Reddit mentions of [OLD MODEL] Crucial m4 128GB 2.5-Inch (9.5mm) SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive CT128M4SSD2

That SSD would work, but I would advise that you stay away from OCZ. They have an alarmingly high reported rate of drive failures. I myself had a Vertex 2 that didn't last more than three months. Intel has the most reliable drives, and Crucial is a good balance of speed and stability.

My recommendation.

Are you gonna liquid cool? I ask because that case is generally for liquid cooling. The airflow of that case it not that great. Here's another option, a lot better suited for air cooling: HAF X.

For CPU cooler, here's a pretty good one, the Hyper 212 Plus. It's not much more than the one you listed and it's regularly considered one of the best air coolers, especially for the price. If you can, try to pick up a 2nd 120 mm fan and do push/pull with it.

Also if you are doing serious heavy duty video editing, I'm always a proponent of getting as much RAM as you can. May want to think about getting the 16 gb kit.

Besides that it looks pretty good. Some might say it'd be better (and cheaper) to get 2 Samsung F3 1 tb drives and run it in RAID. Also there's people out there who might have some issue with the 590 card (either say it's overkill, or better to get two 580s) but I don't have a particularly strong stance on either position so I'll leave that to them.

Just a sidenote though, if you can afford to add it to your system, I'd highly recommend getting a SSD as a boot drive/program drive. It was the most noticeable change I ever got from a single component upgrade. I'd recommend at least a 128 gb if you're gonna put all your programs + windows on it. You could probably get away with 64 gb but you'd always have to be super frugal about space. My personal recommendation is the Crucial M4. Just make sure you update the firmware to revision 9 before you start installing anything on it (google it, it's super easy to do).

EDIT: Also was looking at your motherboard. From everything I could see, this Gigabyte board seems to be pretty much the same features wise and cheaper to boot.

I just ordered the Crucial 128GB for $191.99. Great reviews all around.

All of the M4s use the same controller.

also, gold box deal on amazon. today only the 128 is 80 dollars and prime eligible

Well, two reasons. One, Crossfire scales better than SLI. If you're set on two cards, I'd get a pair of 6950s for ~$450 total and receive about 95% of the performance of a pair of 570s at $636. The difference is a high-grade SSD or 24-inch monitor.

Two, a pair of 560 Tis will also cost you hundreds of dollars less while satisfying pretty much every performance scenario that a single monitor will encounter. You can a pair of those for as low as $410 after rebate, saving you $225 to spend elsewhere, like a 128GB SSD.

Here's the exact drive that I got. I've only had it for a month or two, but it works great, is ridiculously fast, and was rated extremely well all over the place. A few weeks before I got the SSD I also got some Crucial RAM and bumped my laptop up to 4gb, but I noticed a bigger difference in speed from the drive.

You don't need anything specific to your computer. Any 2.5" SATA SSD will work. What size are you looking at? Try this for starters:

http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch-Solid-State-CT128M4SSD2/dp/B004W2JKZI/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1348681493&sr=8-5&keywords=2.5%22+SSD+SATA

I have the 64GB one in my 2011 MBP and it runs really well.

No problems, sorry I couldnt find one on Amazon... the closest I got was 690$ for a T420. The other option is to drop back to Core2Duo and get a T400, i know this is isn't a great option, but thinkpads really are bullet proof! They have the high res panel for Cheap on Amazon then with the leftover 175 bucks buy:

• 4GB RAM making 6GB total
  
• 128GB SSD for increased performance
  
• Put the 320GB in HD Caddy for movies/music etc
  
  So for ~550$ all off Amazon you can get a pretty nicely specced up new condition T400, which will comfortably perform what you want it too.
  
  EDIT: Also has the 9-cell battery so will run for a good 6-10hrs with power management

Have you considered a Crucial M4?

Nice find, Amazon has some good prices, even cheaper $129.00 w/free shipping Tiger Direct just changed to 119.00 this is the lowest i have seen.

I'm not sure which country you're coming from but the links suggest france so I'm assuming as much :)

I wouldn't spend quite so much on the ram. There's not really a need to do one single 4GB stick when two 2GB are cheaper, something like two of these can save you a few bucks and work just as well. The M4 is also a little cheaper from Amazon though both are higher than you see in the states. I'm not sure if SSD's over there act like they do here, but if they do we are seeing sales on the M4 weekly so it could be worth waiting.

