Good mass storage SSD?

[Nowak]

Right now I'm looking for an SSD about 480GB - 960GB to put in my laptop in place of the 320GB mech drive I have in the UltraBay for mass storage. Obviously, more storage would be nice, but could someone recommend to me a good SSD? I'd rather have my laptop be a purely solid state machine (aside from the fan, obviously) because I want it to be even durable. Means less points of failure, which I would really like.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Samsung 850 EVO is a solid choice. 

[Nowak]

2 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Samsung 850 EVO is a solid choice. 

500GB 850 Evo is a bit on the pricier side... but I already have a 512GB Samsung 850 Pro in my laptop so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Guest]

I got an Intel 535 480GB yesterday for $119. Apparently it's one of the most reliable. If you want something cheaper (though not nearly as good looking at benchmarks) you can get a PNY CS1311.

[Nowak]

1 minute ago, TheCovertCamper said:

I got an Intel 535 480GB yesterday for $119. Apparently it's one of the most reliable. If you want something cheaper (though not nearly as good looking at benchmarks) you can get a PNY CS1311.

I actually just bought a PNY CS1311 for another laptop. Pretty decent drive, that. Maybe I'll look into getting another.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Daring said:

I actually just bought a PNY CS1311 for another laptop. Pretty decent drive, that. Maybe I'll look into getting another.

The Intel had much better random IO last time I checked.

[Nowak]

18 minutes ago, TheCovertCamper said:

The Intel had much better random IO last time I checked.

All right, I'll look at that too.

 

MLC NAND, nice.