Reddit mentions of SanDisk Ultra II 480GB Solid State Drive (SDSSDHII-480G-G25),Black

110% price match at staples works with this, making it $98.91 before tax.

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You can get 500GB SSD now for only a little more than a 40GB SSD in 2010.

SSDs will get bigger and the prices will get lower as the technology and it's manufacturing is improved. It's the same thing that happened with hard drives.

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If you want as efficient and quiet as possible, you should get a skylake processor. It uses less energy and thus produces less heat than skylake. A i5-6600 would be a good fit, together with a H170 board like this.

A better SSD and fitting ram:

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Type|Item|Price

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Memory | Crucial CT8G4DFD8213 (8 GB) | EUR 29,99 @ Amazon.de
SSD | SanDisk Ultra II 480 (512 GB) | EUR 125,00 @ Amazon.de
| Generated by pc-kombo 22.03.2016 |

I bought this in 2015, any reason to upgrade if it's holding just fine? ( as in it's enough and it hasn't died on me yet

Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB

Crucial MX300 525 GB

SanDisk Ultra II 480 GB

Some decent options in that price range:

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-2-5-Inch-SDSSDHII-480G-G25-Concierge-Service/dp/B00M8ABFX6
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E500B-AM/dp/B00OBRE5UE/
https://www.amazon.com/Transcend-512GB-2-5-Inch-Internal-TS512GSSD370/dp/B00K9HID1C
https://www.amazon.com/ADATA-Extrem-Performance-Gaming-ASX930SS3-480GM-C/dp/B012ASDGDM
https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-2-5-Inch-SV300S3D7-480G/dp/B00FZ3C9UQ
https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-HyperX-Savage-SHSS37A-480G/dp/B00W35L2KC

Consider putting together an HP Z820.
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Z820 Mobo - $278

Chassis/PSU - $275

8GB Ram - $7.74

Dual E5-2660 - $99.95

Dual Heatsink - $154.80

Intel Quad Gig NIC - $30.00 (Total 6 ports including mobo)

Sandisk Ultra II 480GB SSD - $125.72

Total: $971.21

This will be an incredibly fast build with the potential to reach 128GB ram only adding 8GB sticks (more with larger sticks). I just built one just recently, and it has been rock solid. The case/psu I linked are brand new, and any other used components are non-concerns as far as failure goes IMO.

Here was my attempt, came in about $40 over if you have Amazon Prime. Decent build - definitely a great home to drop a GPU into later. glhf!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type|Item|Price

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CPU | Intel Core i5-6600k Quad-Core Processor | $237.89 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler | Evo 212 CPU Cooler | $29.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard | Gigabyte ATX DDR4 LGA 1151 Motherboards GA-G1.Sniper B7 | $109.93 @ Amazon
Memory | G.Skill NT Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory | $64.74 @ Amazon
SSD | Sandisk Ultra II 480GB 2.5" Solid State Drive | $124.99 @ Amazon
Case | Apex Vortex Mid Tower Case | $40.44 @ Amazon
Power Supply | EVGA 600B Bronze Power Supply | $39.99 @ Amazon
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total | $647.97
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-24 18:59 EDT-0400 |

Okay so got some money from my birthday and after Christmas (around $300 total). Now I'm looking at buying an SSD for my build. I want 480/500/512GB at around $100-$160 and preferably from Amazon (unless there's a really good deal on a 960GB/1TB drive at around <$200 and reliable). I'm currently looking at the Sandisk Ultra II 480GB at $133.99, the Crucial MX200 500GB at $164.99, or the Samsung 850 EVO 500GB at $159.18. Which of these is the better choice? Also any other recommendations? Thanks.

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-2-5-Inch-Height-SDSSDHII-480G-G25/dp/B00M8ABFX6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453666820&sr=8-1&keywords=sandisk+ultra+2

You could look into the Sandisk Ultra II, more storage for almost the same price.

Maybe you can wait for the RX 480 before buying a GTX 950 (You could order the other parts already and put them together, then add a GPU later).

If you really want to have a silent PC, you have to avoid hdds and get an ssd instead but it is an investment :) I swapped my 1tb hdd with a 500gb and I am more than happy since my mITX is on my table and it is very easy to hear HDD which becomes very annoying after some time.

Here is a good and cheap ssd if you consider it: https://www.amazon.de/SanDisk-Ultra-480GB-Interne-550%C2%A0MB/dp/B00M8ABFX6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467733069&sr=8-1&keywords=sandisk+ultra+ii+480+gb

The 480GB one (https://www.amazon.ca/SanDisk-Ultra-2-5-Inch-Height-SDSSDHII-480G-G25/dp/B00M8ABFX6/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1468326097&sr=1-3) is 175$-50$=125$.

