help me find best SSD for my system please___

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Hey there. I'd like to ask for some help with buying my new SSD. I'd like to install OS on it, and maybe some games( however i'm not sure of if its necesarry).

I have 2 questions:

___How does actually installing games on ssd effect game performance? I'd like a deep explanation on this one if possible.

___What SSD should i buy which is at least 240GB? I'd like a quality one, but performance/price is important too. i'm looking at something between 100$ to 150$ ( maybe can be a little more if its a really good deal with more capacity( GB) )

system:
INTEL Core i7-4790 3.60GHz 1150
GIGABYTE GTX 980 WF3
HyperX 8GB Genesis DDR3 1866MHz CL10
ASUS Z97-K
WD Green 2TB 5400rpm 64MB SATA3 - slowmotion style ;(
COOLERMASTER RC-650L-KKN1 Silencio 650 Pure
FSP Raider 650w
SCYTHE Mugen MAX
 
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1. Loads faster. You sit at loading screens for a shorter period. By being able to find the stuff it needs faster it can show it sooner.

2. You have some options for SSDs. What's most important to you? Read/write, price, or capacity?
 
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What about on-the-fly loading? does ssd really solve problems of modern open world game's texture pop ins?
Acutally all read/write, price, and capacity is important for me. i'd like the best possible for the money
and by the way are there any compatibility questions regarding system components?
 
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What about windows pagefileing while gaming? doesn't it hurt the lifetime of the ssd?

I'm looking at this samsung 840 evo what rockie_ and Lucias suggested it has very high write read speed and the price is good too, so far this is the winner if noone knows a better :)

@archaic59 why you think my psu is not good enough for the rig? I had no problems so far , not even 1 crash since i installed os on my pc. and 650watt is far over the requirements of the system. cpu is like 84tdp gtx 980 is 165tdp and i dont overclock ( cpu is non-k so i only would gpu anyway). but please explain , then i'll give it a think to maybe change it.
 
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Check this list for your PSU. It's a tier4 and not meant to power gaming systems.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

 
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"Tier Four
No Japanese capacitors found. Only Taiwanese capacitors and may even include Chinese capacitors. Very basic safety circuits or even thin gauge wiring used. Not for gaming rigs or overclocking systems of any kind. Avoid unless your budget dictates your choice."
 
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^ if its running his rig its running it though - he at least has 200w or so clear headroom so there's no real pressure on it temp or draw wise.

Regarding ssd & page files - if you also have a traditional platter drive (as you do) then you simply disable pagefiling on the ssd & enable it on your WD green 2gb drive- that's the best way IMO.
 
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My firestrike score is around 14000, i've oced 980 once to 1450 and was higher score and system was also stable , before purchase lot of ppl told me( aswell here on tom's) that it's fine for the system and it seems it is.
If there would be any issue with my psu, most likely system would crash, or i'd experience poor performance / overheating , system instability, shut downs and so on ? And i was also told that silver certified psu's are fine for gaming rigs?
 
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Na, I was just going by the list. It's been very reliable so far. If his PSU works ok then that's great.

 
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