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Disclaimer: Before you mention it, no. Please don't bother mentioning the Samsung evo or Pro. They are £70 for the cheapest model in 240gb for me and I don't have it in my budget, also Samsung is able to make bad drives.

 

Now thats out of the way. WD Green, SP A55, Patriot Burst or PNY CS900? Could stretch to a blue or a mx ssd

 

My range is 30-40. Its 240gb and gonna be my boot drive for my pc!

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are you sure you want an ssd that uses SATA?

 

something like

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CSSD-F240GBMP510-Force-MP510-Solid/dp/B07JW49VZD/ref=asc_df_B07JW49VZD/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310819177578&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12961908497566368707&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007061&hvtargid=pla-562964283755&psc=1&th=1&psc=1 

 

as an example would be not too much more expensive and you would get better performance and ease of installation / clean build.

 

to answer you question there is not a world of difference between those drives you have shown to its preference really

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5 minutes ago, Acid Panda said:

are you sure you want an ssd that uses SATA?

 

something like

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CSSD-F240GBMP510-Force-MP510-Solid/dp/B07JW49VZD/ref=asc_df_B07JW49VZD/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310819177578&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12961908497566368707&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007061&hvtargid=pla-562964283755&psc=1&th=1&psc=1 

 

as an example would be not too much more expensive and you would get better performance and ease of installation / clean build.

 

to answer you question there is not a world of difference between those drives you have shown to its preference really

I was considering a WD Green or blue m.2 but people kept trying to get me to get a evo/pro or a bigger ssd. 

System Specs: Ryzen 5 5700x (Themralright Assassin King) // Asus Tuf A520M WiFi // Vengeance 2x16GB 3600Mhz Ram // Gigabyte Eagle RX 6600 XT // Gigabyte P650B 650w // WD Blue Sn550 500GB Nvme // MX500 2TB  // CiY Tester84 (Outemu Summer) // Roccat Kona XP // Gamemax Trooper Case

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3 minutes ago, MrAxe said:

I was considering a WD Green or blue m.2 but people kept trying to get me to get a evo/pro or a bigger ssd. 

some of them are SATA drives, so despite being in an m.2 format they wont have speeds as high as an nvme m.2.

 

but you need to get what you want. the Samsung drives people swear by because they are good and might be worth saving a little more to get

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1 hour ago, Acid Panda said:

some of them are SATA drives, so despite being in an m.2 format they wont have speeds as high as an nvme m.2.

 

but you need to get what you want. the Samsung drives people swear by because they are good and might be worth saving a little more to get

I don't care about speeds really. As I said, it's a boot mainly so just need to be fast enough to run things snappy and reliable! 

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https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07YFF8879/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_Wh7xEb8KVFBNV

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What people usually seem to think:

WD Green < WD Blue < Crucial MX500

“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. 
It matters that you don't just give up.”

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