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Now now, don't say that you can only afford 120gb ssd when you're willing to fork over 120 dollars for a 120gb ssd, take a look at this

 

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148694

 

 

its a 240gb ssd for 125. Save up a bit more, get this instead, it'll make you much happier in the long run.

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Now now, don't say that you can only afford 120gb ssd when you're willing to fork over 120 dollars for a 120gb ssd, take a look at this

 

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148694

 

 

its a 240gb ssd for 125. Save up a bit more, get this instead, it'll make you much happier in the long run.

newegg dosent ship to aus

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Now now, don't say that you can only afford 120gb ssd when you're willing to fork over 120 dollars for a 120gb ssd, take a look at this

 

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148694

 

 

its a 240gb ssd for 125. Save up a bit more, get this instead, it'll make you much happier in the long run.

 

I live in Portugal so it wont help me because of shipping...

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newegg dosent ship to aus

He's in AUS? his thing says portugal. Or am I just globally challenged.

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I live in Portugal so it wont help me because of shipping...

Then buy w/e is cheaper. They're pretty much all the same.

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He's in AUS? his thing says portugal. Or am I just globally challenged.

never mind in being dumb for lack of sleep but newegg dsoent ship outside us

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Would a 75€ crucial m500 120GB be a better choice than the 840 Evo for 87.90€?

Performance with numbers only, the 840 evo would be 10% faster, but when you're actually using it, you can't really tell. And crucial and samsung are both known for reliability, so whatever is cheaper, is the better option in this case, since I don't think you're going to write tons of data onto it everyday that require that extra 10% performance.

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Hi there.

 

So i want to buy my first SSD, i can only afford a 120GB one so i cant decide between an Hyperx 3k(90,90€; 122.90USD) and an 840 Evo(87.90€;  118.84USD).

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks

 

120GB 840 Evo is not worth it as the cache is smaller and write speed is significantly slower than the 250GB version, so you might as well splash the extra cash to get more bang for your money, but I guess that defeats the point since you're low on money.

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Performance with numbers only, the 840 evo would be 10% faster, but when you're actually using it, you can't really tell. And crucial and samsung are both known for reliability, so whatever is cheaper, is the better option in this case, since I don't think you're going to write tons of data onto it everyday that require that extra 10% performance.

 

I wont write that much so i will probably go with the crucial since its cheaper.

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Adata Premier Pro SP900 is also a choice.

I doubt that you will find 240 gig ssds for 90€, just get a decent 120 gig one if you can't cash up.

If you can't decide, look up some RMA rates and look how much warranty you can get with which ssd.

who cares...

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240gb ssd's usually have faster writes and much better value/gb
120gb samsung evo=£73gbp
240gb samsung evo-£140gbp
other drives may be better than that, but considering the benefits and the fact that your less likely to need another drive later, might be worth it, that said ive just found a crucial m500 128gb for £55....catch you guys later

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Get the m500.

Its a fast drive (dont get fooled by EVOs big sequential figures, they are made up via Turbowrite), that has proven controller (same one used in plextor m5s) and MLC flash (3x better endurance than EVOs TLC).

And if its cheaper, than its a no-brainer.

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