Sata 2

[codehybrid]

As always. What's the best bang for the buck on a SATA II? I was considering Intel 320 series at 300 GB.

I have Windows 7- 64, 12gb of memory, Intel x58 motherboard and a i7 920 quad core.

Thanks in advance.


Phillip

 

[swalsh2333]

I just saw this.....It seems almost to good to be true....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Transcend-Information-TS512GSSD25S-M-512-GB-2-5-Solid-State-Drive-SATA-/120869947994?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c24690a5a#ht_3755wt_1398

 

[wpcoe]

Yes, that is a great offer. A Google search on that model number, and using Google shopping shows the cheapest one to be $762. What's the catch???

Too bad I'm not in the market for a 512GB SSD, and don't live in the USA.

 

[WyomingKnott]

I'm agnostic: Any SSD that you can afford will be so amazingly better than your HDD that I don't care which SSD you get. I personally am running an SATA III SSD with transfer rates over the SATA II limit on my SATA II motherboard, and I love the speed.

Please see
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sata-6gbps-performance-sata-3gbps,3110-8.html and
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-review-benchmark,3139.html

Most SSDs will come with an SATA III interface even if they are slower than SATA II. Just pick the biggest you can afford and attach it to whatever port you have.

Have fun.