Which of these SSDs? Or something better?

[STRMfrmXMN]

Budget is 80 bucks in Amazon gift cards. That's the start.

 

I've been looking to get a new SSD as the ancient Samsung one in my laptop just died today. Been looking at the surprisingly cheap Hyper X Fury and the Crucial MX100. My budget does go to 80 bucks so I have a bit of room to spare if you have any better suggestions for 120-ish GB drives.

 

Of the basic benchmarks it seems like the Crucial one is where it's at. Should I say case closed and buy the MX100 or should something else (remember, $80) be bought instead?

 

EDIT: This is going into a cheap laptop with horrible battery life that will be used for basic tasks - web browsing and office stuff. Using Windows 8.1.

[KayTees]

Budget is 80 bucks in Amazon gift cards. That's the start.

 

I've been looking to get a new SSD as the ancient Samsung one in my laptop just died today. Been looking at the surprisingly cheap Hyper X Fury and the Crucial MX100. My budget does go to 80 bucks so I have a bit of room to spare if you have any better suggestions for 120-ish GB drives.

 

Of the basic benchmarks it seems like the Crucial one is where it's at. Should I say case closed and buy the MX100 or should something else (remember, $80) be bought instead?

840 EVO 120GB 

 

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-120GB-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-7TE120BW/dp/B00E3W15P0/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1420609294&sr=8-4&keywords=840+Evo

[soaringchicken]

I think the MX100 is the way to go

[STRMfrmXMN]

840 EVO 120GB 

 

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-120GB-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-7TE120BW/dp/B00E3W15P0/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1420609294&sr=8-4&keywords=840+Evo

Somehow that didn't pop up in time... I'll be ordering it tomorrow as it's getting late now but wow that got cheap fast.

[STRMfrmXMN]

i would go for a 256gb 850 evo or mx100 since double the capacity isnt that much more expensive.

Budget is $80 because that's what I have...

[Goose Legs]

I have only had good experiences with Crucial and have used them in many builds, so my vote is for them if they are within your range. Samsung 840/850s are excellent though too. 

[Clyne]

Adata SP600

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009SX6VLC/?tag=pcpapi-20

[STRMfrmXMN]

I have only had good experiences with Crucial and have used them in many builds, so my vote is for them if they are within your range. Samsung 840/850s are excellent though too. 

 

I think the MX100 is the way to go

 

i would go for a 256gb 850 evo or mx100 since double the capacity isnt that much more expensive.

Would like to point out to all that this is going in a cheap laptop where the read speeds are ten times more important than the writes because all it does is web browse and Google Docs/Libre Office stuff. Just a small point I'd like to make if that matters any.

[STRMfrmXMN]

Adata SP600

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009SX6VLC/?tag=pcpapi-20

My laptop's battery is sh*t BTW so higher power draw from an SSD is a no-no.

[Octavialicious]

I have a HyperX Fury so I guess I'll vote for that one lol

[Enderman]

840 evo

[KayTees]

Budget is 80 bucks in Amazon gift cards. That's the start.

 

I've been looking to get a new SSD as the ancient Samsung one in my laptop just died today. Been looking at the surprisingly cheap Hyper X Fury and the Crucial MX100. My budget does go to 80 bucks so I have a bit of room to spare if you have any better suggestions for 120-ish GB drives.

 

Of the basic benchmarks it seems like the Crucial one is where it's at. Should I say case closed and buy the MX100 or should something else (remember, $80) be bought instead?

 

EDIT: This is going into a cheap laptop with horrible battery life that will be used for basic tasks - web browsing and office stuff. Using Windows 8.1.

Sure the MX100 has 8GB more but numbers man!

 

http://ssdboss.com/ssds/Samsung-840-EVO-120-GB-SATA-III-vs-Crucial-MX100-128-GB-SATA-III

 

[STRMfrmXMN]

Sure the MX100 has 8GB more but numbers man!

 

http://ssdboss.com/ssds/Samsung-840-EVO-120-GB-SATA-III-vs-Crucial-MX100-128-GB-SATA-III

 

if it's the same price or less when I order it then it will, uh, well, be ordered.

 

Thanks all!

[KayTees]

if it's the same price or less when I order it then it will, uh, well, be ordered.

 

Thanks all!

Trust me, the 840 is so fucking worth it. Look at those random read times! 70% and 30% faster!

[Captain_WD]

Budget is 80 bucks in Amazon gift cards. That's the start.

 

I've been looking to get a new SSD as the ancient Samsung one in my laptop just died today. Been looking at the surprisingly cheap Hyper X Fury and the Crucial MX100. My budget does go to 80 bucks so I have a bit of room to spare if you have any better suggestions for 120-ish GB drives.

 

Of the basic benchmarks it seems like the Crucial one is where it's at. Should I say case closed and buy the MX100 or should something else (remember, $80) be bought instead?

 

EDIT: This is going into a cheap laptop with horrible battery life that will be used for basic tasks - web browsing and office stuff. Using Windows 8.1.

 

 

Hey STRMfrmXMN,

 

Since you are using the laptop only for simple things like web surfing, MS Office and other, you wouldn't notice any difference between the different SSDs. all of them will work very fast, you will have the same amount of storage, give or take a few GBs and you won't notice any noise or heat from them. The difference in the numbers in the read/write speeds and the other statistics shouldn't matter for what you are going to use it for. I would simply get the better deal.

 

Captain_WD.