Mosvalve
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SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
I'm looking to get two 500gb drives if not too expensive.
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mettelus
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/20 07:43:39
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I just got a Samsung 850 EVO when the prices dropped and have been happy with it. The data migration (disk cloning) tool worked like a charm. I only have 2 SATA3 connectors on my motherboard so only connected the original drive and the Samsung for the cloning and when I booted up it had all directory junctions and authorizations in tact. The only niggle I encountered is that RAPID will not enable on my system, but it is not something I am really interested in anyway.
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/20 07:57:00
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For those of you in the USA, try using a site like Newegg for ideas, too. You can get plenty of customer reviews as well as the usual technical info. Also for other general PC component compatibility knowledge, pcpartpicker might come in handy. There are other resources of course, but these are rather popular, especially newegg. I'd go with anything fast enough, with a good reputation and from one of the main manufacturers.
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/20 10:33:12
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I use Samsung SSD's. I have an EVO850, 500GB that I use for my DAW system. An EVO840 for another system and an M.2 SSD in my laptop.
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highlandermak
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/20 12:06:02
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I've been toying with the idea of getting one since I only have a 7200 rpm HD. Would it make sense to store all my audio projects on a SSD to improve performance? Thanks
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BobF
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/20 12:16:39
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Samsung 850 EVO 250 for system, 500 for samples
Works great ... fast as hades.
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/20 12:25:17
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For reliability and overall performance, the Samsung drives have been the ones to beat. Crucial has the MX300 which has been favorably compared to the Samsung, but I have no personal experience with it. All of my SSD's are Samsung drives.
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/20 14:02:39
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Another Samsung SSD owner/user here... I have two in my laptop (1TB and 500GB)
But I was told to go for the PRO and not the EVO. Not sure why, but I took that advice.
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/20 15:50:07
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☄ Helpfulby abacab 2017/09/21 01:33:54
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I've been toying with the idea of getting one since I only have a 7200 rpm HD. Would it make sense to store all my audio projects on a SSD to improve performance? Thanks
Your performance would probably be improved much more if you kept the OS and all apps on the SSD. Normal 7200RPM HDDs are usually fast enough for audio files and moderate sample streaming.
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/20 15:50:46
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synkrotron
Another Samsung SSD owner/user here... I have two in my laptop (1TB and 500GB)
But I was told to go for the PRO and not the EVO. Not sure why, but I took that advice.
The Pro mainly has higher sustained write speeds.
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/20 16:28:53
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FWIW Samsung's EVO 840s were bad. I was in the market at the time and got an OCZ instead. I have both a Samsung and an OCZ and haven't had problems with either. It's always a good idea to google what you decide to buy to make sure there aren't any problems reported. It's also a good idea to buy something that's been on the market a few months ... https://www.techspot.com/article/997-samsung-ssd-read-performance-degradation/
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highlandermak
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/20 16:55:05
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Sanderxpander
highlandermak
I've been toying with the idea of getting one since I only have a 7200 rpm HD. Would it make sense to store all my audio projects on a SSD to improve performance? Thanks
Your performance would probably be improved much more if you kept the OS and all apps on the SSD. Normal 7200RPM HDDs are usually fast enough for audio files and moderate sample streaming.
Unfortunately the computer came pre-built with the OS on a partition of a standard HD. I'm not sure if it's possible to copy the partition of HD's OS (they partitioned 150gb for the OS and 780GB for files). Thanks
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BobF
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/20 17:23:36
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highlandermak
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highlandermak
I've been toying with the idea of getting one since I only have a 7200 rpm HD. Would it make sense to store all my audio projects on a SSD to improve performance? Thanks
Your performance would probably be improved much more if you kept the OS and all apps on the SSD. Normal 7200RPM HDDs are usually fast enough for audio files and moderate sample streaming.
Unfortunately the computer came pre-built with the OS on a partition of a standard HD. I'm not sure if it's possible to copy the partition of HD's OS (they partitioned 150gb for the OS and 780GB for files). Thanks
My Dell came the same way. The migration to SSD was painless. It will be easier if you add another HDD first and move the data to a partition on the new drive, changing drive letters as appropriate. This is because Windows will lock out the HDD when you boot to the SSD because of a drive ID conflict. You can still tell it to mount and move forward, but adding a new HDD gives you the option to put the original sys drive on a shelf until you're sure everything is OK.
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/20 18:36:35
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☄ Helpfulby synkrotron 2017/09/20 19:22:35
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Another Samsung SSD owner/user here... I have two in my laptop (1TB and 500GB)
But I was told to go for the PRO and not the EVO. Not sure why, but I took that advice.
