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Hey guys, I'm going to be ordering an SSD this week, and I've decided to get a 128GB SSD because 64GB is too little and 256GB is too expensive. I have quite a few possible choices:

Corsair Neutron GTX

Corsair Neutron (non GTX, slightly cheaper)

Corsair Force Series GS

Crucial V4

Crucial M4

Samsung 840

Samsung 840 Pro

 

Any thoughts on what to get? I will be using it as a boot drive for my OS + programs. All data will be on a 2TB RAID 0.

 

 

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

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Corsair Neutron GTX

Corsair Neutron (non GTX, slightly cheaper)

Corsair Force Series GS

|Crucial V4|

|Crucial M4|  These are okay

 

Samsung 840 Best for money

 

Samsung 840 Pro a little to expensive IMO

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I have heard good things about the Crucials and Samsungs but I have heard only bad things about Corsairs

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Intel SSDs are nice. However, they are more expensive than Samsung's SSDs at the same capacity. Not sure if they offer better reliability or better performance.

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I'm using the Crucial M4 and it performs very well and very consistenty. +1 to that

The Samsung 840 is great as well but it does perform slower than an M4 (Pretty sure i think, someone prove me wrong if i'm)

The Samsung 840 Pro is fast but to be honest i don't think it warrants the great price increment over the 840, so overall i'd recommend the Crucial M4 or the 840

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TTL gave the Neutron GTX a gold award tho

TTL likes Corsair... REALLY likes Corsair. This is a time to remember what Linus mentioned once about how reviewers can't really say negative things because then they won't receive products to review. 

 

Not saying it's not a good SSD, I honestly don't know because I was just going to go for a Samsung personally, but thats something to always keep in mind when looking at reviews.

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Samsung 840. Great performance--great price.

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I'd go with the Pro.

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samsung 840 is a great ssd for the money, but I do gata say I love my Vertex 4! But to be honest if the samsung was out at the time, might have gotten that. All my friends with SSD's are running 840's...

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The best thing you will probably get for your money (unless there is a sale) would be the Samsung 840 128 GB SSD. It is very fast, an easy to use boot drive, and has a decent storage capacity. The 840 pro's speed is un noticably more than the 840 and is quite a bit more expensive. Although you do have the option of a higher storage capacity on the 840 pro, the 840 is near equally as speedy and more cost efficient. Go for the 840 :)

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OCZ Vector is another option.

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I'd go with either the 840 Pro or the OCZ Vector.

got the Vector coz 840s are hard to find here in our place and warranty-wise, it's easier for us to contact the supplier for RMAs. 

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I can get the 840 Pro for about $15 more than the regular 840. Is this a good deal? Also, there is a version of the regular non-Pro Samsung 840 that costs just as much as the 840 Pro, and it is called "Samsung 840 Series SSD w/ Full Kit". What is this "full kit" and why is the regular 840 with full kit the same price as the 840 pro without the full kit?

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

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I would put the 840 Pro if it's only $10 more expensive.

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I can get the 840 Pro for about $15 more than the regular 840. Is this a good deal? Also, there is a version of the regular non-Pro Samsung 840 that costs just as much as the 840 Pro, and it is called "Samsung 840 Series SSD w/ Full Kit". What is this "full kit" and why is the regular 840 with full kit the same price as the 840 pro without the full kit?

 

I'd go with the 840 pro, I have one and I get like 560 mb/s reads and like 520ish mb/s writes, plus the 5 year warranty is good just on the off chance something does go wrong, and if you only have to spend 15$ extra, you should go for it.

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I'd reccomend the OCZ vector, I've had one for several months now and I consistently get 520 mb/s read and writes, plus it has a much higher 4K read/write than the Samsung 840 pro

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