Solid State Hardrives

[R8ers]

Anybody have a good source for them? I am looking to buy probably 2 256gb drives, may try to run them on Raid if I can on this Asus G73-SW

Most every year I buy a new laptop but this one has been so good I think I am just going to dump 16gb of ram in it and a couple of SSD's instead.

[ndws]

last SSID I bought was through newegg, but that was a while ago. Maybe tigerdirect is rolling some Xmas deals? 256gb SSID's probably won't get the price cut too deep though

back when I was responsible for ordering more equipment, I like to use pricewatch.com to shoot for the occasional deal.

[R8ers]

Originally Posted by ndws

last SSID I bought was through newegg, but that was a while ago. Maybe tigerdirect is rolling some Xmas deals? 256gb SSID's probably won't get the price cut too deep though

back when I was responsible for ordering more equipment, I like to use pricewatch.com to shoot for the occasional deal.

Tiger Direct has these


SanDisk SDSSDP-256G-G25 256GB Solid State Drive - 2.5", SATA III, Up To 490 MB/s Read Speed, Up To 350 MB/s Write Speed


159 each + Tax + Free Shipping
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&Sku=S153-0128

[TribalElder]

also check microcenter

http://www.microcenter.com

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by TribalElder

also check microcenter

http://www.microcenter.com

Microcenter rocks but he lives in hillbilly country of NC so not sure UPS goes there or a Microcenter.

[loochy]

dude newegg

always newegg

tons of reviews for everything + awesome prices and sales

[BWillie]

Love SSDs.. best thing I ever bought for my computer

[R8ers]

Originally Posted by loochy

dude newegg

always newegg

tons of reviews for everything + awesome prices and sales

I have bought plenty from them over the years but they just don't have the best prices on ssd's

Originally Posted by BWillie

Love SSDs.. best thing I ever bought for my computer

That's what I am hoping for

[R8ers]

While I am thinking about, what is the best software to use to clone my C drive now so I can use the SSD to boot to?

I will just use the 750gb 7200 rpm spinning as the backup.

[TrebMaxx]

I've used Norton Ghost before that worked great for cloning a drive.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by R8ers

I have bought plenty from them over the years but they just don't have the best prices on ssd's



That's what I am hoping for

at least use them for the reviews, then shop around for the best price

And yea, SSDs are amazing. You know how when you get a new computer and you expect it to be all super fast and it's really not like you expected? Well the SSD makes it like you expected.

[R8ers]

Originally Posted by loochy

at least use them for the reviews, then shop around for the best price

And yea, SSDs are amazing. You know how when you get a new computer and you expect it to be all super fast and it's really not like you expected? Well the SSD makes it like you expected.

I can't wait , the reason I delayed is because I thought I would have to take the laptop apart to get to the second bay but that's not the case, the computer has a double HD bay

I bought this laptop 03/2011 and it still ranks in the top 2% on PcPitstop

[DaveNull]

Originally Posted by R8ers

While I am thinking about, what is the best software to use to clone my C drive now so I can use the SSD to boot to?

I will just use the 750gb 7200 rpm spinning as the backup.

Hardware based drive imager, Beyond Compare, Microsoft Rich Copy, Microsoft Robocopy in that order.

Make a couple copies so you've got another backup laying around and take one offsite.

[R8ers]

Originally Posted by DaveNull

Hardware based drive imager, Beyond Compare, Microsoft Rich Copy, Microsoft Robocopy in that order.

Make a couple copies so you've got another backup laying around and take one offsite.

Thanks.........

[Rain Man]

512 gigs of storage? No one needs that much unless they're downloading a bunch of porn or someth - Ohhhhhhhh. Never mind.