Would you recommend going with a 480GB Sandisk Ultra for 125$ or a 250GB Samsung 850 Evo for 115$

I've had good luck with the 240GB variant of this ssd. It worked perfectly in my 2011 until the day I sold the laptop. If you don't use your disk drive I'd definitely recommend it. Put your SSD in the original drive slot and put your HDD in the disk slot

I would recommend buying a ssd to usb 3 enclosure and a ssd separately, as it's much cheaper. I bought this enclosure and this ssd.

edit: computer changed ssd to sad :/

I went nuclear and ordered a full fledged SSD (480 gigs), partially because I plan to build a gaming pc sometime in the future and justified the cost by saying I'll use it with my pc. Here's the one I got-

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00M8ABFX6/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1

And here's the enclosure-

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00JQTO8TU/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1

That's what I'd got and it's worked good, but the part 2 to all this is that you can get a SSHD for cheaper and it's likely to work just as well. That's what my good friend did and he tells me he has 0 pop in issues now. Someone in the r/xboxone subreddit did some SSD vs SSHD tests and found the differences minimal, so the SSHD is what I've been recommending to others. Here's the one he bought-

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01IEKG484/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1522166973&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=Seagate%2Bfirecuda%2Bsshd&dpPl=1&dpID=51Q5JsfaKQL&ref=plSrch&th=1&psc=1

So, less money for more storage and basically the same performance. He doesn't know what enclosure he got, he got whatever generic one the store had for cheap.

Edit- just because some people have had some confusion about it, these aren't dedicated "external hard drives." They are real hard drives that are turned into external hard drives with the use of the enclosures (saves you money, with the added bonus that they can also be used in your pc should you ever need it). Here's a video that goes over it a bit more.

https://youtu.be/SHmI414ExRs

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I was going to rebuild my pc, but I decided to test the ssd improvement while the ssd was going to get formatted anyway, bought a usb3 disk caddy from amazon for less than £10 (but I did make sure to choose one that said it was designed for SSDs).


Popped the SSD in the caddy, attached it to my Xbox one S, let the xbox format the drive and move the D2 install to the SSD, took maybe 2 hours in total.

I wish I'd actually timed the menu before the SSD but I can say for sure that without the SSD, I really noticed the time it would take if I wanted to switch a weapon, opening the menu, waiting for the pictures to populate, waiting for the little animation after selecting the new weapon. Crucible matches particularly when I'd try to swap my gear as soon as I died, I'd always respawn a good couple of seconds before I managed to switch my guns round.

to cut a long story short, I havent noticed the load times for the menu since I tried the SSD, the PC did not get rebuilt (yet!), SSD now belongs to xbox, would rather have the performance gain there than on the pc.

this is the ssd I used and this is the caddy

Do you know how important data transfer speed is over read/write? Is it even important.

One claiming 6gbs

https://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-OCZ-Trion-Internal-TRN150-25SAT3-480G/dp/B01B4NUKME/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1502613404&sr=1-4&keywords=500gb%2Bssd&refinements=p_n_feature_three_browse-bin%3A14027459011%2Cp_n_feature_keywords_five_browse-bin%3A7688215011&th=1

600mbs but higher write speeds. (20mbs)

https://www.amazon.com/PNY-CS1311-480GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B019H3B6SU/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1502613404&sr=1-3&keywords=500gb+ssd&refinements=p_n_feature_three_browse-bin%3A14027459011%2Cp_n_feature_keywords_five_browse-bin%3A7688215011

Doesn't say but apparently on sale.

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-2-5-Inch-Height-SDSSDHII-480G-G25/dp/B00M8ABFX6/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1502613404&sr=1-2&keywords=500gb+ssd&refinements=p_n_feature_three_browse-bin%3A14027459011%2Cp_n_feature_keywords_five_browse-bin%3A7688215011

SanDisk Ultra II!

I'd be looking at either a Samsung 850 EVO, a Sandisk Ultra II or an Intel 535. They're all reliable drives that'll give you decent speeds.

