Best SSD

[EMENCII]

I was wondering which ar ethe fastest ssds as for now (I'm looking for a conteder of the 500gb range for the 840evo)
Thanks,
EMENCII

[ZetZet]

intel 730 series. in 500gb range evo is pretty much the best to go for since it has good value.

[TheProfosist]

Intel 730 closely followed by the Samsung 850 Pro

[EMENCII]

The Revodrive and the 730 are a bit costly, but thanks for the answers! ^^

[aricleather]

OCZ Z-Drive R4. Prepare for your wallet to get lighter with that 410,000 IOPS read and 275,000 IOPS write. They cost thousands...

 

Actually, if you're shopping in the same price bracket, the 730 series from Intel is at least $100 more than the 840 evo. Right now (in the US), the 850 Pro is $400+, compared to the 840 Evo's $260. The only other "contenders" would be the Vertex 460 from OCZ, or maybe the SP900 from Adata. I think the 840 Evo is the best option in the $300 or less price bracket. If you're up to spending a lot more, the Intel 730 series would be the winner.

[Enderman]

PCIe drives are the fastest currently.

 

Intel 730 closely followed by the Samsung 850 Pro

The 730 actually has pretty slow read and write speeds. Even the 840 EVO can do better. The 850 pro does not exist yet.

730 series is best for reliability, not speed.

[TheProfosist]

PCIe drives are the fastest currently.

The 730 actually has pretty slow read and write speeds. Even the 840 EVO can do better. The 850 pro does not exist yet.

730 series is best for reliability, not speed.

I was assuming we were restricted to sata. I have a revo drive 3 X2 480GB the I got a great deal on but its not something I would generally recommend.

Its what 400+ and maintains it due to its amazing consistency. 850 Pro does exist, it up for preorder and toms hardware did a great review on it.

If you just need a drive for short bursts of speed 840 EVO is the champion especially with RAPID enabled.

[Enderman]

The 730 has a max speed of 470MB/s which puts it behind almost every other SSD. The Evo on the other hand gets 550+MB/s.

The 850 pro is not going to be released for a couple months, and nobody has any benchmarks of it other than a couple hardware reviewers. Not even linus got to test it.

Don't believe anything until the general public has had a chance to test it out and find any flaws.

 

RAPID is basically just a ramdisk. If you need that kind of speed just get more ram and make a ramdisk rather than buying a whole SSD.

[TheProfosist]

The 730 has a max speed of 470MB/s which puts it behind almost every other SSD. The Evo on the other hand gets 550+MB/s.

The 850 pro is not going to be released for a couple months, and nobody has any benchmarks of it other than a couple hardware reviewers. Not even linus got to test it.

Don't believe anything until the general public has had a chance to test it out and find any flaws.

 

RAPID is basically just a ramdisk. If you need that kind of speed just get more ram and make a ramdisk rather than buying a whole SSD.

If all your going to look at is sequential but with how most consumers use SSDs that is actually one of the lesser important numbers. You cant get more than 550 really because your already maxing the SATA III bus. The 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB are coming out on the 21st. the 1TB on the 31st. Well known and trusted review sites have proper benches and reviews out on it.

Its not a ram disk. Its a ram cache and its not just a generic ram cache because of how it interacts directly with the samsung SSDs. Like I said its the cherry on top for that ssd especially when used as a boot drive.