manufacturer authorized to sell the Intel controllers in their drives. ;)
11-17-2009, 02:46 PM
Fef

I have a 60GB OCZ Vertex, and I'm very happy with it.
11-17-2009, 04:54 PM
cmeche

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ughmahedhurtz

If money isn't an issue, get the Intel SLC drive. Barring that, get another SLC drive. Bottom line is if you want data longevity, SLC is the only real choice.

[edit] Kingston is the only manufacturer authorized to sell the Intel controllers in their drives. ;)

Well, I was looking for something under $300.
11-17-2009, 05:36 PM
yaki

For this application, the main flaw (they suck at writes) of the cheaper flash-based SSDs isn't really an issue. Except when you install/patch, which will take longer. For running around Dalaran or whatever, you're talking more or less pure reads - which will work fine on the cheaper drives. I'm using an OCZ model I picked up on sale, no complaints here. It is NOT a hard drive replacement - but it makes a great supplement for multiboxing.

If you don't know how to copy & symlink your data folder yet, the instructions should be around here somewhere.
11-17-2009, 05:38 PM
Ualaa

Originally posted by Ughmahedhurtz.... I found this over view to be excellent, its a bit long (comprehensive) http://www.anandtech.com/storage/sho...spx?i=3631&p=2

For purely a data folder to run wow from, you don't need that good of an SSD.
If you're putting your operating system on it, you'd want a much better SSD.
11-17-2009, 05:39 PM
Ughmahedhurtz

Quote:

Originally Posted by cmeche

Well, I was looking for something under $300.

If you're going to get a cheap MLC drive, make sure you put your OS/cache/swap files on a normal HDD and just put the WoW and gaming stuff on the SSD.
11-17-2009, 06:14 PM
cmeche

I am planning for the ssd to just be a gaming drive
11-17-2009, 06:42 PM
Owltoid

32GB RiData MLC. It's cheap and works wonderful for 5-boxing WoW. You don't need to spend a ton of money on an SSD if you're only using it for WoW (I use a normal 7200 drive for everything other than WoW... everything works smooth)