Just look for a used ninja 2 there’s probably a ton out there since people are going to 4K. Or you could buy a new 4K capable ninja flame and just record in 1080.

https://m.ebay.com/itm/ATOMOS-NINJA-2-recorder-monitor-for-HDMI-cameras-DSLRs-with-2-SSDs-2-batts/112887030726?epid=1826234779&hash=item1a489763c6:g:ywoAAOSwoupatHFQ&_trkparms=gclientid%3DWa7RMFJvx7BwroDKZdq3s7dlc8EvZfxTEY0aMA5WX_AF_jcjZxgYLW7vdZi8R8qb&_trksid=p2489528.m4335.l8656

6300 should be fine
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1242001-REG/sony_alpha_a6300_mirrorless_digital.html

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1380867-REG/sony_fe_70_300mm_f_4_5_5_6_g.html

I think you’ll be about 3k all in

There may be a good 1080 camcorder option for you, I’m just not familiar with the zoom reach of one in your price range. This will give you all the reach you’d need I think.

Make sure you get
-mount to connect monitor
Neewer Black 1/4" Screw Mount Swivel Mini Ball Head Camera Mount with Lock and Hot Shoe Adapter for DSLR Camera,LED Video Light,Microphone,Video Monitor and Ring Flash Light https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018LQGNK0/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_-vCUAbCWRAV9F

Ssd
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB SATA III 2.5-Inch 7mm Height Solid State Drive (SSD) with Read Up To 550MB/s- SDSSDHII-480G-G25 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M8ABFX6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fxCUAb2N5HK8R

Power
AC-PW20 AC Power Adapter Supply PW20 DC Coupler Gonine (NP-FW50 Battery Replacement) for SONY Alpha NEX-5 NEX-5A NEX-5C NEX-5CA NEX-5CD NEX-5H NEX-5K NEX-3 A6000 A6300 A6500 A3000 A5000 A7. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D67LTIK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_rzCUAbEGAQJF4


UCEC 11.81"/30cm Coiled Micro HDMI to Full Size HDMI Cable for Atomos for Ninja Star Recorder https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019BVLTVW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_cCCUAb66K4CH2

I'm using if for a number of things, probably should've listed this in the original post. I only play one game, league of legends, and that doesn't take up much space. I used to be a digital artist, so I do some photoshop and illustrator design work for friends on occasion, but that's not really a priority. I am also in school, but I just use google docs for most stuff, so I won't have many other files or programs on the computer.

Almost all of the space on my current computer is taken up by movies and tv shows I've torrented, but I have no reason to keep any of it, I just haven't needed to delete anything yet so I haven't.

I guess I'll see how far I can negotiate the price down on #3 to decide if its worth it. If I don't decide to do that, though, I'll definitely take your advice on the i5 and 2 sticks of 4gb. Would that be more expensive? Also, what if I did a 500gb ssd? Do you know about how much more that would cost?

Thanks!

edit: looks like it'll cost about an extra $70 to jump up to an i5, not sure if it's worth it but I'll still consider it. It's only an extra $50 for the 480gb ssd so I might do that (although at that point I guess I could just get the 240gb ssd and the 1tb hard drive, thoughts?). The 2x4gb ram I'll definitely do though.

Firstly most if not all laptops can only fit in 1 ssd. I would recommend the SanDisk Ultra II as it has very high read/write speeds. but being that you didnt list your price point or budget it may not be affordable. Lastly keep in mind that ssd's tend to perform faster in the 500gb and higher range. http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-2-5-Inch-Height-SDSSDHII-480G-G25/dp/B00M8ABFX6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1451827614&sr=8-2&keywords=sandisk+ultra+ii

Any recommendations for a good SSD with ~500gb? Been looking at this SanDisk or this Samsung. Don't know if any particular brand would be a better choice.

You should go full SSD.

You can get 480gb for quite a reasonable price. (125 USD)

this

I'd say it is worth it. Unless you really need more space

Excellent, thank you. I'm looking at a 480gb one, which brands are the best, or should I say recommended?

How's this one?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M8ABFX6/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=391RM9DMKV7L8&coliid=I1DV7TD1FX6LQX&psc=1

Here is a slightly cheaper Sandisk with twice the capacity, the X300 is their "premium" branding, so it runs a little bit faster but costs almost double, just for consideration! (I currently have the 1tb version of this drive in my PC!)

M.2 and Sata are essentially physical connections that can be used for connecting from the motherboard to something. The something is typical a storage device (SSD's). This is a pretty in depth video explaining the differences between the types of connections, but is a bit lengthy. What makes M.2 special is size and speed. M.2 drives are less than half as large as their equivalent Sata3 drives, but at the same capacity. The downside to this is that most motherboards will only have 1 or 2 M.2 slots to connect to. The speed part comes in to play with NVMe drives only. NVMe is just a fancy word that means it uses PCI lanes for data transfer. Drives that use this are much faster, and typically more expensive but have the same physical connection. Also, motherboards will typically only support standard M.2 or NVMe, not both. The motherboard you have selected has the NVMe offering, so to use an M.2 drive you would need to make sure it says NVMe or "pci-express" somewhere on its description. Non NVMe drives use the Sata 3 speeds, but still get the benefit of small size, and Sata 3 is the term that will describe pretty much any 2.5in SSD as its the physical connection they use as well as the protocol for reading data!

