SSD Upgrade - Recommendations?

[Bohemian Simian]

I really need to upgrade my SSD boot drive (out of space).
Currently I have: 80GB Intel® X25-M 2.5" SSD (34nm / upto 250MB/sR | 70MB/sW)

- I don't want to switch my programs to the data drives, so after a larger SSD. Any recommendations? (My PCSpecialist rig spec is below).

I've been looking at the Intel 160GB 320 Series SSD - purely as it's a step up in the same range - but it's over £200 everywhere I look.

Anything I should be looking out for with other brands?

Any advice at all would be GREATLY appreciated!

Cheers


Spec:
Case COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 QUIET MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-950 (3.06GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI
Memory (RAM) 12GB SAMSUNG DDR3 TRI-DDR3 1333MHz (3 x 4GB)
Graphics Card 1280MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX470 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11 + MAFIA II
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 80GB Intel® X25-M 2.5" SSD (34nm / upto 250MB/sR | 70MB/sW)***SPECIAL***
2nd Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
3rd Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
RAID RAID 1 (MIRRORED VOLUME - 2 x same size & model HDD / SSD) (£9)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 4x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ROM (£35)
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply CORSAIR 750W PSU (TX750) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£88)
Processor Cooling SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)
USB Options 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Firewire 1 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE PORT ONBOARD
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£109)

 

[Niem]

How about a 120GB Intel SSD, Would that be sufficient space for you?
They're under the £200 mark.

 

[Bohemian Simian]

That might be OK.

Mind you, I've just seen this for under £200:
Intel 180GB 520 Series SSD - Retail
- SATA-III
- Read 550MB/s Write 520MB/s
- 4KB Read/Write: 50K/60K IOPS

Are there any issue regards SSD compatibility I should be aware of?
- Sorry for the noob questions. I've never really dug into a PC except to upgrade RAM.

 

[Niem]

You shouldn't have any problems installing a new SSD on your PC, They are pretty simple to add/upgrade like an HDD.

 

[mgsolidus]

You could buy one from Amazon like I just did. I read around on benchmarks and the Kingston ssdNOW v300 is a great buy.