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plutomok
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Ready to pick up an SSD for my OS and core apps

 

What SSD will I get more free space with out of the box, i understand its not always the full 250gb/256gb

 

My budget is $150 CAD including taxes

 

currently looking at

 

Samsung 850 EVO 250gb

Adata XPG xs900 256gb

 

Please let me know of other good recommendations

 

 

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lol are you seriously trying to get a few GBs extra space instead of looking for high quality and reliability?

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xD it should be about the same for all SSD's.

However there are some ways to get some more free space from your SSD

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lol are you seriously trying to get a few GBs extra space instead of looking for high quality and reliability?

 

high quality and reliability are the only 2 real criteria im meeting.

i meant of the ones i was currently looking at (samsung evo, adata xpg, plextor, crucial) which are formatted to have more space (i know its a long shot)

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My 840 EVO out of the box after formatting was 237GB I believe. I also remember hearing that the Intel 730 240GB actually comes with 240GB free space, as the over provisioning is already accounted for...I could be wrong. I don't know AData well. I had a bad experience with OCZ and I've been only installing Samsung since. My 840 I bought first day of sales, still going strong. Got an 840 for my g/f and two 850s for my two workstation computers at the shop and I have not been disappointing in 2.5 years.

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My 840 EVO out of the box after formatting was 237GB I believe. I also remember hearing that the Intel 730 240GB actually comes with 240GB free space, as the over provisioning is already accounted for...I could be wrong. I don't know AData well. I had a bad experience with OCZ and I've been only installing Samsung since. My 840 I bought first day of sales, still going strong. Got an 840 for my g/f and two 850s for my two workstation computers at the shop and I have not been disappointing in 2.5 years.

 

ah yes "Over provisioning" was the word i was looking for

Found an 850 evo for 129.99 im probably going to go with that

 

Have you ever had to clone the OS onto the SSD or did you do it from scratch?

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Hey plutomok,
 
SSDs require some free space for caching purposes in order to work with optimal speeds. Newer ones have that reserved and you don't have access to it anyway, I would still keep a couple of percents free just to make sure the drive operates at its optimal speeds. 
Regarding the cloning, I would avoid if possible as it clones not only the data but all the settings and there might be some compatibility issues such as the SSD being recognized as a HDD or bad treatment from TRIM. Also you are likely to clone over any bad sectors, errors or malware that you might have. I would suggest a fresh install as it would refresh your system and get rid of any unused and unwanted files and programs. :) 
 
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Regarding the cloning, I would avoid if possible as it clones not only the data but all the settings and there might be some compatibility issues such as the SSD being recognized as a HDD or bad treatment from TRIM. Also you are likely to clone over any bad sectors, errors or malware that you might have. I would suggest a fresh install as it would refresh your system and get rid of any unused and unwanted files and programs. :)

 

 

ah yes "Over provisioning" was the word i was looking for

Found an 850 evo for 129.99 im probably going to go with that

 

Have you ever had to clone the OS onto the SSD or did you do it from scratch?

I would not clone for the same reasons. A sure fire way right now to make sure the SSD is recognized as an SSD is to install fresh with OS. 850 EVO has been good to me so far...but with NVMe here now, I'm gonna look for upgrades to my home rig

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