$80-85 is all I have right now ($69.60-73.95 Before Taxes) unless I sell some stuff or wait about a month and a half or so to maybe get about a extra $60-65 that would make it $140-150 ($121.80-130.50 before Taxes).
if I were to go for 250GB Storage I'd need a minimum 300GB SSD to go with 20% from full to prevent slowdowns as Goose recommended, Cheapest 300GB+ SSD@ Canada Computers is a 480GB Kingston SSDNow V300 (SV300S37A/480G) For $249 ($281.37 after taxes) then it's a 512GB Crucial MX100 (CT512MX100SSD1) for $279 ($315.27)
if I were to go for a 120-128GB Crucial, Samsung or Intel, Cheapest is a 128GB Samsung 850 Pro Series (MZ-7KE128BW), Regular price is $130 ($146.89 after Taxes), on sale till June 1st for $115 ($129.94 After Taxes):
http://www.canadacom...&item_id=074181
Looking on the Canadian PcPartPicker, the cheapest Crucial, Samsung or Intel 120GB+ is a 120GB Samsung 850 EVO (MZ-75E120B/AM) for $75 on Amazon with free shipping, Not sure how HST Works for Online Purchases though if I need to add HST to the $75 or not, if so it would be $84.75:
http://www.amazon.ca...I/?tag=pcp0f-20
a step up in the 200GB Range, there's a 250GB Crucial BX100 (CT250BX100SSD1) New on Amazon for $117 (If Taxes Apply, would be $132.20) or 1 used in Very Good Condition for $101.09:
http://www.amazon.ca...ils?ie=UTF8&me=
300GB+ there's a 500GB Samsung 850 EVO (MZ-75E500B/AM) For $199 ($224.87 after Taxes) at Canada Computers (None in stock at my local store so never showed up in my search on their website:
http://www.canadacom...&item_id=080111
if I Were to get a Smaller one, I'd Put Windows on it along with Steam (With Some, Not all my Steam Games)& MWO and the rest could go on my Backup
As for Hybrid Drives, Cheapest on PcPartPicker is a Seagate 500GB 2.5" 5400RPM Hybrid (ST500LM001), Regular Price of $82 ($92.66 if taxes added), on sale for $78.31 ($88.49 if Taxes Added) + whatever shipping would cost @Shoprbc:
http://www.shoprbc.c....php?pid=110161
Followed by a Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid (ST1000DX001) for $82.98 (93.77 if Taxes Added) @ Direct Canada:
http://www.directcan...sku=14120DR4117
That ST1000DX001 & The ST1000LM014 Arbalister Posted are the cheapest @ Canada Computers (According to PcPartPicker Anyway, $100=$113 After Taxes), the ST1000LM014 is on sale for that price till Monday then the Regular Price is $110 (124.29 After Taxes) Plus they're out of stock at my local store, there's 4 ST1000DX001 left in stock though & $100 is the Regular Price.
Edit: Just Had a Look at Walmart (I still have a $100 Walmart Gift Card left from Christmas) and they have some 500GB-3TB External Hard Drives that would be in budget also if using a External as a Main/Boot HDD would work, they also have 4 WD Internal HDDs that (3 of them) would be in budget also, Though not available in store, would have to get them online (Though it may or may not be possible to get it shipped to a store and then pay for it in store), there's a 1TB Blue in stock for $74.88 ($84.61 after Taxes), 500GB Black with limited stock for $96 ($108.48 after taxes) or a 2TB Black in stock for $169.88 ($191.96 after Taxes), there's also a 1TB Black that's out of stock for $87.88 ($99.30 after Taxes)
Edited by Lord Letto, 21 May 2015 - 06:26 PM.