1220GB SSD Upgrade

[Josh17]

1- I was thinking about getting a 120gb SSD to put my operating system on as i currently have a 7200rpm 500gb hdd. My mobo only has sata 2. With sata 2 would i still see clear speed increases to y hard drive.

2- If i was to pick a 120gb SSD what should i go for. My price would be about £70. I had noticed OCZ Vertex 3, OCZ Agility 3 and Kingston SSDNow V300. Can you please tell me which one is best or are there any better ones out there. Thanks

 

[nukemaster]

I have not used any of those units, but they should all have rather mature firmware versions now. I will wait for a user with more experience on these drives to chime in(Even my older Kingston V100 was faster than my 2 WDC blacks in raid0 on all day to day stuff.).

You WILL see a good boost even on SATA II because SSD's have extremely fast access times and this is what makes SSDs so fast for most users..

 

[lonewolf7]

This SSD is people's choice not mine cause I never used it, but so many people cant go wrong.

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Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£77.36 @ Ebuyer)
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If you are talking about of speed increase on HDD then I must say it will remain same as of now. But you will see a definite speed increase with SSD on even SATA II port. The response time and the boot-up time will benefit from SSD. Good luck.