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smith87e
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im lookin to purchase two 128GB ssd to raid with the one i already have the question i have is which controllers is the best sandforce,marvell,samsung and so on... also which brands should i be looking at or staying away from and longevity of them right now i have three in mind im assuming most are going to say the samsung 840

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820249032

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147192

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227915

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honestly, the difference between the drives is milliseconds in load time, but i do believe the 840 pro is the best, mp5 second and vector 3rd

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All of the drives you listed are good drives. People tend to find a brand that like that works best for them and then stick with it. My friend uses OCZ and loves them I personally uses Samsung and love them.

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All of the drives you listed are good drives. People tend to find a brand that like that works best for them and then stick with it. My friend uses OCZ and loves them I personally uses Samsung and love them.
thats what i pretty much figured im more of a samsung guy myself just was unsure if the extra 40 was worth it
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An SSD is pretty much an SSD, they're all reliable, all super fast. Samsung just makes their own controllers for it, but every other one is just as good.

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anything between ocz vector, samsung 840 or intel 330 is good

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I go with OCZ but I have since bought a M5 Pro Extreme since they are just like Samsung and make amazing SSD's. I say this a lot to people looking for SSDs, I have an OCZ Agility 4 with 20TB writes as of this writing and still going strong..

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Go for samsung 840 pro yaaazzz.

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I'd go for the samsung 840 pro. Quality stuff, very nice looks and my 830 has been reliable since I bought it. [And gets the listed speeds compared to my Force GT which's listed specs of read/write are bold lies =P]

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I'd go with either the vector or the 840 pro as most people seem to agree. If you don't already have farcry 3 get a vector as I'm pretty sure they're still bundling codes for that game with those SSD's. Performance of both those drives are stellar and top of the range. 840 pro's look nicer I find then vectors though.

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I have the plextor m5p. It works great. All those drives listed all are fast ssds.

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I have the plextor m5p. It works great. All those drives listed all are fast ssds.
thanks chuck Norris!!!!!!!!!!!!!...lol i went with the samsung 840 pro
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I have used Kingston SSD's for past three years now. Bought my fist one back in 2009 or 2010 (128GB SSDNow VSeries). That one is still running strongly in my laptop. Currently I have two Kingston 240GB HyperX 3K SSD's in raid 0. Few of my friends are using OCZ and Samsung drives, those are working just great too. Is there really any bad SSD's in markets?

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I recommend the 840 Pro, especially for the 128GB version, since it keeps the speeds from the 256GB one. I bought the 256GB 840 Pro to replace the slow 5400RPM hard drive in my ASUS N56DP but I had trouble migrating data because of the partition on the HDD being too large and never had the time to copy al those files manually, but the drive is super fast.

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Personally I would choose the Vector due to the cost of of the 840 pro.

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I use a SanDisk Extreme 120gb and for the $95 dollars I payed for it it's pretty fricken awesome!

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