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I was thinking about getting a SSD, something just for my OS and a handfull of games. I want something that's going to be reliable, speed and performance are nice but I want something that's going to last. Here's a quick list, feel free to recommend one if you think it's better. 

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147248

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147193

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820249033

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148694

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171752

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If you have the money, get the Samsung 840 PRO. Put it into RAPID mode and it will be the fastest/most reliable SSD there is.

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how long is a Samsung 840 PRO ment to last in RAPID Mode ?? but with a 5 year warrenty i guess a long time ahaha

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BTW the 840 Pro is the fastes SSD you can get at 256Gb package save and get that one i have 2 and their Awesome !!

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CASE: Fractal Design R4 w/Window CPU: Intel 4930K,  RAM: 16GB Ripjaws Z 2133Mhz  Cooling: H100i  MotherBoard: Asus P9x79 Pro , PSU: CS750M   Storage: 2x Samsung 840 Pro 256Gb , 1Tb Seagate Barracuda, 500GB WD Black,  Graphics: Gigabyte GTX 780 Windforce 3GB,  Monitors: AOC G2460PG ( G sync monitor), Edge10 24" 1080p , 24" 1680*1020p monitor ( LCD)  Microphone: Blue Yeti  Keyboard: Cougar 700k  Phone: Samsung Note 3  Headphones: Sennheiser HD598

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Just go for the EVO. The 840 Pro is meant for professional applications, where many tens of gigabytes are being written every day to the drive. If that's not the kind of workload it will be under, then get the EVO. It features RAPID like the 840 Pro, but also has their TurboWrite technology, making the drive much faster in burst operations.

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Just go for the EVO. The 840 Pro is meant for professional applications, where many tens of gigabytes are being written every day to the drive. If that's not the kind of workload it will be under, then get the EVO. It features RAPID like the 840 Pro, but also has their TurboWrite technology, making the drive much faster in burst operations.

Whats the lifespan on the EVO?

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Whats the lifespan on the EVO?

Depends on how you use it. What exactly will you be doing with it?

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Depends on how you use it. What exactly will you be doing with it?

Going to put my OS on it, a few games and some applications like Adobe photoshop and fireworks. 

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Going to put my OS on it, a few games and some applications like Adobe photoshop and fireworks. 

Will your projects be exported to the SSD? And will the SSD be a scratch disk target?

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The 840 Pro, Plextor M5P and Sandisk Extreme II will last the longest. Samsung and Sandisk uses their own highly binned 19nm synchronous MLC while Plextor uses 19nm Toggle MLC, which is as good.

 

the 840 Evo will inherently last shorter as it uses a lower endurance flash. But it will still survive about 5 years of normal consumer use.

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Will your projects be exported to the SSD? And will the SSD be a scratch disk target?

No and no, I have a 1tb HDD for all my larger files. I just want the application on my SSD so it launches faster.

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No and no, I have a 1tb HDD for all my larger files. I just want the application on my SSD so it launches faster.

Then the EVO is the most cost-effective option for you.

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Build Logs: Tophat (in progress), DNAF | Useful Links: How To: Choosing Your Storage Devices and Configuration, Case Study: RAID Tolerance to Failure, Reducing Single Points of Failure in Redundant Storage , Why Choose an SSD?, ZFS From A to Z (Eric1024), Advanced RAID: Survival Rates, Flashing LSI RAID Cards (alpenwasser), SAN and Storage Networking

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Then the EVO is the most cost-effective option for you.

Thanks for the advice

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