PCI-E SSD

[jegerkarl]

Is it worth it to buy a PCI-E 4x SSD instead of a SATA 3 SSD?

 

In this particular instance, it stands between the Samsung 120 GB 840 Series and the OCZ Revodrive 110 GB. They have the same price, is there any performance increase?

[jtwj]

The Samsung 840 series is not the same as the 840 pro series. I would get the 128gb 840 pro. If you can wait there are upcoming pcie solutions from asus rog and ocz is updating their revo drive you could wait and see what the reviews have to say about them.

[.Jay]

PCI-E drives are taking longer then expected to take off.  I would buy the 840 and think about the PCI-E in years to come.  I always wanted a PCI-E drive but even SSD's aren't as advanced as they should be, so forget about devices attached to the board.

[MrSuperb]

The Samsung 840 series is not the same as the 840 pro series. I would get the 128gb 840 pro. If you can wait there are upcoming pcie solutions from asus rog and ocz is updating their revo drive you could wait and see what the reviews have to say about them.

 

pro series is imho a waste of money.

[jtwj]

pro series is imho a waste of money.

Why? I would pay extra for mlc and an additional 2 years warranty and it's an overall better drive.

[IdeaStormer]

PCI-E drives are taking longer then expected to take off.  I would buy the 840 and think about the PCI-E in years to come.  I always wanted a PCI-E drive but even SSD's aren't as advanced as they should be, so forget about devices attached to the board.

 

What? :wacko:

[Emperor_Piehead]

He is saying that he was hoping by now pci-e ssd's would be a common thing for companies to make, but really all their is on the market are the older revodrive which carry OCZ's old and famous reliability. 

[MrSuperb]

Why? I would pay extra for mlc and an additional 2 years warranty and it's an overall better drive.

 

I would save the extra money and buy a new one in 2-3 years. SSD prices should be much lower by then ...

[fishymamba]

That revodrive is very old. Speeds are pretty much the same(worse than some) as a SATA 3 SSD. 

535MB/s Read
435MB/s Write

 

Get the Samsung 840. 840 Pro is you can afford it. 

[Guest]

Worth a read; http://www.ssdreview.com/review/compare/ocz-revodrive-x2-240gb-pci-e-0,samsung-serie-840-250gb-25-inch-dxt06b0q,plextor-px-m5p-256gb-25-inch-102,102,104,105,40/

[MrSuperb]

That revodrive is very old. Speeds are pretty much the same(worse than some) as a SATA 3 SSD. 

535MB/s Read

435MB/s Write

 

Forget these numbers ... They are for large sequential reads/writes. If you aren't working with huge amounts of data (e.g. video editing) these numbers are pretty much irrelevant.