Okay - I'm finally going to replace my platter drive (as boot drive only) with an SSD - the platter drive will still be a storage and secondary boot drive. I have the drive choice narrowed down to Samsung v. Intel; oddly enough, the reason for the narrowing is availability, not price, as some months more of a particular brand will be available than others (the two drive companies have mostly identical pricing as well, and both are Top Four SSD brands). The differences between the three series of Samsung 840 (base, EVO, Pro) are due to both flash RAM used and controller differences - however, the differences between Intel 520 and 530 drives (other than price) are far less clear. Given that the 530 is priced cheaper than the 520 (same capacity), is there a reason to choose the older and pricier (520) SSD for desktop boot use?
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