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rjotto
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Hello!

I want to ask you guys for some advice. I am planning to buy a ssd for a boot up drive. I am on a tight budget and therefore 128 gb is my choice for capacity. So the question is wich drive do you think is the best if MTBF and reliability is a concern. Currently I am looking at Samsung 840 EVO or OCZ 4.50 or Plextor M5S. What do you think? Which one should i get?

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Either of those are great options. I personally would go 840 Evo

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I'd personally go for the Samsung. Either will do the job, really.

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Yes the samsung looks like the best, but I am worried about mean time before failure because of the slc cache. 

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I have a bias towards Samsung, however I would recommend it depending on price really. As @Skyfire said all of them will get the job done.   :D

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As stated by others, either of them will do. I would personally lead towards Samsung though.

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Yes the samsung looks like the best, but I am worried about mean time before failure because of the slc cache. 

 

You're using it as a boot drive only, aren't you? It's mostly reads only. SLC cache shouldn't be too much of a problem.

 

Or you could just grab a regular 840. Problem solved, haha. OR grab the Pro if you want MLC ... lasts much longer I believe.

 

But you're looking at like around 5-10 years before any "healthy" SSD fails on you.

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samsung all the way dude

(not for speeds rather than quality and warranty assistance..)

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Thank you all for the quick respone. If every single person suggested samsung, then I guess I will get the samsung. 

@Skyfire: I want to install some games too, but it wont be a problem I guess :)

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Thank you all for the quick respone. If every single person suggested samsung, then I guess I will get the samsung. 

@Skyfire: I want to install some games too, bu it wont be a problem I guess :)

 

If you're looking for a drive that will last you for a while then I would copy my rig and go with the Samsung 840 Pro, configuring it for maximum reliability.  :ph34r:

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Personally I would go for either the samsung or the plextor as I own two samsung drives and they have proven to be very reliable and have heard heard many good things about plextor however I have had some bad problems like many others with OCZ drives.

So I spelt something wrong in my post... I don't care I don't read through what I write and I type very quickly.


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Thank you all for the quick respone. If every single person suggested samsung, then I guess I will get the samsung. 

@Skyfire: I want to install some games too, but it wont be a problem I guess :)

how many games are you talking about?

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Personally I would go for either the samsung or the plextor as I own two samsung drives and they have proven to be very reliable and have heard heard many good things about plextor however I have had some bad problems like many others with OCZ drives.

Like...? what problems?

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Like...? what problems?

I have had three and two of which have died not sure if it was me or if they were just dodgy drives from the start.

So I spelt something wrong in my post... I don't care I don't read through what I write and I type very quickly.


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I have had three and two of which have died not sure if it was me or if they were just dodgy drives from the start.

strange...how many years you had em

i have a vertex 3 like 4 years now perfect condition

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If you're looking for a drive that will last you for a while then I would copy my rig and go with the Samsung 840 Pro, configuring it for maximum reliability.  :ph34r:

Not maximum, but reasonable reliability. As I sad I wil be using it for a boot up drive with all my programs and a few games (It depends, but in the worst case scenario 3 or 4 games at the same time). I am from Bulgaria and here the Plextor is not available so the choice is made :)

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get the one with better value

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Not maximum, but reasonable reliability. As I sad I wil be using it for a boot up drive with all my programs and d few games (I depends but in the worst case scenario 3 or 4 at the same time). I am from Bulgaria and here the Plextor is not available so the choice is made :)

 

Samsung offers software that allows you to choose max speed, storage or reliability so I assumed you would choose max reliability  :P You will not be disappointed.  ^_^

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The cheapest one.

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If you want the highest MTBF go with the 840 pro the MLC flash will last substantially longer then the TLC of the regular 840.

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Just save your money and get the normal samsung 840--the difference in speed is negligible.

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