So you're looking at about 50EU for the ram and another 110 for the M4 for a grand total of 160€.

It has PCIe 3.0 and it's considered to be a better board overall.

Forgot the SSD, better get this:

http://www.amazon.de/Crucial-CT128M4SSD2-128GB-interne-SSD-Festplatte/dp/B004W2JKZI/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1323954768&sr=1-1

http://www.alternate.de/html/product/Crucial/RealSSD_M4_2,5_SSD_128_GB/954190/?


That Creative is old, better this one

http://www.amazon.de/interne-Soundkarte-Digital-Technik-Profile/dp/B00198DM2K/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1323955026&sr=1-1



Here's a nice case

http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info.php/info/p619050_Lancool-PC-K62-Midi-Tower-ohne-Netzteil-schwarz.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4XCT9yibwQ

Well, uhh, you might be able to get it for $129 if you don't mind going to a little extra trouble and ordering from an office supply store instead of Newegg.

Staples has the M4 for $158, but they'll pricematch to Amazon who has it for $149. So why not just get it from Amazon then? Well, Amazon doesn't happen to take $30 off $150 purchase coupons like Staples does, so that'll knock you down to $129. It's been bouncing between in and out of stock since I last bought my 64GB M4 last Friday, but you should be able to catch it sometime soon. If you ask me though, I think getting 2 currently-in-stock 64GB M4s at $82 - $25 off $75 each ($57) is a gosh darn steal if you can stomach not having a continuous block of space.

Oh, and if all that is too much fuss, I hear Newegg has the 120GB Mushkin Chronos Enhanced for $125, and it's also pretttty good.

Wish I could afford more, guess I'll just have to be happy with a scrawny M4 boot drive this Wednesday.

The Crucial M4 is what I have an it is amazing. I used the Optibay kit from OWC and it was an amazingly easy install. As far as the OS, I did a clean install. I like to do the clean install from time to time anyway so it wasn't a big deal.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004W2JKZI/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1342035098&sr=8-1

That?

PM @ Futureshop $330.39 with $149.99 at Amazon.ca = $132

The best deal is always the one that is the most cheapest reliable SSD. You're looking for this particular SSD. Not much of a bargain if that cheapo SSD you bought craps out on you in a few months and everything's in there is gone. Sure you can claim for warranty but the data's gone forever.

I agree with ddubbsmax, an SSD would be your best bet. Something like a 128gb crucial m4 is only about a $100 and will easily store your OS and any other important programs. See this video to see the increase in load times you can expect.

it's a brand new http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch-Solid-State-CT128M4SSD2/dp/B004W2JKZI ,

and is it possible for a harddrive to keep BIOS from loading (visually)?

Surely if you're already spending that much, it would be a decent idea to upgrade the SSD. something like this. Also you could get an improved motherboard for half the price here

Funny, you mentioned exactly what was in the video. I appreciate the advice.

Do you have any products that you have used that you could recommend? I want quality stuff. I was planning on getting this for my solid state drive. It is 2.5 inches, so i would need some sort of specialized bracket.

the crucial m4 right now is £113 right now, and if you take off taxes this becomes £94.16, which in USD is $151. That is hardly a major price difference. What you are doing is complainging about taxes, which is like arguing against a brick wall for the most part (especially in the case of such a luxury item IMO)

edit: it appears it is available on some sites in the US at 139.99, and 159.99 at new egg. so the lesson is the prices are very similar

Anyone know anything about this website? Personally never heard of it before.

Edit

Looked the website up but I see a lot of bad reviews. I feel like people who give bad review seem to be more vocal though...

Amazon prices are not to bad though.[Amazon] (http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch-Solid-State-CT128M4SSD2/dp/B004W2JKZI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341681878&sr=8-1&keywords=CT128M4SSD2)

I would definitely go for a crucial m4 (or samsung 830) over the intel 330. Crucial is just as reliable (if not more), faster, and has a slightly larger capacity for the exact same price. The 330 series from intel isnt as viable as it used to be.

