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SSD for Home Workstation

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Hello everybody,

I am looking to replace my primary SSD drive (Intel X25-M G2 80GB) and get a new one with higher capacity. I haven't looked recently in the SSD market so I don't know all the available options.

First of all my Desktop System is an Intel i5 – 750 with P55 chipset, so it only supports SATA2. But I want to keep my new SSD for some time even if I upgrade to a new platform (let's say in 1.5-2 years), so SATA3 and good performance drive is welcome.

The performance I am looking for is quick windows and application launch, compiling code with Visual Studio and other IDE, using Unity and UDK, restoring and saving Chrome/Firefox tab sessions, use content creation tools like Gimp, Photoshop, Blender so a quick SSD for work and multitasking. I usually run my games from my HDD, so I use my SSD for the operating system and tools.

I think a 120 GB SSD has a small capacity difference, so I am looking for a 180GB+ Drive to hold the operating system, user data, applications, tools and all the content that I create. I don't want to spent more than 180-200 Euros.

I made a small research and I found:

1) Intel 330 180GB – about 153 Euros (I don't think is worth it in that price point)
2) Intel 335 240GB – about 175 Euros
3) Samsung 840 250GB – about 180 Euros (It has small sequential writes)
4) Kingston 240GB HyperX 3K – about 185 Euros
5) Corsair Force Series GT 240 GB – about 216 Euros


I thinking about Intel 335 240GB for that price point. Is it good and reliable SSD for my system? Do you have other recommendations to make?

Thanks in advance.
 
Samsung 830 and Crucial M4 are also good choices even though they are not the newest drives out.
 
I can recommend the Samsung 840 Pro 128GB drives. I purchased two of these based upon the [H] Review of the Samsung 840 Pro 256GB Review. I figured they should perform the same plus the cost of one was roughly half (at least here in Norway).

Hopes this helps. As far as small but fast storage I would also recommend a 128GB OCZ Agility 4. You'd be surprised how quickly you can fill that up with audio samples and synth patches though. =D

--Jerry
 
Thank you for the answers.

drescherjm said:
Samsung 830 and Crucial M4 are also good choices even though they are not the newest drives out.
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They are great drives, but hard to find in my area.

There is a possibility to get a Samsung 830 256 GB at 185 Euros. Hope to find it in stock.

JerryMaxwell said:
I can recommend the Samsung 840 Pro 128GB drives. I purchased two of these based upon the [H] Review of the Samsung 840 Pro 256GB Review. I figured they should perform the same plus the cost of one was roughly half (at least here in Norway).

Hopes this helps. As far as small but fast storage I would also recommend a 128GB OCZ Agility 4. You'd be surprised how quickly you can fill that up with audio samples and synth patches though. =D

--Jerry
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Samsung 840 Pro is an amazing drive, but expensive. Looking for a deal for the 256 version. :)
 
Unfortunately I could find a Samsung 830 256GB. :(

I am now between Intel 335 240GB and Samsung 250GB. Intel is really fast, but it has a SandForce controller. On the other hand Samsung is a good drive but I am little puzzled with sequential writes.

What do you think? Is Samsung good with compile times and multitasking?
 
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