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You would not notice the difference 

But I would go with the 250 samsung - Dont know about PNY SSD quality 

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I'm building a computer for a friend and the more money I can save, the more I make. So I want to add an SSD to the system as a boot drive/some storage and I am probably going with a 200GB+ drive so he won't run out of storage space. Now, I have selected a few different options:

 

240GB PNY SSD for $64

or

250GB Samsung SSD for $75

 

Is it really worth getting the better quality SSD or will he not notice a performance difference with the PNY?

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You would not notice the difference 

But I would go with the 250 samsung - Dont know about PNY SSD quality 

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Just now, mikeeginger said:

You would not notice the difference 

But I would go with the 250 samsung - Dont know about PNY SSD quality 

 

For 10 dollars, it seems worth it, mostly for quality and software. All I use are Samsung drives because they are some of the best. 

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If you can get it that cheaply get that. Normally I'd recommend the OCZ Trion 150 for a budget SSD. I have the 850 Evo and its great. If you use RAPID mode it uses the ram to get speeds of 2000+mbs. YES 2000, opposed to normal 400~mbs

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