Performance is identical. EVO has 5-year warranty PRO has 10-year warranty FWIW, You're not going to want to use that SSD for much more than about 5 years (due to performance increases). MTBF is 1.5 million hours (which is over 171 years).  Crucial MX series is good. WD Blue series is good.
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/20 18:37:57
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There was a firmware update to resolve the "degrading read performance" issue with Samsung 840 series SSDs.
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highlandermak
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/20 18:42:51
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BobF
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highlandermak
I've been toying with the idea of getting one since I only have a 7200 rpm HD. Would it make sense to store all my audio projects on a SSD to improve performance? Thanks
Your performance would probably be improved much more if you kept the OS and all apps on the SSD. Normal 7200RPM HDDs are usually fast enough for audio files and moderate sample streaming.
Unfortunately the computer came pre-built with the OS on a partition of a standard HD. I'm not sure if it's possible to copy the partition of HD's OS (they partitioned 150gb for the OS and 780GB for files). Thanks
My Dell came the same way. The migration to SSD was painless.
It will be easier if you add another HDD first and move the data to a partition on the new drive, changing drive letters as appropriate. This is because Windows will lock out the HDD when you boot to the SSD because of a drive ID conflict. You can still tell it to mount and move forward, but adding a new HDD gives you the option to put the original sys drive on a shelf until you're sure everything is OK.
what software did you use to clone the partition? thanks
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Mosvalve
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/20 22:28:12
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A lot of helpful info here. Thanks everyone
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/20 23:13:56
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I always avoid overwriting my OS drives if at all possible.
Just either clone it to the new drive or start from scratch with the new drive but leave the original alone just in case things don't work out.
I've always used smaller drives for OS, don't like the partition idea.
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BobF
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/20 23:26:09
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highlandermak
BobF
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highlandermak
I've been toying with the idea of getting one since I only have a 7200 rpm HD. Would it make sense to store all my audio projects on a SSD to improve performance? Thanks
Your performance would probably be improved much more if you kept the OS and all apps on the SSD. Normal 7200RPM HDDs are usually fast enough for audio files and moderate sample streaming.
Unfortunately the computer came pre-built with the OS on a partition of a standard HD. I'm not sure if it's possible to copy the partition of HD's OS (they partitioned 150gb for the OS and 780GB for files). Thanks
My Dell came the same way. The migration to SSD was painless.
It will be easier if you add another HDD first and move the data to a partition on the new drive, changing drive letters as appropriate. This is because Windows will lock out the HDD when you boot to the SSD because of a drive ID conflict. You can still tell it to mount and move forward, but adding a new HDD gives you the option to put the original sys drive on a shelf until you're sure everything is OK.
what software did you use to clone the partition? thanks
The Samsung migration tool
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highlandermak
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/21 01:19:21
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The Samsung migration tool
Since I can only afford the 500GB SSD and currently have a partitioned 1TB can I migrate the OS partition and then slowly transfer critical software to the SSD? Thanks
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/21 01:28:14
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BobF
Samsung 850 EVO 250 for system, 500 for samples
Works great ... fast as hades.
Yup!!! What he said...
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/21 01:32:27
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mettelus
I just got a Samsung 850 EVO when the prices dropped and have been happy with it. The data migration (disk cloning) tool worked like a charm. I only have 2 SATA3 connectors on my motherboard so only connected the original drive and the Samsung for the cloning and when I booted up it had all directory junctions and authorizations in tact. The only niggle I encountered is that RAPID will not enable on my system, but it is not something I am really interested in anyway.
I initially enabled Rapid on my Samsung EVO 850, but eventually dropped it. I really don't see any performance differences, but my benchmark numbers were wacko with RAPID activated.
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Re: SSD Desktop Drives What do you recommend?
2017/09/21 01:39:49
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☄ Helpfulby highlandermak 2017/09/21 02:18:50
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highlandermak
I've been toying with the idea of getting one since I only have a 7200 rpm HD. Would it make sense to store all my audio projects on a SSD to improve performance? Thanks
Your performance would probably be improved much more if you kept the OS and all apps on the SSD. Normal 7200RPM HDDs are usually fast enough for audio files and moderate sample streaming.
I put the OS, all applications, and all VST plugins on the SSD. All Cakewalk content, VST sample libraries, etc. goes onto the 7200 RPM HDD. I allow Sonar to put the audio folders on the SSD, under the assumption that I will archive any projects to the HDD, so I do not end up using any significant space for audio on the SSD. It is temporary workspace, so it takes advantage of the SSD speed. Probably not necessary, but it works...
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