Best low cost SSDs

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I want to buy 2 SSDs to put in raid 0 and have at least 240GBs of storage.

Many sources name the 850 EVO as the best budget SSD, however it seems to be just as good as SSDs $20 less than it. I have around $125 USD to spend on drives but would prefer to keep it below $100, do you guys have any recommendations.

What are your thoughts on the BX200, I can afford 2x240GB drives otherwise I have to stick with 240GBs.

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I want to buy 2 SSDs to put in raid 0 and have at least 240GBs of storage.

Many sources name the 850 EVO as the best budget SSD, however it seems to be just as good as SSDs $20 less than it. I have around $125 USD to spend on drives but would prefer to keep it below $100, do you guys have any recommendations.

What are your thoughts on the BX200, I can afford 2x240GB drives otherwise I have to stick with 240GBs.

1 higher quality is ALWAYS better than 2 lower quality.

2 lower quality disks will have alot higher failure rate than a just one good disk. At least 2X due to them being of lower quality.

[BrinkGG]

I want to buy 2 SSDs to put in raid 0 and have at least 240GBs of storage.

Many sources name the 850 EVO as the best budget SSD, however it seems to be just as good as SSDs $20 less than it. I have around $125 USD to spend on drives but would prefer to keep it below $100, do you guys have any recommendations.

What are your thoughts on the BX200, I can afford 2x240GB drives otherwise I have to stick with 240GBs.

Crucial SSDs are a good pick budget wise. Just run crystal disk mark as soon as you get them to make sure they are fine. 

[Lotus]

BX200 is the best cheapest drive from a trusted brand you can get, and they're $65 USD each for 240GB.

 

If you're willing to take a risk, this exists:

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015ZGXGI6

 

and the initial speed tests look great, but we have no data on longevity. I ordered one myself because I really needed a drive and it's so cheap, but you may prefer to not go with an unknown.

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BX200 is the best cheapest drive from a trusted brand you can get, and they're $65 USD each for 240GB.

If you're willing to take a risk, this exists:

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015ZGXGI6

and the initial speed tests look great, but we have no data on longevity. I ordered one myself because I really needed a drive and it's so cheap, but you may prefer to not go with an unknown.

I've heard quite a few bad things about the BX200 but that might just be from SSD snobs.

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1 higher quality is ALWAYS better than 2 lower quality.

2 lower quality disks will have alot higher failure rate than a just one good disk. At least 2X due to them being of lower quality.

I find it hard to believe that it would be twice as likely to fail. I also find it quite hard to believe that 2x working together with quite efficient scaling would do worse than a single drive that can only reach 6Gb/s anyway.

[Lotus]

I've heard quite a few bad things about the BX200 but that might just be from SSD snobs.

Snobs. Benchmarks have it within 6% of the 850 Evo.

http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Samsung-850-Evo-250GB-vs-Crucial-BX200-240GB/2977vsm40435

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If you're willing to take a risk, this exists:

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015ZGXGI6

It seems to have a 3 year warranty, definitely considering it. As long as I back it up I have nothing to worry about for 3 years.

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I find it hard to believe that it would be twice as likely to fail. I also find it quite hard to believe that 2x working together with quite efficient scaling would do worse than a single drive that can only reach 6Gb/s anyway.

It's unlikely but twice the rate. Perhaps even more.

with one drive it's the mobo and the 1 drive.

with 2 drives it need to read from both drives and piece together the data meaning more space for errors.

If budget is really a problem then it'll be just fine. it's a reliable brand and has very good performance for the price.

Make sure your motherboard support RAID if not, a raid card may cost more than your savings on the SSD.

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It's unlikely but twice the rate. Perhaps even more.

with one drive it's the mobo and the 1 drive.

with 2 drives it need to read from both drives and piece together the data meaning more space for errors

sorry, I kind of blanked on that obvious fact.

[jimakos234]

u can find a sandisk ultra ii 480gb for 140 usd, if you can stretch your budget about 15$

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Where? That sounds like an excellent deal.

EDIT: found it, will consider but I have since lowered my budget. I'll probably just end up with a single Faspeed f710 240GB