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I just upgraded from a 64gb SSD to a 256gb. Used Macrium Reflect to clone and the 256gb came up fine (though I had to extend the partition after). So that is another option. Though I've always heard good things about Acronis as well.

I ordered one of these from NewEgg last week and got it Monday. Price was $209.99 but I used a Visa V.Me promotion and my total was $188.99. It's a nice upgrade for me from a Crucial M4 64gb. I cloned it using Macrium Reflect and then extended the partition in Windows and everything is working...

Initially, it will be a lot of encoding while I take care of the 20-30 discs I've already ripped to hard drive. After that it will be pretty sporadic. Thanks for the list of SSD's to check out.

Thanks...the 2500k does make a lot of sense..but I keep justifying to myself that the i7 is "only" $95 more :> I am planning on 8gb ram. I'm trying to decide whether to splurge on a 120gb SSD or not. A 64gb would be workable though. It just trips me out the price/gb compared to a regular drive.

So, my current system is 4 years old - and with one exception, video encoding, I could stick with it a while longer. But, it's time to upgrade. I have 2 major dilemmas. Which CPU and which motherboard. For CPU, since I want to use the on die graphics, specifically the HD3000 version, my...

Thank you for that! Being unfamiliar with it, I'll probably disconnect my other drives so that the HD204UI is the only one connected when I try this.

Hey...new here...but just last week I added one of these drives to my WHS. Have to admit all these talk of sectors, offsets, etc...is essentially greek to me...but here is what I did and what showed after the drive was added. I may have to try AS-SSD to see what it shows. Anyway, what I...

I have a question about reading the SMART data...it is the RAW data that matters, right? I installed CrystalDiskInfo and see columns for Current, Worst, and RAW. For ReallocatedSectorCount, OfflineUncorrectableSectors, PendingSectors...each showed 100 for Current and Worst, but RAW data was 0...