Getting new SSD
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I wanna get a new SSD for my rig. Any tips or suggestions? I want at least 256GB maybe more.
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My suggestion: Crucial MX100 256GB 550/330 (if you're looking for 256gb of course )
This is quite cheap in Finland at least (around 100 euros) and you can check yourself some tests. I will attach to spoiler my (Finnish) google search and you can see that all first 4 tests are atleast 4 out of 5 stars.
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So the question becomes more about quality and in that department Kingston is probably your best bet.
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But this is in my opinion enough for OS and most important programs and even few games.
For SATA 2, don't know actually. From the site where I bought it, it says that SATA 3 is the interface. I'm not sure if this is the requirement though..
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I went ssds in 2008 and never looked back but started out small because price was very high back then, I even had a 40gb drive for OS only and it was indeed fine (disabling hibernation and paging in windows can free up up to 30/40 gb but you'll need 8/16gb or ram for the second, depending on your workload). 128gb is ok if you only plan on having a handful of big programs/games while 256 will give a lot of breathing room (using them when >90% full will make performance much worse so take that into account).
If you do something disk heavy (for example you use it to save your video editing files, even temporarily or as a cache) consider buying more business-oriented drives (ssd cells slowly wear out when you rewrite them and they use more durable cells). Samsung is a personal favourite (840 & 850 series) but there's plenty of good ones out there, Anandtech is my favourite reading when it comes to ssd http://www.anandtech.com/tag/ssd
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I can also tell you (if you weren't already aware of course)that SATA is reverse compatible, SATA 3 disks will work with SATA 2 ports and vice versa. If running in this kind of formation the read write speed will always be the lesser.
I personally run a pair of Samsung 840 EVO's (my favorite too tuvok :thumb for dual boot Win7/8.
Before I got Win8 for work requirements I used to have them raided for kicks
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In the end I went for the Crucial M550 256GB which was 15€ cheaper. From what I've read it's faster in almost every way and doesn't use the Turbo Write stuff
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The question is though how often do you write that much data to the exact same directory on the SSD?
You might perhaps hit that cache buffer when installing high end games, moving music, movies, or TV series around, but generally you will not see it hit the cache buffer.
As for speed read/write speed yes the crucial performs better at 250GB capacity compared to the 840EVO 250GB. But as you step up to EVO 500GB capacity you see the drives performance begin to outweigh SATA3's 6GB/s transfer rate. When setting them in RAID0 formation the drives actually work to a point where they clear the cache just as fast as it can be filled with SATA3's transfer rate, as part of each drive is considered idle.
TL;DR
In short YES Crucial M550 256GB is a great drive (we sell them), if not the best on the market at the 250GB capacity. If your looking to step up in size and build a monster look into 840 EVO's in RAID0 configuration.
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If you want a good value for money you can take a Crucial MX100 or a Crucial M550 or a Samsung 840 EVO if it's cheaper (all 3 years warranty).
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So more specifically... I'll be using the single SSD for my OS, games, broadcasting, and adobe photoshop/premiere/illustrator. I need a bigger one (currently on 120GB, looking to go at least 250GB or more) because I'm thinking that it would be nice to be able to record OBS broadcasts locally to the SSD. My current SSD is 90% just with OS, 3 games (COH2/SC2/dota2), and Adobe stuff.
When I record broadcasts from OBS to my drive, I want to use 1440p. Then u/l to YouTube. It would also be nice (tho I don't know if my rig can handle it) to broadcast to twitch and record the the SSD simultaneously. I haven't really calculated how much space it takes to do say 1 hour at 1440p yet. Anybody know?
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It would also be nice (tho I don't know if my rig can handle it) to broadcast to twitch and record the the SSD simultaneously.You'll need a very fast CPU (one of the current i7s) and buckets of RAM (32GB)
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You'll need a very fast CPU (one of the current i7s) and buckets of RAM (32GB)
12GB ram not enough huh?
Well it could be time for me to look into a dual-PC streaming setup again. My son's rig will now be as good if not better than mine, so that becomes a possibility. Seen any 1440p capture cards on the market yet?
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12GB ram not enough huh?
Well it could be time for me to look into a dual-PC streaming setup again. My son's rig will now be as good if not better than mine, so that becomes a possibility. Seen any 1440p capture cards on the market yet?
Nah I'd be going 32GB RAM or up.
Not sure if you'd want to stream in 1440p. It can get pretty awkward when it comes down to it. Loads of people were using 2x720p top and bottom to achieve it. I think that's still the primary way of doing it. though I haven't looked into it for a little while now. I can't speak for the rest of the world but the only ones available in Australia that record well in 1440p are from black magic. Hope you've got garbage bags of cash for one of them.
Not to mention (forgive me if this has changed) Youtube reprocesses anything you upload to 30fps so technically it isn't really worth recording it above 30fps unless you want to for other reasons.
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Not to mention (forgive me if this has changed) Youtube reprocesses anything you upload to 30fps so technically it isn't really worth recording it above 30fps unless you want to for other reasons.
Youtube now supports 60fps videos!
I think that he could stream and record easily with a dedicated capture card?
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*1152p after 1.25 res downscale
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Youtube now supports 60fps videos!
I think that he could stream and record easily with a dedicated capture card?
Oh sweet. Youtube is like relic, they can sometimes take a while to sort things out.
Yeah definitely with dedicated card, not sure how many are on the worldwide market that will do it at 1440p though. If I was at work I could look up a more definitive answer, but I just can't do it from home. i do know majority are expensive
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