Reddit mentions of PNY CS1311 120GB 2.5” SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - (SSD7CS1311-120-RB)

Congratulations! It looks like you just found a nice computer! It appears you're missing a hard drive/solid state drive, SATA cable, and operating system.

To begin, you'll want to get an unused hard drive or solid state drive. These can be found on Amazon, Newegg, or in Bestbuy (among other places). I'll supply links to a few examples below. After you've made you're selection, you'll need a SATA cable. This cable allows you to hook the drive up to your motherboard. The last step is to install Windows. All in all, it's a very simple process albeit a bit time consuming (primarily for the Windows installation).

This is a very simple explanation of an also relatively simple installation/resolution. If you'd like more detailed instructions, I'd be happy to help!

Hard Drive Example

Solid State Drive Example

SATA Cable

Operating System (Windows 10)

Ubuntu is also a FREE operating system that is compatible with your hardware. Most users are experienced with Windows, which is why I listed it. Personally, I prefer Windows over Ubuntu.

This is every expensive for a 120GB drive anyways.

Alternatives:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B013J7PP96/

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B019H3B3P6/

$127.99 Intel NUC NUC5CPYH

Has VGA, HDMI, 3x USB 3.0 (wtf is that yellow port?), 2x 2.5mm Headphone Jack.

$38.79 8GB RAM for Intel NUC (it doesn't come with any RAM)

$39.99 PNY CS311 120GB (it doesn't come with any drives)

Total: $206.77

Intel Celeron N3050, the NUC's CPU. Dual Core w/o Hyperthreading, max 8GB RAM, Burst (NOT Turbo) to 2.16GHz. Has VT-x, but no VT-d. 64bit.

Disclaimer: The only mini-PC I know of is this NUC, someone else can probably find even cheaper or with better hardware than I can here.

PNY CS1311 120GB 2.5" SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - (SSD7CS1311-120-RB) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019H3B3P6/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_GorHxbPCMHK6K 34.99 with prime

It's a good SSD. I'd recommend the PNY one.

https://www.amazon.com/PNY-CS1311-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B019H3B3P6/ref=sr_1_10?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1481075863&sr=1-10&keywords=Ssd+drive

Definitely not top of the line here, but I just need it to run Windows and last 6-9 months while I build new pc from ground up.

How does this compare to the PNY CS1311? http://www.amazon.com/PNY-CS1311-Internal-Solid-SSD7CS1311-120-RB/dp/B019H3B3P6

USB HDD enclosure $13

120GB SSD $53

USB cable required $7

I got these links from my Amazon order history. I bought them over a year ago and its still working flawlessly with my Wii U. Just connect it and forget about it. It uses both USB ports on the back to work.

PNY CS1311 120GB

Yeah that SSD will just be enough for your OS and maybe a few small applications. If you're ok with sata instead of m.2, then this will be much better.

https://smile.amazon.com/PNY-CS1311-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B019H3B3P6?_encoding=UTF8&keywords=120gb%20ssd&qid=1480981626&ref_=sr_1_3&s=pc&sr=1-3

Here's an Acer for you for $319.

Install your own SSD for a snappy laptop experience. You'll come out to $360 for laptop+ssd. The the PNY one is out of stock, this one looks equally as good at nearly the same price.

it's 120GB my bad https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019H3B3P6/?tag=pcpapi-20

well, you could lower the cost a little bit by going with something other than a Samsung Evo 120gb ssd... I was able to pick up this PNY 120gb for $40 (its currently $45) and haven't had any problems, programs load almost instantly. For this application, there really isn't a need for a top of the line SSD IMO.

so that saves you $25-30 right there, then you could possibly find a cheaper HDD, even a WD Blue on amazon is $134 right now, so that saves another $16.

Next is that case. Yes, it's sexy and has 8 HDD bays, but do you really need that many? you can easily find a case for $50 or under that would get the job done perfectly fine, saving another $25 minimum...

now, all that would save around $65, bringing you back to your $600 mark.

now another option, if you decide to stay up at the sub $700 range, would be to purchase a Lenovo TS140 w/ Xeon, currently $525 on amazon. That cpu has a passmark of 9869, well above your goal. Add a $40 SSD and a $120 4tb HDD, and your at $685, with a much beafier cpu and a well put together machine. I have the i3 version of the TS140 and its spectacular.

Just some things to think about, also if you can find cheaper RAM (don't need 1866, 1600 will be just fine if you can find it cheaper)

I'm in the American market so bear with me.

