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So I've finally decided to make the move to an SSD for my OS + main programs. My questions are:

1) How much noticeable performance improvements will there be?

2) Which SSD is the best value for money as of right now?

Thanks!

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Samsung 840 120gb. Great performance. Great value. Can't go wrong with it.

http://ssdboss.com/ssds/the-best-ssds

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SSDs are amazing :D much faster booting/loading makes things very nice.

 

Kingston V300

ADATA XPG SX900

Plextor M5P

 

Samsung 840 Pro is overpriced, there's really not much difference between the top performing SSDs.  Samsung 840 non-pro uses meh TLC flash, there are plenty of solid MLC drives which performn better at around the same price.

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Just upgraded the notebooks of two of my customers to Samsung 840 (non-pro) and they were amazed how fast their old celeron can actually run.

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I'm currently using an Intel SSD and love it.

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Here's how my Intel SSD performs in Anvil's Storage Utilities.

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There seem to be a lot of people here in favor of the Samsung 840 Pro.. are there any reasons why or is it just personal preference :P

And also will only boot times be reduced, or are there many other benefits to having an SSD boot drive?

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

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Can say a personal preference. :)

It is way faster than the 840 (non pro version) and comes with free copy of Acronis True Image HD. Backed up my C drive with it and restored on this SSD. Windows 7 starts up within 25 sec. Probably will be way faster if I install Windows.
 

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I'm also thinking of getting a Samsung 840 Pro 128gb and i've been looking at reviews and benchmarks and i found out that there is a latency issue on 128gb version i'm not sure about the 256gb. Its bugging me a little bit since i'm going to build a system really soon and the 840 pro 256gb is way outta price bracket for me and the 128gb has a latency issue. I'm not sure what to do.... :C

 

Any suggestions?? :D

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I'm also thinking of getting a Samsung 840 Pro 128gb and i've been looking at reviews and benchmarks and i found out that there is a latency issue on 128gb version i'm not sure about the 256gb. Its bugging me a little bit since i'm going to build a system really soon and the 840 pro 256gb is way outta price bracket for me and the 128gb has a latency issue. I'm not sure what to do.... :C

 

Any suggestions?? :D

 

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