Upgrading to a SSD

[PaNdRaGoN]

I am looking forward to upgrade to a SSD. I have the 850 Evo in my mind but I also consider some other options from Adata or Kingston. I mainly want the SSD as a boot drive and some games as I currently have a HDD. Any suggestions about price to performance ratio??
Also can I just clone my OS and keep the rest of the programs on the HDD?

[GreezyJeezy]

its best not to clone and just to do a fresh install of windows on the SSD and get the 850 evo i love my evo best SSD ive had

[Tedster]

I'm using an 850 Evo, a BX100 and some Sandisk SSD Plus SSD, had no concerns with any of them. Would recommend the 850 Evo above the others because faster.

[Fluffinator]

850 Evo is probably the best out there imo.

[Hunched]

I wouldn't get a Kingston SSD seeing as they deceived and fucked all their customers with a bait and switch with their V300's for quite some time.

 

[never_here]

26 minutes ago, Hunched said:

I wouldn't get a Kingston SSD seeing as they deceived and fucked all their customers with a bait and switch with their V300's for quite some time.

 

+1 on that, if get 850.  I have crucial too, it's been pretty good, my san disk seems to have slowed down after a while... But my 850 has been amazing.  

 

Also, ya, like some one else said, don't clone.  Fresh install is better.  However, don't wipe your old hdd until you test the ssd, and have everything working first,. 

[PaNdRaGoN]

Thank you all guys I am going with  850 evo 250GB and another 500GB.

[PaNdRaGoN]

On 4/28/2016 at 2:26 AM, never_here said:

+1 on that, if get 850.  I have crucial too, it's been pretty good, my san disk seems to have slowed down after a while... But my 850 has been amazing.  

 

Also, ya, like some one else said, don't clone.  Fresh install is better.  However, don't wipe your old hdd until you test the ssd, and have everything working first,. 

 

On 4/28/2016 at 1:57 AM, Hunched said:

I wouldn't get a Kingston SSD seeing as they deceived and fucked all their customers with a bait and switch with their V300's for quite some time.

 

 

On 4/28/2016 at 1:57 AM, Fluffinator said:

850 Evo is probably the best out there imo.

 

On 4/28/2016 at 1:57 AM, Tedster said:

I'm using an 850 Evo, a BX100 and some Sandisk SSD Plus SSD, had no concerns with any of them. Would recommend the 850 Evo above the others because faster.

 

On 4/28/2016 at 1:56 AM, GreezyJeezy said:

its best not to clone and just to do a fresh install of windows on the SSD and get the 850 evo i love my evo best SSD ive had

Thank you all guys I am going with  850 evo 250GB and another 500GB.

[ch0g0nda]

On 28/04/2016 at 4:57 PM, Hunched said:

I wouldn't get a Kingston SSD seeing as they deceived and fucked all their customers with a bait and switch with their V300's for quite some time.

 

This x infinity. I'm still using one of those V300s and it works well enough, but they should have sold it for what it is. Personally, with so much choice in the vendor arena I'm not likely to ever buy Kingston again.

 

My Fiancee rocks a 840 Evo 120gb for Windoze and a 500gb 850 for games/programs. I'm much happier with how consistent the user experience is on her system (which used to be my system with this Kingston SSD, so...)

 

tl;dr Samsung drives are wonderful and easy to get cheap. 5 minutes of Googling has revealed $197 for a 500gb 850 at a local retailer after a price match - that's basically unbeatable.