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That has no sandforce. Good controller and decent cloning software.

Just because it's not SandForce does not mean that it's bad. They are not the only company making good SSD controllers, and Marvell has been really making a name for themselves out there. Honestly the Marvell 88SS9189 in the SP920 (same as in Crucial M550, but faster NAND) is just as good if not better then many mainstream SandForce controllers.

 

There's also the Radeon R7 SSD which I hear is pretty darn fast. http://www.amazon.com/AMD-Radeon-2-5-Inch-Toshiba-RADEON-R7SSD-240G/dp/B00MVIF70W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432601375&sr=8-1&keywords=radeon+ssd

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Where are you shopping/located? Budget?

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I am so damn confused of what SSD I should get. I need a 240 gig option, but its so fucking confusing. Please help me.

 

Samsung 850 Evo 250GB.

 

Currently on sale on amazon (USA) for $100, I ordered one yesterday :P

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Intel was my other choice, but they are so expensive. should I?

 

Should you?....

Go for the intel one? Idk, its up to you.

Go for the samsung one? I'd suggest it, the 850 evo SSDs are pretty damn reliable and fast.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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Should you?....

Go for the intel one? Idk, its up to you.

Go for the samsung one? I'd suggest it, the 850 evo SSDs are pretty damn reliable and fast.

I am pretty addicted to Intel. I looked at Linus review of the 730, but it sounded like Intel had a gun at Linus's head. but I do see Samsung being a great choice.

I thought I had some money... Oh wait... I spent it all ;(

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I am going to say amazon newegg. I would say 140 max.

BX100 is good: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-internal-hard-drive-ct250bx100ssd1

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I am pretty addicted to Intel. I looked at Linus review of the 730, but it sounded like Intel had a gun at Linus's head. but I do see Samsung being a great choice.

A-Data! http://www.amazon.com/ADATA-USA-2-5-Inch-Synchronous-ASP920SS3-256GM-C/dp/B00J5CHSJK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432600902&sr=8-1&keywords=sp920

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That has no sandforce. Good controller and decent cloning software. Good!

I thought I had some money... Oh wait... I spent it all ;(

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That has no sandforce. Good controller and decent cloning software.

Just because it's not SandForce does not mean that it's bad. They are not the only company making good SSD controllers, and Marvell has been really making a name for themselves out there. Honestly the Marvell 88SS9189 in the SP920 (same as in Crucial M550, but faster NAND) is just as good if not better then many mainstream SandForce controllers.

 

There's also the Radeon R7 SSD which I hear is pretty darn fast. http://www.amazon.com/AMD-Radeon-2-5-Inch-Toshiba-RADEON-R7SSD-240G/dp/B00MVIF70W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432601375&sr=8-1&keywords=radeon+ssd

Desktop: Intel Core i5 2380P (2400 w/o iGPU), MSI H61, 8GB RAM, 256GB SP610, 500GB WD Blue, HIS R9 280, Antec TruePower Classic 550W, Inwin MANA 134, QNIX QX2710, CM QuickFire Rapid, Logitech G402

 

Laptop: Toshiba Satellite L40D, AMD A6-6310, 6GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Radeon R4 Graphics, 14" 1366x768

 

 

Phone: iPhone 6 Space Gray 64GB, T-Mobile $60/mo 3GB plan

 

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Just because it's not SandForce does not mean that it's bad. They are not the only company making good SSD controllers, and Marvell has been really making a name for themselves out there. Honestly the Marvell 88SS9189 in the SP920 (same as in Crucial M550, but faster NAND) is just as good if not better then many mainstream SandForce controllers.

 

There's also the Radeon R7 SSD which I hear is darn fast. http://www.amazon.com/AMD-Radeon-2-5-Inch-Toshiba-RADEON-R7SSD-240G/dp/B00MVIF70W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432601375&sr=8-1&keywords=radeon+ssd

Yeah. But they have some issues, yeah an OCZ controller, which has some warm up time for peak performance. Thanks!!

I thought I had some money... Oh wait... I spent it all ;(

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Yeah. But they have some issues, yeah an OCZ controller, which has some warm up time for peak performance. Thanks!!

According to reviews, seems to be a solid performer :)

 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7908/adata-sp920-128gb-256gb-512gb-1tb-review

Desktop: Intel Core i5 2380P (2400 w/o iGPU), MSI H61, 8GB RAM, 256GB SP610, 500GB WD Blue, HIS R9 280, Antec TruePower Classic 550W, Inwin MANA 134, QNIX QX2710, CM QuickFire Rapid, Logitech G402

 

Laptop: Toshiba Satellite L40D, AMD A6-6310, 6GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Radeon R4 Graphics, 14" 1366x768

 

 

Phone: iPhone 6 Space Gray 64GB, T-Mobile $60/mo 3GB plan

 

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