Buying a SSD during the Holidays

[CoolaxGaming]

Hello,

I am happy to announce I am switching to an SSD!
I will be running a HDD 4 way Raid 0...

So the SSD I have settled on is -

AMD Radeon R7 240GB SSD
It is currently $139.99
So my question, will the price for this OCZ/AMD drive go down best during Black Friday/Cyber Monday or not at all.

And do I need a controller for this array to perform better, if so which one?

 

[USAFRet]

Crucial MX100
256GB
$112
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148820&cm_re=Crucial_MX100-_-20-148-820-_-Product

Samsung 840 EVO
250GB
$130
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147248&cm_re=samsung_evo-_-20-147-248-_-Product


Go with a better, proven , cheaper product.

 

[CoolaxGaming]

Crucial MX100
256GB
$112
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148820&cm_re=Crucial_MX100-_-20-148-820-_-Product

Samsung 840 EVO
250GB
$130
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147248&cm_re=samsung_evo-_-20-147-248-_-Product


Go with a better, proven , cheaper product.

Not to start an argument but, the AMD one has better specs... (Read/Write in MBps, 4 KB in in IOPS)

Crucial Samsung OCZ/AMD
Read 550 540 550
Write 300 520 530
4KB Read 85,000 97,000 95,000
4KB Write 70,000 66,000 90,000

So yeah....

 

[USAFRet]

And in actual, daily use...you will never, ever notice that difference.
But go for it.

In answer to your question of "Black Friday/Cyber Monday"....you won't know until you see it cheaper or not. We can't predict.

 

[CoolaxGaming]

And in actual, daily use...you will never, ever notice that difference.
But go for it.

In answer to your question of "Black Friday/Cyber Monday"....you won't know until you see it cheaper or not. We can't predict.

Hmm, usually do SSD's go down in price?
And do I need a controller?

 

[USAFRet]

And in actual, daily use...you will never, ever notice that difference.
But go for it.

In answer to your question of "Black Friday/Cyber Monday"....you won't know until you see it cheaper or not. We can't predict.

Hmm, usually do SSD's go down in price?
And do I need a controller?

There is no 'usually'. Especially regarding BF/CM.

BF/CM is merely a marketing term for "Random stuff that may or may not be slightly cheaper between 1 Nov and mid-January."

Will that particular part be cheaper next week as opposed to today? Who knows...


'Controller'? For what? The RAID thing you want to do?
Why do you feel the need for that RAID?

 

[CoolaxGaming]

And in actual, daily use...you will never, ever notice that difference.
But go for it.

In answer to your question of "Black Friday/Cyber Monday"....you won't know until you see it cheaper or not. We can't predict.

Hmm, usually do SSD's go down in price?
And do I need a controller?

There is no 'usually'. Especially regarding BF/CM.

BF/CM is merely a marketing term for "Random stuff that may or may not be slightly cheaper between 1 Nov and mid-January."

Will that particular part be cheaper next week as opposed to today? Who knows...


'Controller'? For what? The RAID thing you want to do?
Why do you feel the need for that RAID?

Well since I have heard AMD FX series mobos are ancient, advised to buy a raid controller or Hardware raid.
And, if I use the RAID 0, what stripe size should I use?
I play games like BF4/Titanfall/Call of Duty Advanced Warfare?