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Hey guys. I have a question. What ssd should I get? Some ssd's have better speeds. I do not care whatsoever what it looks like. I do need it to be 2.5", though. I'm thinking around 500gb for under $225 usd. (Or more space, lol) Which model would you recommend?

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What are you using the ssd for

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SK Hynix SL308, Crucial MX300, Samsung 850 EVO

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Just now, DocSwag said:

What are you using the ssd for

boot drive in a pc. but i want room for a few games.

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Just now, ZM Fong said:

SK Hynix SL308, Crucial MX300, Samsung 850 EVO

 

Just now, ZM Fong said:

SK Hynix SL308, Crucial MX300, Samsung 850 EVO

which one is the fastest? lol

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Just now, nfolenius said:

which one is the fastest? lol

850 EVO is slightly faster, however you won't notice the difference in speed among the 3 SSDs I've mentioned

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Just now, ZM Fong said:

850 EVO is slightly faster, however you won't notice the difference in speed among the 3 SSDs I've mentioned

ok. thx

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5 minutes ago, nfolenius said:

Hey guys. I have a question. What ssd should I get? Some ssd's have better speeds. I do not care whatsoever what it looks like. I do need it to be 2.5", though. I'm thinking around 500gb for under $225 usd. (Or more space, lol) Which model would you recommend?

Samsung 960 Evo M.2 NVMe 250GB: read=3200 MB/s, write=1500 MB/s at $128

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Samsung 850 Evo 250 GB: read=540MB/s, write=520 MB/s at $102

 

Total: $230

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Just now, hey_yo_ said:

Samsung 960 Evo M.2 NVMe 250GB: read=3200 MB/s, write=1500 MB/s at $128

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Samsung 850 Evo 250 GB: read=540MB/s, write=520 MB/s at $102

 

Total: $230

would i need to run them in raid or something

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Just now, nfolenius said:

would i need to run them in raid or something

Nope. M.2 ssd goes directly to your PCIe slot while the 850 Evo is plugged to your SATA cables and have it mounted on your case. You can ask @Bleedingyamato, he has both the Samsung 960 Pro and his older 850 Pro.

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3 minutes ago, hey_yo_ said:

Samsung 960 Evo M.2 NVMe 250GB: read=3200 MB/s, write=1500 MB/s at $128

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Samsung 850 Evo 250 GB: read=540MB/s, write=520 MB/s at $102

 

Total: $230

what is the advantage of this over just a 500gb ssd which is like 50  bucks cheaper

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Just now, nfolenius said:

ok

TBH I wouldn't go with that anyways, http://techreport.com/review/30993/samsung-960-evo-ssd-reviewed/5 as a boot drive NVMe is barely better than a SATA drive and for $250 you can get a 1TB SSD: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/vLCwrH/sandisk-internal-hard-drive-sdssdhii960gg25

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2 minutes ago, hey_yo_ said:

Samsung 960 Evo M.2 NVMe 250GB: read=3200 MB/s, write=1500 MB/s at $128

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Samsung 850 Evo 250 GB: read=540MB/s, write=520 MB/s at $102

 

Total: $230

 

1 minute ago, nfolenius said:

would i need to run them in raid or something

this is a really bad idea. the higher read writes do almost nothing in real world. Go for a single 500 gig SL308, MX300 or 850 evo. you could get 2 250 gigs and raid 0 if you want and have no extremely crucial (puns) data on it

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Just now, Daniel Z. said:

basically nothing

no caps, simple to the point. actually lol'd

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1 minute ago, Daniel Z. said:

basically nothing

actually, would you say the 500gb wd blue 2.5 ssd is okay?

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Just now, Daniel Z. said:

i dont have time to waste on these stupid NVME fanboys

lol

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Just now, Daniel Z. said:

no, the SL308 or MX300 are better

ok

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1 minute ago, nfolenius said:

no caps, simple to the point. actually lol'd

M.2 NVMe can remain fast while doing read and write simultaneously. With SATA, it can only do read or write one at a time because of the bottleneck imposed by AHCI.

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12 minutes ago, nfolenius said:

boot drive in a pc. but i want room for a few games.

If you can spend the money it's probably worth getting this guy, 1.1tb for $268.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/bh38TW/crucial-mx300-11tb-25-solid-state-drive-ct1050mx300ssd1

 

If you can't spend as much this ssd is a bit worse and has 100 GB less capacity but it's only $249

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/vLCwrH/sandisk-internal-hard-drive-sdssdhii960gg25

 

Or if you can't spend that much this 500gb ssd

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/w6DzK8/sk-hynix-sl308-500gb-25-solid-state-drive-hfs500g32tnd-n1a2a

6 minutes ago, hey_yo_ said:

Samsung 960 Evo M.2 NVMe 250GB: read=3200 MB/s, write=1500 MB/s at $128

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Samsung 850 Evo 250 GB: read=540MB/s, write=520 MB/s at $102

 

Total: $230

Why an NVMe ssd? It's pointless for a os and game drive.

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