Going to buy used SSD - any suggestions?

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shijilt

Journeyman
I am using Windows 10 , and all hardware is powerful enough to play any most resource hungry game or application.
But he's Disk is a 500GBSeagate sata II HDD.
Sometimes while converting / editing videos , processor usage will be 30% and HDD usage will be 100%, yes , a bottleneck.....

I want to use an SSD as boot drive. For OS and apps only.
And use HDD as media storage.
There are used SSDs in eBay.
I will be able to buy a 160 GB Intel SSD with 95% health for 2600Rs.
Those are SATA II , and motherboard supports only SATA II as well....
I need others opinion and suggestion in buying used SSD.

Which is better ?

Intel SSD 320 Series 160GB
or
Samsung 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
 
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satinder

satinder

DELHIITE
SSD are fast enough.
You can use it for speed required.
Check it when buying.
Experiment with low cost SSD seems good

When I bought my new SSD it was little costly.
But I am happy with this decision.
It saved much time and irritation.
 
ZTR

ZTR

Cyborg Agent
Go with this
*m.ebay.in/itm?itemId=252131970236

3330₹ after 10% off coupon
I have bought it myself so know about it
 
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Deleted member 118788

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ZTR said:
Yeah so they have the performance and the reliability of the 830 series
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If I am failed to get any good deals on SSD this black friday, I will have this in mind as my backup. :)
 
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Deleted member 118788

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ZTR said:
Yeah so they have the performance and the reliability of the 830 series
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Placed an order for the same. Couldn't wait till Black Friday as I am running out of storage now. I am hoping to receive same good quality drive as yours.

Edit: What tools did you used to test the quality and health of the SSD?
 
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shijilt

Journeyman
Geek-With-Lens said:
Placed an order for the same. Couldn't wait till Black Friday as I am running out of storage now. I am hoping to receive same good quality drive as yours.

Edit: What tools did you used to test the quality and health of the SSD?
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Which seller did u select ?
 
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shijilt said:
Which seller did u select ?
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online_shopping2015 on eBay

There is another seller who have more feedback with the name "online_shopping" selling the same SSDs. He is selling the same SSD for 75 bucks more. I went with the above due to recent experience of ZTR. Both of them have good feedback and you can go with anyone you prefer.
 
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shijilt

Journeyman
Geek-With-Lens said:
online_shopping2015 on eBay

There is another seller who have more feedback with the name "online_shopping" selling the same SSDs. He is selling the same SSD for 75 bucks more. I went with the above due to recent experience of ZTR. Both of them have good feedback and you can go with anyone you prefer.
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75 bucks more seller responded to my query on SSD health and said its above 90%.
The other seller , which u selected didn't respond for my two messages ..
 
ZTR

ZTR

Cyborg Agent
Geek-With-Lens said:
Placed an order for the same. Couldn't wait till Black Friday as I am running out of storage now. I am hoping to receive same good quality drive as yours.

Edit: What tools did you used to test the quality and health of the SSD?
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SSDLife and crystal disk info
And crystal disk mark for performance test
*images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11/15/a8e469409aab96eaeff6e7142cb629d5.jpg
And SSD health is 95%
 
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shijilt

Journeyman
U bought from eBay ? from seller "online_shopping2015".
Is it a Samsung 830 ? SO we will be getting 238 GB usable space out of 256 GB ....
 
ZTR

ZTR

Cyborg Agent
shijilt said:
U bought from eBay ? from seller "online_shopping2015".
Is it a Samsung 830 ? SO we will be getting 238 GB usable space out of 256 GB ....
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Yes
And as for usable space that applies to all drives you know
As in a 1 tb disk you actually get 931GB available
*images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11/15/4c1985e588999c54b047f8bf65335b2e.jpg

As you can see the model no is same as this
*m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16820147135
 
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shijilt

Journeyman
ZTR said:
Yes
And as for usable space that applies to all drives you know
As in a 1 tb disk you actually get 931GB available
*images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11/15/4c1985e588999c54b047f8bf65335b2e.jpg
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Yes u r r8.
What as the health says when u received it ?
How long have u been using it?
And what's the health now ?

I am glad I found u
 
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