Sorry - I was right on the price but wrong on the capacity. 480GB for $129. Still cheap but not crazy cheap. And it works great.

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-2-5-Inch-Height-SDSSDHII-480G-G25/dp/B00M8ABFX6?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00

Looks good. The only thing I might try to do if I was you would be to squeeze a SSD into the build (you'll really notice the difference). Some good options for SSDs are the 850 evo which is a little bit higher quality and the SanDisk Ultra II which is a bit less expensive but still a solid performer. As far as framerates, at high settings at 1080p expect a solid 60 FPS (if you go to ultra you will probably drop to the high 30s or low 40s in some games).

As one guy says below, evo is a good one. I'm looking to get this one to expand

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01IAGSD68/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=IFNUT6HVUXUDL&colid=200WCL5IR12UV

This is what I have. Works solid the last year.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M8ABFX6/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I2DW70TGDG4FLP&colid=200WCL5IR12UV

There is a SanDisk 480GB on Amazon for 94.99 right now.

-100 dollar budget.
Prime day has an SSD with 480 GB for 96. Jump on that or get a 212 EVO (stock cooler is missing a pushpin. Works OK but worries me) and upgrade RAM. (I have 8 GB DDR3 and Prime day offers 16 GB DDR3 for 46 or so)

SSD:
https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-2-5-Inch-Height-SDSSDHII-480G-G25/dp/B00M8ABFX6/ref=sr_1_1?s=prime-day&psr=PD16&ie=UTF8&qid=1468339195&sr=1-1&keywords=SSD

RAM:
https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Ballistix-PC3-12800-240-Pin-BLS2KIT8G3D1609DS1S00/dp/B006YG9EEW/ref=sr_1_2?s=prime-day&psr=PD16&ie=UTF8&qid=1468339060&sr=1-2&keywords=CPU+cooler

Isn't the Intel Pro Series 2500 a SSD? I'd just buy this one. Even if you did buy it. I think you would be fine.

A total of 7 separate orders. It was a bit annoying because I was mostly on my phone and the mobile apps/chrome wouldn't load properly. Also I would have preferred to bundle orders but oh well. or try to use more coupons but they only give you so many minutes in the cart and sometimes the next item that you're waiting for a deal to start is right outside that window.

• the microSD cards for my nvidia shieldTV's so I can run plex server on them. - 2x SanDisk Ultra 128GB microSDXC - $19?
  
  
• For my server at home - 1x SanDisk Ultra II 480GB SATA III - $94
  
  I used the Visa30 coupon for above.
  
  
• Needed a new one since the one I have now has a crappy battery life - 1x Black+Decker BDH2000PL MAX Lithium Pivot Vacuum - $54?
  
  
• 1x Mental Blox 360 Degree 3-D Building Game - $18
  
  
• 1x Origami Paper - $12?
  
  
• For the server - 1x CyberPower CP1000PFCLCD PFC Sinewave UPS 1000VA 600W PFC Compatible Mini-Tower - $85
  
  
• 1x
  Spoga Mop, Broom and Sports Equipment Organizer Wall Mount - $10
  
  
• set of door stoppers - $10
  
  
• 1x Golfsmith Gift Card $25 - $20
  
  
• 1x Aukey dual car charger Quick Charge 3.0 - $18
  
  
• 1x Magformers Vehicle Zoo Racing Set (55-pieces) - $84
  
  I missed out on the $50 gift card because I didn't have the physical credit card with me and it asked for the full card number. I also wanted this Anker BT Speaker but it went pretty fast and everytime the waitlist message popped up on my phone the app was too laggy and I couldn't get it in the cart. oh well.
  
  edit: bargh! just realized i needed a smaller UPS of which there was a cyberpower one on sale. d0h!

Sandisk Ultra 2 480gb has great reviews and is on level with the Samsung 850 Evo, and a bit cheaper.

I was on the fence about upgrading but I'm actually going to try and pick one up next check. Check out some video's, I thought the performance boost would be trivial but it's amazing. Most of people's "slow" computer issues for the last 2 decades have been related to the hard drive not the CPU, as I and I imagine most people assumed.