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Kryogen

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I have an OCZ vertex 3 SSD120 gb
getting a bit too small

whats the best SSD brand right now to get something bigger?
money isnt a big issue, I want best quality and performance
 
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You can get a samsung 840 pro 256gb for under 200 on ebay. I bought 2 of them so far, now I have 4 ssd's
 
The 840 pro is probably the "best of the best" but any of the Samsung SSD drives are good. I have 4 of them now in all my machines.
 
Is that MLC?

Also would you recommend the same product for > 500GB?

I have the exact same SSD as the OP so I thought I would ask.


Cheers.
 
what happened to all the other SSD manufacturers?...Samsung can't be the only quality SSD...no one else is in the conversation?
 
polonyc2 said:
what happened to all the other SSD manufacturers?...Samsung can't be the only quality SSD...no one else is in the conversation?
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Samsungs are the speediest, although they cost a bit more for the same size. Around here most people want the fastest they can get, and currently Samsung is winning that contest while still being reliable.
 
Skripka said:
Samsungs are the speediest, although they cost a bit more for the same size. Around here most people want the fastest they can get, and currently Samsung is winning that contest while still being reliable.
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so then who's #2?...Intel?
 
polonyc2 said:
so then who's #2?...Intel?
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In the high-end contest contest in benchmarks...Sammy, Intel, Sandisk, and Plextor trade blows for top ranking although Sammy ends up on top of the other slightly more.

For reference, here's the latest SSD benching I've seen with lots of current-gen SSDs:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/corsair_ls_ssd_benchmark_review_test,8.html

The Kingston I have I'm more than pleased with, but I don't think Kingston has refreshed their SSD lineup as recently as any of the others. My 128GB Kington was $90 Prime shipped, which for the speed benefit the cost of a Sammy 840 Pro 128GB the extra $40-50 just wasn't worth it. Any of these SSDs will be more than snappy, and odds are outside of benchmarking you'll seldom notice the difference IRL between any of them.
 
Samsung and Intel, I would not buy anything else. Benchmarks is only part of it.
 
The Samsungs look like they are very well rated for reliability regarding cell wear.
The EVO was endurance tested and lasted the equivalent of 75 Years writing 10GB/day, but this was writing to every cell the same amount (Write Amplification Factor of 1).
A WAF of 3 is normal so expected life is 25 Years.
http://uk.hardware.info/reviews/417...0-250gb-tlc-ssd-updated-with-final-conclusion

Thats TLC, the MLC 840 Pro should last longer!
 
It was actually 215 years at 10GB/day w/WAF=1, 75 years at 10GB/day w/WAF=3, and 25 years at 30GB/day w/WAF=3.

But still that type of endurance testing is not perfect. Writing data and then immediately reading it back is one thing. But more difficult is writing data, removing power to the drive and letting it sit there for a year*, then reconnecting it and trying to read data. The 1000 cycle rating is for the latter. The endurance testing people do in forums or the linked article is hte former, and much easier. Still it is useful data and if nothing else is good to point people to who are afraid they're of using their SSD.

* I think its 1 year, something like that, the Open NAND specification defines a time period for data retention without power though.
 
Save the $ and go for the 840 Evo series.

Difference in real-world performance will be undetectable between Pro and Evo. Benchmarks would highlight the difference.
 
Its hard to know how reliable TLC drives will be in real life, but it fares well in lab tests.
See post 14.

If it wasnt for the TLC unknown, I would have given the drive a recommendation.
I'm not ready to recommend TLC yet, maybe in a few years.
Although, if you can cope with losing your OS drive, why not give it a try.
But you arent saving many pennies over the Pro if you value reliability.

When an SSD fails, you often lose all access to it.
You will likely get no warning, it will be working one moment, dead the next.
All data lost.
Its happened to me.
 
Thanks I didn't realize there was that much difference. I wouldn't mind losing the data on the drive but not the drive itself. Then those tests for 75/25 years are useless as you will never use a drive for that long IMO.
 
Yeah modern drives will pretty much last the consumer the life of the equipment.

While I have older laptops, people typically upgrade every 5 or so years. Same goes with everything else. In 5 years TB SSD might be as cheap as spinner HDs nowadays.
 
I also agree that Samsung is the best atm, great experience with my Samsung 840 Pro 512gb, also bought a 830 was perfect also, and recently bought a 840 none pro 250gb and no issues. I would attribute their success as the only fully integrated chain supply of ssd manufactuers today, they design everything (nad, controller, firmware, software, etc), thus the end product is what they want.

I would put Crucial in second place, they also build their own nad, and firmware, they only outsource the controller, but they have been using marvel with great success. I had very small issues with my Crucial M4 256gb, just the 5000 hour bug that was fixed with a firmware update very fast. They dont built the fastest ssds, but the difference is small, and their price is a lot of time more accessible, If I were not to buy samsung, the first ssds i would look into would be crucials.
 
Kryogen said:
I have an OCZ vertex 3 SSD120 gb
getting a bit too small

whats the best SSD brand right now to get something bigger?
money isnt a big issue, I want best quality and performance
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Depends on what your exact needs are.

Flash based storage is always the best. Can't go with with that. Especially when it's PCI-e based.

For durability you might want to look into SLC. Micron makes great enterprise SSDs that perform excellently (SLC based).

But for most consumers, that long-time durability is irrelevant as in 3 years your likely to upgrade again.

I hear Samsung and Intel make some great, zippy and reliable SSDs.

OCZ is in the race too, but I like to put faith in very large companies that have established the experience and presence to crank out high volumes of this stuff at very reliable rates.

That said, Samsung and Intel don't get better than this.
 
my revodrive3 does better than my 840 pro
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Isn't that just in large sequential reads and writes or very high queue depths? Both of which usually not too useful on a desktop.
 
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