The i7 has built in graphics so unless you need to do some graphics intensive things, you shouldn't need it for the tasks you've listed. All it will do is eat up more electricity. What you've listed could be handled by a much weaker CPU.

Same with the Wifi Card, unless you absolutely need it. Since you're remoting into it anyway, hard wire it somewhere.

You could use a lower-end SSD. I've been using a 120GB PNY for over a year now with no problems. Its hard to tell the difference between SSDs unless your moving a lot of things.

You could check out the used market for Xeons.
They're cheap unless you want to buy new.

If you're going to spend that much on a PSU, go for a platinum rated one. I've been using this EVGA 650W.

As others have said you wont need a sound card or DVD drive.

Amazon doesn't have a lot of options, and tbh they're kind of overpriced. But the CS1311 and SSD Plus aren't bad, only about $5 over their usual prices.

They've pulled some shady shit in the past, and their drives aren't the highest quality, but it's a budget drive so you can't really expect much out of it.

I would actually try this SSD, it's one of my favorite drives to recommend for its awesome prowess as a budget drive. It's more reputable too in my book.

I was considering getting a PNY SSD. Do I need a plate or something of the sort to install the ssd? Is it compatible with my case?

Congrats random internet person, you convinced me to look for another SSD.

I hope you're happy that you helped someone, you dirty good samaritan.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019H3B3P6/ref=ox_sc_mini_detail?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

uh I bought an ssd, forgot to add it https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019H3B3P6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I've got
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019H3B3P6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

for $39.99, it's $46.99 now
It runs smooth. Fast R/W

Amazon too

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B019H3B3P6/

If you have Amazon Prime you could put $5 with it and get him this one. https://www.amazon.com/PNY-CS1311-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B019H3B3P6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480255910&sr=8-1&keywords=PNY+120gb+ssd

I'm looking for a 128GB SSD on Amazon. What's the best one in the $50 range? It has to be on Amazon because I have a gift card for them.

edit: currently leaning toward this one

Edit: Prices are in pesos, if that somehow isn't apparent >_>

• CPU: i5 6500 $4249 + $75 shipping
  
• Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD $1096.57
  
• RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 1 x 8 GB $897.57
  
• Hard Drive: 1 TB WD Blue 7200 RPM $998
  
• SSD: 120 GB PNY CS1131 $815.96
  
• GPU: PNY Founder's Edition GTX 1060 6GB $5199
  
• Case: Rosewill Tryfing Black ATX Mid Tower $1321.57
  
• PSU: Corsair CX450M (grey revision) 450W Semi-modular $1141
  
  Total $14697.10
  
  Hopefully I didn't miss anything, I might have missed some shipping costs or miscalculated the price. This should be all the computer parts you need, this can handle all those games at 1080p High/Ultra 60FPS or better.

Looks like a great build, with that bit of extra cash, you could get an i5 6500 (better clock speeds). I think an ATX motherboard would look better in your case, I would go for the MSI B150 PC Mate or the AsRock H170 PRO 4S. To squeeze an SSD in there, you could save a bit of money with the MasterBox 5 or the S340 and pick up the PNY CS1311 120GB SSD along with your HDD. Also, you could possibly get an RX 480 like this to save money on non-SLI motherboards and FreeSync monitors instead of a GSync one. Sorry if this was overwhelming, but I hope this helps.

40 even

https://www.amazon.com/PNY-CS1311-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B019H3B3P6/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1481530846&sr=1-3&refinements=p_36%3A1253504011

You can probably go lower with a jet.com deal if your a first time buyer.

You can find deals on smaller SSDs Like this and I love how I get downvoted because I want you to be happy with your speeds and wattage...brilliant.

I'm looking to upgrade my SSD (currently a Corsair Force ls 60gb, which i use only for the OS and drivers, no games or personal files) due to capacity issues; i've found the PNY CS1311 120 GB and the Samsung 850 evo 120 GB. Which one of these would be best for my purposes(only OS, drivers, other computer-operation necessary files), do you think?

Get yourself this drive, it has great reviews and will be plenty of room for a boot drive.

https://www.amazon.com/PNY-CS1311-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B019H3B3P6

Your motherboard and built in GPU are rather old, leaving you with little-to-no upgrade options on the CPU side of things. The Phenom was a phenomenal processor (pun intended) but it is getting up there in age. If you want to upgrade your processor you will have to buy a new motherboard, RAM, power supply and video card. This is the more expensive option but also the more "future-proof" one as well.

