06-10-2016, 06:51 PM
(06-10-2016, 06:49 PM)happy medium Wrote:(06-10-2016, 06:27 PM)SickBeast Wrote:(06-10-2016, 06:13 PM)happy medium Wrote: Believe it or not I still use a mechanical drive. While we are on the subject, I was thinking of grabbing a Mushkin reactor 1tb for ~ 250$. They were as low as 210$ but they have since gone up in price.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820226596
what do ya think?
That drive is the best deal out there in terms of a large SSD. I have a 480gb Pny drive that uses the same nand and the same controller and it's really fast.
There have been better deals on it like you said though. They went as low as $230CAD here which is less than $200USD.
Windows 10 does all kinds of crazy stuff while loading, overclock profiles, cloud services,ect .ect ect.
It drives me nuts waiting 3 or 4 min to load up.
My 7200 rpm 1tb drive is just about full with emulators, roms, and PC games.
Ideally I'd like to grab a 2 TB SSD and use the 1tb mechanical drive as extra storage.
But 500$ is a lot of money for a 2tb drive.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6820226829
If you want a large SSD, Mushkin will be releasing a 4tb drive for $500 in the very near future using the new 3D TLC nand technology. Now might not be the best time to buy an SSD unless you can find a blowout deal.
Another great option is to use Intel RST caching technology to use a small SSD to cache your large mechanical hard drive. It will really give you a nice boost.