Reddit mentions of 256Gb 2.5 Sata Iii 840 Pro Series Internal Ssd - Single Unit Version

For your pc? ask PCMR. Either way I wouldn't worry about it pretty much any SSD will be faster than a mechanical drive and the Samsung 840 pro's are quite well reviewed and a fairly good price.

Also the Samsung 840 pro 256gb is better and cheaper.
http://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B009LI7CTY/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1371125860&sr=8-1&pi=SL75

That disk would work. All 2.5" drives are standard but i would seriously recommend you look at an SSD. It makes the OS a lot more responsive and makes it feel like a whole new computer.

It should also be noted that the drive you have picked is a 5400rpm drive meaning it is even slower than a standard mechanical drive.

They are a lot more expensive mind.

This drive (which is the slowest of the ones i suggest) is £15 more than the one you suggested but 2x as big. If you don't need the space then you can get yours.

This one is 750GB (1.5x as big as yours) but is 7200rpm. Therefore it is faster and will make your computer more responsive. It is the same price as yours. (I would go for this one if you want to save money)

Here is an example of SSD performance vs a normal mechanical hard drive

This SSD is half the size of yours and ~£120 but will be a lot faster

This is one of the best hard drives available at the minute. It's half the size of yours and ~£165

From top to bottom, the hard drives will perform better. You can buy a smaller SSD if you want to save money, but i went with 250GB because i find that to be an acceptable amount to have as your sole hard drive. It's certainly doable with 128GB of storage space though.

Your question would probably do a bit better in /r/buildapc but here is ok.

It's the SSDs in a Mac that will make the most difference. If you get a laptop with the same specs as a Macbook, the game will run just as well, it's not the fact that it's a Mac that's making it quicker. It's just the fact that Macs come with an SSD as standard that most people aren't mentioning here.

Anything with a nice i5, an SSD (although you could just as easily buy one and slot it in) and probably 4GB RAM will do you fine. I have a desktop with a 3.2GHz i5, 128GB SSD (+ 1TB HDD), 8GB RAM and just an old GPU that I brought from a mate for £40. FM14 absolutely flies. I'd recommend a desktop if you can have one, but if not I don't know much about laptops, but I can try to find some examples if you like?

EDIT: Seems like there is a massive lack of sites on which you can compare laptops, but Laptops Direct seems to be about the best I found. If we take examples from there:

• This Macbook Air is £779. 2.7GHz i5, 1440x900 13.3" screen, 4GB memory, 128GB SSD.
  
  
• This HP is £644. 2.5GHz i5, 1600x900 14" screen, 4GB memory, 500GB HDD. But you could quite easily buy this SSD, which would give you double the space of the Mac, and still leave you ~£15 cheaper. Or alternatively, buy the 128GB version of the same SSD, to give you an equal size, and come in at ~£65 under the Mac.

> http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009LI7CTY/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

doesn't really say for how long.... just predictions if it will go to sale or rise up in price

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Type|Item|Price

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CPU | Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor | €329.95 @ Amazon Deutschland
CPU Cooler | Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler | €108.15 @ Amazon Deutschland
Motherboard | Asus Z87-DELUXE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard | €247.01 @ Amazon Deutschland
Memory | Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory | €134.56 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage | Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk | €200.41 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage | Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | €62.60 @ Amazon Deutschland
Storage | Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | €62.60 @ Amazon Deutschland
Video Card | Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) | €364.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Video Card | Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) | €364.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Sound Card | Asus Xonar Essence STX 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card | €159.90 @ Amazon Deutschland
Case | Fractal Design Define XL R2 (Black Pearl) ATX Full Tower Case | €124.22 @ Amazon Deutschland
Power Supply | XFX ProSeries 850W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply | €146.79 @ Amazon Deutschland
Optical Drive | Asus BW-12B1ST/BLK/G/AS Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer | €80.26 @ Amazon Deutschland
Operating System | Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) | €82,99 @ Amazon Deutschland
| | Total
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | €2469.24
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-21 21:41 CEST+0200 |

I searched for every Amazon price and linked it.
If you are a fellow German, check out these sites besides Amazon.de: Alternate, Geizhals, Mindfactory, redcoon, Saturn, MediaMarkt, getgoods, Cyberport, notebooksbilliger, hardwareversand and caseking.

Allright, bought myself an 840 Pro now, thanks everyone for your help, I couldnt be happier with it!

Here is the SSD I'm using.

I'll try another port when I get home from work. It's strange because I recall only those two white ports being listed as 6gb/s but some folks were saying that the 3gb/s ports would give more speed.