Upgrading from HDD to SSD, Any Recommendations?

[t77snapshot]

Hello TPU'ers,

It's been a very long time since I've posted anything here, I've been out of the SSD loop for quite awhile. I have a friend who wants to upgrade his lame disk drive to a Solid State. He is looking for a 256gb or 512gb if the price is right. No gaming, main use will be for graphic design and photo editing. He would like to keep in under $250. What do you guys recommend?

System specs:
Windows 7
i7 920
16Gb
psu 600w

Thank you for your input,

T77-

 

[RCoon]

Pretty simple TBH, either go for the 850 EVO or the BX100. Most other drives don't come close to the price/performance.

 

[andrewsmc]

Pretty simple TBH, either go for the 850 EVO or the BX100. Most other drives don't come close to the price/performance.

I will second the BX100. im running a 240gb right now. But TBH, he will notice a huge increase in performance with any SSD. I also buy lots of mushkins and they have served me well for years.

Below is a 512gb for 120.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...adGxUfu8mp_hZCYsdknR4aAv_s8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[pigulici]

I work in graphics too, my advice, as I did at me, go with a ssd who have good speed for incompressible data, I have a samsung 512gb 830(because how graphics software work, I write 5-15GB of data per day), if choose samsung, go with pro version...

 

[manofthem]

He would like to keep in under $250

For $250, you can find a 1tb ssd on sale. Keep an eye out But you could grab a 512gb and save some cash.

 

[AsRock]

For $250, you can find a 1tb ssd on sale. Keep an eye out But you could grab a 512gb and save some cash.

I was thinking of a sammy 250 EVO 512GB + a MX100 120GB for the OS but noticed it's not his 1st SSD so yeah big ol EVO on a sale .

 

[johnspack]

850 Evo for the win. Makes my old 1st gen system like brand new again!

 

[Countryside]

+1 to 850 enjoy real speed

 

[Xzibit]

Samsung 850 EVO 500GB for $149.99

 

[n-ster]

To give other names, I really like the SanDisk Extreme Pro or the Intel 730 SSDs, but like everyone says, your best price / performance will come from EVO or BX100 no doubt