The cheaper route would be to slap two more RAM sticks in there for a maximum of 8 gigs, grab a cheap SSD like the one below and put all of your games on it. If you really wanted an FPS increase you could look into a low power GPU like a nVidia 750Ti or an AMD 460. These both don't require external power but offer decent performance. I would make sure your power supply can support these first though.

https://www.amazon.com/PNY-CS1311-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B019H3B3P6/ref=sr_1_7?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1496782398&sr=1-7&keywords=SSD&refinements=p_n_feature_three_browse-bin%3A14027457011%7C14027458011

It's probably fine, but I'd actually recommend a PNY SSD, same price, more reviews, most of them positive.

https://www.amazon.com/PNY-CS1311-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B019H3B3P6/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1498584974&sr=1-1&keywords=pny+ssd

For $10 less you can get this PNY 120gb SSD which has a 550MB/s read and 520Mb/s write speed. I would also swap out that Seagate HDD for this Western Digital HDD because Seagate drives are known to be unreliable, however the WD drive is a few bucks more, but I'd say it's worth it.

A really good cheap one is the PNY 120 GB has very good read/write speeds.

so the game will play about the same. If you got the money, get a cheap 60 or (if you can afford it) 120 gig ssd. On the backup / living room pc, i have an old sata 3 60 gig ssd with nothing but FFXIV on it.

Pretty fast for leading XIV.

Edit:

take a look at this ssd
https://www.amazon.com/PNY-CS1311-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B019H3B3P6/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1495550946&sr=8-8&keywords=120+gig+ssd

This one?

Fractal Designs Define S

This is my current recomendation for cost effective cases. Excellent layout, no wasting space on 5.25" drive bays, and a very efficient layout for air and water cooling.

But anything from fractal designs will be better put together than other cases in its price point. So take your pick

Also i havent seen you post a everyday need/use case for a optical drive, so i would trade that out for even a small SSD. Something like this PNY is a direct swap pricewise, and will make everything feel many times quicker.

The reason people are urging the SSD option is because there is no seek time. I have been using SSDs for something like 5 years now and the difference is night and day. Even the original sataII SSDs are amazingly fast when it comes to running the OS. So while the PNY i listed isnt going to hit the 500MB/s speeds of say a 850 EVO it will be priceless when it comes to general tasks and opening/running most programs on a day to day basis. I have used both the 850 EVO and the PNY listed and outside of benchmarks you wont be able to tell a difference.

If you can save up another $100 you can go with a 6 core x99 solution, since it doesnt look like you are looking to utilize a lot of the new z170 features

Yeah, the PNY CS1311 line is pretty good for the price. 120 GB for $40, or 240 GB for $60.

Right now I use the old 480 GB model, have been for almost a year, it's been fantastic.

What are the main differences between the Samsung 850 EVO - 250GB and the PNY CS1311 240GB?

Both seem to have great reviews, but what does the 850 EVO have that makes it $30 more than the PNY (other than 10gb), and is that actually worth the price difference? I'm a noob when it comes to SSD.

Would a PNY 120GB be a better than the Kingston?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B019H3B3P6/?tag=pcpapi-20

120GB PNY, 4.8 stars out of 1100 reviews, $50 brand new on Amazon, Prime Eligible

> pny ssd 120gb

https://www.amazon.com/PNY-CS1311-120GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B019H3B3P6 $50 new on amazon w/ prime, sorry m8

CPU - $278.45 (Newegg)
Mobo - $180` (Ebay - Approx) Asus P8P67
RAM - $140 (Amazon)
GPU - $430~ $410 Approx (Newegg)
SSD - $50 (Amazon)
HDD - $45 (Amazon)
Case - $60 (Amazon)
Cooler - $26 (Newegg)

Total will be approx $1200. I could be a good deal if all parts are purchased within 1 year. Otherwise go for new one, you can build a solid rig with intel 8th gen and 1070 in almost same price.

PNY CS1311 120 GB 2.5" SATA III Internal Solid State Drive SSD7CS1311-120-RB https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019H3B3P6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_ifsmxbEAPNGRA

https://www.amazon.com/PNY-CS1311-240GB-Internal-Solid/dp/B019H3B3P6?th=1

This drive regularly goes on sell for $40. it's 3 times faster at writing than this PoS.

And your link is worthless. Reading isn't limited by the controller as much as writing is.