Is this Adata Premier SSD good?

[GillyH]

So,

Newegg has a decent deal going on where you get the Adata Premier SSD 240GB with a purchase of a 980. I am building a new PC for the first time in 12 years. I wanted a 480GB SSD size, but this deal is just very tempting. I was going to go with the Sandisk Extreme Pro 480GB, but with a 970 or 390. With this deal, I would get the 980.

Any thoughts on the performance of this drive? Is it high end? The name Adata just scares me. Here it is:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?sdtid=8380459&SID=e5d842f6a4c711e5b2f9420c4af8e85f0000&AID=10440897&PID=1225267&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-cables-_-na-_-na&Item=N82E16820211984&cm_sp=

Thanks!

 

[rolli59]

It is a good budget drive not the fastest but will do the job. Adata has been around for a long time on the memory market and are no worse than the others.

 

[dhhheeeee]

Avg life 2-2.5 years mine failed just yesterday.idk why gonna send it for rma it has 3 year warranty get it

 

[Gingerbread]

In real world usage all ssds are pretty similar in speed I'd say, also 240gb is more than enough, no reason to get 480gb I would say.

 

[GillyH]

It is a good budget drive not the fastest but will do the job. Adata has been around for a long time on the memory market and are no worse than the others.

Thanks everyone for the replies. What is the fastest at a reasonable price? Would you notice a difference with a better drive?

Ah this forum is confusing. It would not let me do multiple quotes. I kept clicking 'Reply to Gingerbread' and it kept quoting rolli..

Well, I am afraid 240GB can be filled easily with video games. What do you think?

 

[rolli59]

It is a good budget drive not the fastest but will do the job. Adata has been around for a long time on the memory market and are no worse than the others.

Thanks everyone for the replies. What is the fastest at a reasonable price? Would you notice a difference with a better drive?

Ah this forum is confusing. It would not let me do multiple quotes. I kept clicking 'Reply to Gingerbread' and it kept quoting rolli..

Well, I am afraid 240GB can be filled easily with video games. What do you think?

I use my 240GB ssd for OS and programs, for games I use a HDD storage drive. Samsung PRO drives are about the fastest.

 

[Gingerbread]

Well the fastest "at a reasonable price" is considered to be the samsung evo 850, and in real world (what you do, gaming, booting, program loading) it will feel pretty much the same, it will only have slightly faster (around 10%) writing speeds but they don't really matter when gaming or anything so they are not all that important. Also how many games would you install on an SSD at the same time, note that multiplayer games (like lol,cs,dota) don't really benefit from an SSD and for single-players all you will get is a few seconds faster world load (which you do something like once every 30-60 minutes?). Also even 240g is enough to handle like 6-8 really large games. Then again if you feel like you need the extra space, go for it, just in my eyes the 980 will give you way more.

 

[GillyH]

I would use the SSD for games for faster loading. Just curious, would it be 240 total free space or less for the OS? Thanks

 

[rolli59]

If you install OS on it it will take around 40-60GB depending on version.

 

[GillyH]

Well the fastest "at a reasonable price" is considered to be the samsung evo 850, and in real world (what you do, gaming, booting, program loading) it will feel pretty much the same, it will only have slightly faster (around 10%) writing speeds but they don't really matter when gaming or anything so they are not all that important. Also how many games would you install on an SSD at the same time, note that multiplayer games (like lol,cs,dota) don't really benefit from an SSD and for single-players all you will get is a few seconds faster world load (which you do something like once every 30-60 minutes?). Also even 240g is enough to handle like 6-8 really large games. Then again if you feel like you need the extra space, go for it, just in my eyes the 980 will give you way more.

Mmmm. Thanks! If I wont notice a difference in gaming, with this and say a Samsung Pro, I will consider this deal. I will be using Windows 10. I suppose 240 GB would be enough for a good start and if any future games, I can always shovel them to a second regular HDD.

 

[Gingerbread]

SSD with windows 10 64bit (professional i think) and full office + JDK + some more development tools and i have 88/120GB free.

 

[GillyH]

Quick question: This SSD is the standard size for a midtower right? I am just wondering if it is made for laptops and not for desktops. Thanks

 

[Gingerbread]

They are generally small, so they can fit in everything. Different slots have slightly different sizes but thats about it. Don't worry it will fit and it is not some mini version or something.

 

[GillyH]

They are generally small, so they can fit in everything. Different slots have slightly different sizes but thats about it. Don't worry it will fit and it is not some mini version or something.

Thank you Ginger! I think I decided I will get this deal as my first build, and maybe next year during some sale or what not, I will get another SSD as another drive.