Sniper Ash6
Distinguished Member
If you've been reading the PC Upgrade thread then you'll have probably seen that I've got an SSD to play with at the moment. Some of you have already had a go ahead of me and are converts, others aren't so sure and it is those who I'm aiming this at. Last year I had a chance to use one of the Samsung 470 series drives and while it left me with the feeling that the technology had a good future, it did leave me disappointed at the time.
So, I've currently got a 256GB Samsung 830 series SSD (the desktop kit) and the included items are quite impressive - much better than you'd see from other manufacturers.
Included we have:
The SSD (no surprise that one!)
A quick user manual
A copy of Norton Ghost 15.0
A disc containing the Magician Software and the manual
A molex to SATA power adapter
A locking SATA data cable
A 2.5" to 3.5" drive adapter - this isn't flimsy or cheap either, it's a solid piece of metal
10 screws to install it all with
I intend on splitting this up into a few parts, firstly, synthetic benchmarks (Crystal Disk Mark, ATTO and possibly PCMark 7). Then onto what it's like using it as a games drive, followed by using it as the OS drive and finally my overall thoughts on it.
Please feel free to comment and add in any of your experiences, hopefully this will help some people out
So, I've currently got a 256GB Samsung 830 series SSD (the desktop kit) and the included items are quite impressive - much better than you'd see from other manufacturers.
Included we have:
The SSD (no surprise that one!)
A quick user manual
A copy of Norton Ghost 15.0
A disc containing the Magician Software and the manual
A molex to SATA power adapter
A locking SATA data cable
A 2.5" to 3.5" drive adapter - this isn't flimsy or cheap either, it's a solid piece of metal
10 screws to install it all with
I intend on splitting this up into a few parts, firstly, synthetic benchmarks (Crystal Disk Mark, ATTO and possibly PCMark 7). Then onto what it's like using it as a games drive, followed by using it as the OS drive and finally my overall thoughts on it.
Please feel free to comment and add in any of your experiences, hopefully this will help some people out