I have a mid 2011 MacBook Pro that sorely needs to be beefed up a little because the old HDD is seriously bottlenecking. Obviously as a student, I'm looking for price-to-performance with an emphasis on price. (which involves grabbing the unit on sale)
I can probably get away with 120GB even though I'm dual booting OS X and Win 8.1, but > 200GB would be preferable to be honest. Currently, I have a budget of roughly $160,-, although I can go higher if it would be worth it.
I have looked at the Samsung 840 Series and those look really good and fir my requirements, but if you guys have any alternatives, that would be great.