Need a SSD

[CoolaxGaming]

Hello!

 

Now, finally, Amazon stepped up and said they would offer a full refund for my Samsung 840 EVO (The Nand is shit here) 

Now I need a new SSD or SSD's. I have sume guidelines for suggestions here -

 

1. Has to be 250 or 256 GB

1. CANNOT BE TLC NAND

2. Two 120GB drives is VERY much preffered

3. Under $140

4. Amazon preferred

5. SATA 6

7. Corsair Preffered

8. IOPS Read, minimum for 2 drives would be 60K and minimum for 1 drive is 80k read and 70k Write

 

Thats it!

Thanks for replying!

[CoolaxGaming]

Also, forgot to add, definetly no Samsung ssd

[thekeemo]

Also, forgot to add, definetly no Samsung ssd

mx100

[gilm0re3]

Well, I would say the 840 or 850 evo, but since you seem to have a disliking for them (I have no idea why, they're great ssd's) I guess I might suggest saving up a bit more money (about 30 bucks from your budget price) and getting a Corsair Neutron XT 240GB. 170 on Amazon.

[othertomperson]

Why no Samsung or TLC?

[Tonylu1595]

Why do you want 2 drives instead of 1?

[Tonylu1595]

Why no Samsung or TLC?

Probably because he heard about those memory issues on TLC and Samsung Evo's

[CoolaxGaming]

Well, I would say the 840 or 850 evo, but since you seem to have a disliking for them (I have no idea why, they're great ssd's) I guess I might suggest saving up a bit more money (about 30 bucks from your budget price) and getting a Corsair Neutron XT 240GB. 170 on Amazon.

 

Why do you want 2 drives instead of 1?

See the picture attached

[CoolaxGaming]

Why do you want 2 drives instead of 1?

RAID 0

[Dabombinable]

Why no Samsung or TLC?

Taking a shot in the dark, its because of the issues with the NAND type.

[CoolaxGaming]

Probably because he heard about those memory issues on TLC and Samsung Evo's

And experienced them

[othertomperson]

And experienced them

 

Then you'd know that the Evo issue was fixed yonks ago...

[CoolaxGaming]

Then you'd know that the Evo issue was fixed yonks ago...

And then youd know-http://www.anandtech.com/show/8997/samsung-releases-statement-on-840-evo-performance-another-fix-is-in-the-works

[CoolaxGaming]

Oh yeah, anyone know any good things about this running in raid 0?

OCZ ARC 100 ARC100-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

[Tonylu1595]

RAID 0

This is kind of an old article, but here.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485.html

 

It uses 840's

 

I'll just explain it here. In short, the benchmarks show that there is some improvement, of course. 

However, in real world tests, the raid 0 is actually slower for starting up/shutting down and launching programs.

[Dabombinable]

Corsair Force LS 120GB
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7337/corsair-force-ls-240gb-review

 

http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Force-2-5-Inch-Internal-CSSD-F120GBLS/dp/B00EENTYFQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427761430&sr=8-1&keywords=corsair+force+ls+120GB

[CoolaxGaming]

This is kind of an old article, but here.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485.html

 

It uses 840's

Naa, even if you gave em for free, I would not take any Samsung shit

 

Corsair Force LS 120GB

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7337/corsair-force-ls-240gb-review

 

http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Force-2-5-Inch-Internal-CSSD-F120GBLS/dp/B00EENTYFQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427761430&sr=8-1&keywords=corsair+force+ls+120GB

Seems slow in write

[Gofspar]

 

Oh yeah, anyone know any good things about this running in raid 0?

OCZ ARC 100 ARC100-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

 

Im sorry about the constant bickering with you, but yes ARC's are very good.

[Tonylu1595]

Naa, even if you gave em for free, I would not take any Samsung shit

 

Seems slow in write

I updated what the whole post was about.

 

The only improvement you'll find is when transferring files, and I doubt you're going to use SSD's for mass storage anyways.

[CoolaxGaming]

Im sorry about the constant bickering with you, but yes ARC's are very good.

K thanks! Will keep that in mind!

[Dabombinable]

 

Naa, even if you gave em for free, I would not take any Samsung shit

 

Seems slow in write

Over 500MB per sec is slow? Especially if your going to be running Raid 0?

Edit: reading through the review, its still quite good for a budget SSD.

[CoolaxGaming]

 

 

 

Over 500MB per sec is slow? Especially if your going to be running Raid 0?

 

Random read/write

[Shyxlol]

Would it be possible to get more information how you got a refund? If that's possible, I'd like to try the same.