Best SSD

[cjsun9]

Hi everyone,

 

I'm building a computer in about a month's time and the only part I'm not sure about is the SSD. I'm obviously on a budget and so there are 3 that I'm considering, could you tell me which ones you recommend (out of the ones listed or any of your own choosing) considering write/read speeds, price and amount of storage itself:

 

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-041-CS&groupid=1657&catid=2101

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-167-SA

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-028-CR

 

Thanks a lot,

cjsun9

[DoubleY]

SAMSUNG 840 EVO MASTER RACE

[dizmo]

Overall I'd say the Samsung steadily beats the other two.

[TheSLSAMG]

Choose either the Neutron or EVO based on looks IMO. They are both very fast and very good.

[WoodenMarker]

Just go for the cheapest decent one. They're all pretty similar and it's unlikely you'd notice much if at all the differences between them for day to day usage.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-internal-hard-drive-sv300s37a240g

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-internal-hard-drive-sv300s37a120g

[alpenwasser]

Just go for the cheapest decent one. They're all pretty similar and it's unlikely you'd notice much if at all the differences between them for day to day usage.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-internal-hard-drive-sv300s37a240g

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-internal-hard-drive-sv300s37a120g

^This. Good SSDs these days are all pretty similar in performance for daily

usage. Sure, one might be slightly faster than another on paper (and/or in

actual benchmarks), but those numbers aren't really relevant for most daily

usage scenarios. Unless you have a very specific use case which brings out

certain aspects of a drive (say, writing lots of large files, which would make

it advantageous to have good sequential write performance), you'll hardly

notice the difference between two drives in practice.

[PillowSmoke]

I would give my vote towards the evo.

[TheProfosist]

Best is the 840 Pro and has been for quite some time. Good alternative options are plextor and sandisks highest end.

[cjsun9]

Thanks a lot everyone, really helpful stuff: I've decided on the samsung evo, as I'm sure it won't surprise. Does anyone know how good the warrantee and customer service of Samsung is (that's the main reason I love corsair)?

[cjsun9]

Best is the 840 Pro and has been for quite some time. Good alternative options are plextor and sandisks highest end.

  

I would give my vote towards the evo.

  

^This. Good SSDs these days are all pretty similar in performance for daily

usage. Sure, one might be slightly faster than another on paper (and/or in

actual benchmarks), but those numbers aren't really relevant for most daily

usage scenarios. Unless you have a very specific use case which brings out

certain aspects of a drive (say, writing lots of large files, which would make

it advantageous to have good sequential write performance), you'll hardly

notice the difference between two drives in practice.

  

Just go for the cheapest decent one. They're all pretty similar and it's unlikely you'd notice much if at all the differences between them for day to day usage.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-internal-hard-drive-sv300s37a240g

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-internal-hard-drive-sv300s37a120g

  

Choose either the Neutron or EVO based on looks IMO. They are both very fast and very good.

  

Overall I'd say the Samsung steadily beats the other two.

  

SAMSUNG 840 EVO MASTER RACE

Sorry for the repeat, the post above this one: any thoughts? (Samsung's service and warranties)

[TheProfosist]

Samsung is great but the Evo is not their best drive from a performance perspective.

[rcarlos243]

Samsung drives are massively hyped and overrated.

 

the performance consistency for IOPS is mediocre and the speed drops dramatically especially on low capacity (12X, 25X) models

source:

 

TLC is also an absolute meh and imo not worth your investment.

 

if you want the real deal and you are on budget, get the Seagate 600

 

if you want the most consistent drive under extreme loads at reasonable price get the Intel 530

 

if you want the best possible SSD in terms of raw performance and consistency get the Sandisk Extreme II 

[hojnikb]

m500 is also a great drive, considering how cheap it is..