OMG SSD debate!

[QQless]

So I am putting together a new build it consists of a Western Digital hard drive "secondary", Sabertooth Z87 board, with the I7-4770k, the SSD primary type is up for debate. I plan to over clocking the CPU and graphic card. So I was considering the intel 520 series SSD with 240g. But I really know nothing about SSD's or my other options and I don't want to sacrifice performance, thanks for any input about good SSD's or what to go for thanks for reading.

[Samskip]

Samsung 840 pro is one of the best drives out there.

[Exo]

Intel's SSD's are pretty high quality, and perform well. Definite recommend.

[QQless]

Any lower priced ones with same performance as high priced ones?

[rashdanml]

Any lower priced ones with same performance as high priced ones?

Samsung 840 (non-pro). You sacrifice write speed, but not read speed. About $30 or more cheaper.

[FireFox]

Intel's SSD's are pretty high quality, and perform well. Definite recommend.

 

+1 they also make their own chips, that's who I'd go for.

[L.E.D]

Samsung 840 pro is one of the best drives out there.

 

If you can instead of a 840 find a 830, With the 840 line you sacrifice about 150MB/s Write...

[Armorhype]

OCZ Vector?

[mr moose]

Just avoid anything with sandforce controller they are less reliable then mechanical drives with the loop of death.

Tbh their performance is't that good either.

 

Hope corsair move to another more reliable controller someday

got some links about this, both my ssds have sandforce controllers and they have no issues

[FireFox]

Just avoid anything with sandforce controller they are less reliable then mechanical drives with the loop of death.

Tbh their performance is't that good either.

 

Hope corsair move to another more reliable controller someday

 

Damn, I thought Sandforce was the good one?

[andrews013]

Damn, I thought Sandforce was the good one?

 

Used to be. Now there are much more reliable and faster options.

[QQless]

Thanks guys I may go with Samsung non pro. If it doesn't affect performance.

[Alex(PlayMedium)]

Thanks guys I may go with Samsung non pro. If it doesn't affect performance.

I have the 840 non pro and it is very good, but especially the 120gb version lacks write speeds, only 130mb/s on the 120gb, but you don't write a lot of data to your drive and when you do it is usally bottlenecked by something else or you don't notice it, read speeds are fantestic and they are the ones you will notice the most ;)

[Lays]

samsung 840 pro has a 5 year warranty, and its about 220$ for 250gb, probably 1 of the highest performing drives on the market for read/write,  I average like 560mb/sec reads and like 520 writes I believe

[Parkway Drive]

I have an 840 pro and an Intel 520. Both are great performers but my raw numbers say the 840 pro is slightly quicker. Honestly won't see a massive realtime difference but I'd get whichever is cheaper

[Lyons]

I really doesn't matter what you get any more. everything is fast and reliable (except I'll never trust OCZ). I have a Samsung 830 and an Intel 330, a mate has a Sandisk Ultra and another has a Corsair Force GS. All zero problems. Just go with the best value one.

[WoodenMarker]

Samsung 840 (Non-pro) 250GB

Great speeds.

Good capacity.

Relatively low price.

[PCBudgetSolutions]

Thanks guys I may go with Samsung non pro. If it doesn't affect performance.

Intel 520 series is about the same price as a Samsung Pro SSD.  Nonpro SSD has many pros but a few cons to look out for.

 

Pros:

Great value

Fast read speeds

Custom controller and firmware

House made flash

Very reliable

 

Cons:

TLC Flash lasts 1/3 the time of SLC, in comparison most SSD's are MLC which last 1/2 the time of SLC, so 1/3 life span vs 1/2 life span

-To note, as SSD's get larger they last longer.  240GB SSD's last TWCIE as long as 120GB etc.

Slow write speeds