EDIT: nevermind on the same price part. A couple days ago the 128gb crucial was 99.99 but it seems to have gone back up to about 105-120. Still worth it imo, coming from a crucial owner. Couldn't be happier.

Good choice on the cpu. It is fantastic for gaming but you are paying for the K at the end.

You probably know already, but if you do not, intel's K series have an unlocked core multiplier meaning you can easily over clock them.

But in order to do so safely, you will need an aftermarket cooler. I suggest the CM-212 Plus. If you don't plan on the overclock, the locked core i5-2500 saves you a little bit.

I have that ram, and its great but if i did it again I would go with something like Crucial Ballistix which have better timings.

And finally, I would highly suggest the crucial m4 of Plextor m3 instead of the corsair.

EDIT: Here is my go-to $600USD list which might equate to around the price you are looking for.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Type|Item|Price

----|:----|:----
CPU | Intel Core i3-2120 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor | $116.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard | ASRock Z77 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard | $102.55 @ Newegg
Memory | Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory | $41.99 @ Amazon
Hard Drive | Crucial M4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk | $118.99 @ eCost
Video Card | XFX Radeon HD 6870 2GB Video Card | $179.99 @ Newegg
Case | Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case | $49.99 @ SuperBiiz
Power Supply | Antec 450W ATX12V Power Supply | $34.98 @ Amazon
| | Total
| Prices include shipping and discounts when available. | $645.48

Also for SSD there is a 50% off the M4 Crucial 128GB. You can take a look if you want its always nice to have options. Its the SSD i have in my computer and it has been reliable.

http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch-Solid-State-CT128M4SSD2/dp/B004W2JKZI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343843242&sr=8-1&keywords=m4+crucial#productPromotions

Considering what's on the market right now as far as external SSD's I couldn't really recommend getting one at all. However, that doesn't mean you can't have one. Your best bet is to buy an internal SSD and put it in a compatible enclosure and BAM! you have yourself an external SSD that is more reliable than anything on the market right now. Here's what I'd suggest:

Hard Drive: Crucial M4 2.5" 128GB SATA III Internal SSD - $110

Enclosure: BYTECC Aluminum 2.5" Black USB 3.0 External Enclosure - $20

Total price is going to be $130 (both items have free shipping!) and you just follow the instructions (it's a tooless install, so it's really simple) and you have yourself a great external SSD for cheap.

Now, if for some reason you're still shaky on the whole internal SSD and enclosure there's always this for $146, but it only has 2 reviews and they're mixed so it's a total gamble. I still highly recommend the internal with the enclosure though.

One last thing though: If you want to get a different hard drive for the enclosure make sure it's a 2.5" and uses SATA (preferably SATA III for best speeds).


Edit: Found the SSD cheaper on amazon. Link: Hard Drive

I'm not really an expert so maybe others can concur, but $280 seems a little high for a 160 GB SSD. You could get a 128 GB SSD for a $100 bucks and put the rest into a better GPU. http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-128GB-2-5-Inch-9-5mm-CT128M4SSD2/dp/B004W2JKZI

The Crucial M4 128GB costs $163: only $33 (25%) more than the old V200. If you still want the V200, that's fine too. It's still faster than a conventional hard drive.

Ok thank you. Ill go for http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT128M4Solid-State-Drive2-128GB/dp/B004W2JKZI/ref=sr_1_17?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1321816666&sr=1-17 then.

This one. And looking it over, I am still lost as to an answer. xD

You could go for the Hyper 212 for slightly less and you could save on the SSD or ditch it which if I'm honest is definitely the best option. SSDs are a luxury not a necessity. At least IMHO.
You could stand to wait for Haskell you're not going to lose anything except gaming time.
I have the Fractal R4 and love it. Spending money on a good case is never wasted as you can always use a good case again. I plan to keep mine for many future builds. Read the reviews on it.

Motherboard

Graphics card

RAM

Processor

And my SSD that I have DayZ installed on.

Note that both my Graphics card and my Processor are overclocked, but they never reach temperatures past 60 deg C while gaming.

Crucial - $129.99

Intel - not found

Sandisk - $101

OCZ - $148.80

Where do you see a 120/128 GB SSD for cheaper than what I originally linked?