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Would an 80 Plus Platinum PSU at a lower cost and wattage make more sense?

What's your budget on the SSD? While PCI-e SSD cards are pretty fast, I'm not sure if the price warrants the 5 fewer seconds a game level takes to load.

@Hero said:
@BlackHawk, ill say $100 give or take

Cheapest PCI-e SSD is $200.

How much space you want with SSD? Is it for games, OS, both?

@Hero said:
both, i didnt mean for you guys to go shopping for me. are some brands better than others for SSD?

That one I don't know how to answer. Last time I bought an SSD was over 3 years ago and I went with OCZ (paging @Ryder ) and Mushkin. I have no complaints with those.

@Hero said:
ive also found that 3.5" SSD seems unusual. that is the size of my internal drive slots. is it ok to put a 2.5" in a bigger slot?

Yeah. Depending on how old your case is it should have holes for SSD's. If not, some (??? last time I purchased) come with adapters for 3.5" bays. Check the product description.

They are SSDs you don't really need to bracket them, or really even have them attached to anything.

@BlackHawk said:

@Sonorous said:
Would an 80 Plus Platinum PSU at a lower cost and wattage make more sense?

There's this platinum rated 860W Seasonic for the same price (lower with rebate).

@Sonorous said:
Would an 80 Plus Platinum PSU at a lower cost and wattage make more sense?

There's this platinum rated 860W Seasonic for the same price (lower with rebate).