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SSD alternative models

silk186

silk186

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I'm looking at SSD prices in China where the cheapest is always online and there are no sales.

and Crucial M4 128gb goes for 192 USD

I have also found this SAMSUNG MMDPE28GDDXP-MVB 124USD

I-O Data SSDN-ST256B (toshiba) 256gb for 265 USD

Trouble is I can't find much info on this drive. Are these cheaper drives any good?
 
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The Samsung: the MMxx are 2009/ early half of 2010 Samsung Sata 3Gb/s SSDs, your best bet on specs is to look in notebook forums, as these SSDs where used in Dell and Lenovo notebooks.
They are not famous for speed, but have low power consumption and outstanding Samsung reliability.
A deep research is necessary as not all MMxx SSDs received a TRIM firmware update.
What i love about Samsung SSDs is that they build 2.5"SDD with 1.8"PCBs, which is a boom for small form factor systems.
The Toshiba on the other hand is an old friend of american costumers, as this is more or less the same controller found in the old Macs and the Kingston V100+. Also Sata 3Gb/s, but with TRIM support and agressive garbage collection. This SSD is not about blazing fast speeds, is about keeping performance even after being filled with trash.


Both drives are sort of second generation, so do not fear the abysmal performance seen on old Jmicron SSDs of first generation.

As HDD prices are skyrocketing, these "old school" SSDs are becoming more and more atractive.

But as you wisely said, the crucial m4 is the canon on price/performance, specially the 512GB model, that is fast closing on the Toshiba prices per GB.

I would not pick any of these: the Samsung has strong compettion on better drives from Intel and OCZ. If you can be 100% that this MMxx has a firmware update with TRIM, go for it, knowing that ypu get what you paid for.

And the Toshiba, that would be amazing in a RAID 0 setpup, is too big and expensive to build a RAID using 2x256GB, you would better put your money towards an M4 512GB.

Right i am starting a new main PC with 2x 96GB Kingstons V100+, that costed the same a 160GB Intel 320 series. I traded reliability for space and speed, but i keep second guessing myself every week.
 
geok1ng said:
Right i am starting a new main PC with 2x 96GB Kingstons V100+, that costed the same a 160GB Intel 320 series. I traded reliability for space and speed, but i keep second guessing myself every week.
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Don't kick yourself too hard: the 320 isn't Intel's most reliable drive, to put it diplomatically.
 
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