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Are there cheap 60+- GB SSD's out there?

Looking to resurrect my wife's old laptop. Using it for school note taking, etc. Doesn't need to be a big drive, but I don't want to put more than $75 into it. So I'm looking for the best bang for my buck- improve battery life, and boot-ups with an SSD, or unnecessarily large storage on a HDD for the same price?

by archaedious
asked 9 months ago

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Probably, or will be soon.

jsimsace
9 months ago

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@archaedious: if you don't mind a refurb:

http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/be66846c-c567-4b5c-a494-b971edac8a36/western-digital-siliconedge-blue-solid-state-drive-64gb-recertified

carl669
9 months ago

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I would recommend against it. If it is not going to be anything special, put a normal HDD inside. The SSDs worth buying (SLC) cost a lot more than 75 for 60 GB.

curtisuxor
9 months ago

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Near as I can find (review on Amazon and elsewhere), the cheap SSDs are great for a little while (measured in weeks) and then crap out. I've decided to hold off a while on them for laptop/netbook upgrades.

baqui63
9 months ago

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This particular modle (new, not refurbished though) has all 5 star reviews on Amazon and one 4 star. Seems to be a good deal

jdevenberg
9 months ago

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@baqui63: Precisely. I bought 2 MLC drives, excited that I was going to get lightning quick boot-ups. After a while, it just started taking eons to start any program. Ironically, once my WD Raptors came in, I started getting even faster boot-ups and better performance overall.

On a side note, it is necessary with EVERY SSD, that you install a special file organizing program (forgive the imprecise language). I personally use Diskeeper, which has a dedicated protocol for SSD drives that uses and distributes files across the entire drive. Basically, it extends the life and performance of every SSD.

Whatever your decision, @archaedious, good luck.

curtisuxor
9 months ago

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@curtisuxor: I strongly disagree. If you can handle the lower capacity SSDs are absolutely incredible. My laptop's boot time dropped from 1:50 for an HDD to about 25-30 seconds for the SSD. 12 seconds of the boot time being BIOS. My desktop's performance is similarly speedy.

I've had my desktop SSD for about a year and a half now and no noticeable slowdown. (60GB OCZ Agility)

demonxanth
9 months ago

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Check out the SSD Drives from Strontium. They are relative cheap and have high performance. They have it in different capacities. Check it out at http://www.strontium.biz/products/monthly-promotion

itcrazy
4 months ago

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