I am building a new PC with a SSD 120/128GB but everone around me is suggesting another SSD. and they are all around the same pricepoint. so what SSD should i get? I narrowed it down to a these few:
OCZ vertex 4
Samsung 840 pro
ADATA sx900
kingston hyperx 3k
so which ssd should i get?
my friend has the -vertex- 4 and he has a 29second restart time, from power button to login (~on a laptop~)
I've only heard good things from the -840pro-
-ADATA sx900- logan highly recommends it
-KingstonhyperX 3K- Logan has like 13+ of them around the office, and he highly recommends them for their build quality.
Bottom line they're all phenominal ssds, and will perform similar, just gets what ever is cheaper at the time or whatever company you like the most, i know in my build i'll be making at the end of summer i'll be getting whatever is cheaper at the time.
ok thanks i was really confused because everyone was like: GET THIS SSD.
NO GET THAT ONE!
those people weren't on TS were they?
If you have an intel CPU you might want to look into an intel SSD, I have heard some good things about them from a friend of mine. Intel may not be the best one in raw preformance but they more then make up for that because apperantly an intel SSD works very well on an intel chipset.
If you have an AMD board or don't like intel SSDs go for Samsung I have an OCZ vertex3 and kingston SSD and the Samsung SSD was noticably faster then the other 2.
http://recoverymonkey.org/2012/07/26/an-explanation-of-iops-and-latency/
this will help.... alot when picking your ssd based on specs inspite of what brand you go for
I'd probably go with the Vertex 4 if you can find it for the same price, as it is supposed to have some pretty phenominal speeds, but the A-data one is the one I have the most experience with, and I'd have to say that it is a very good buy, especially since it is usually about 15-20% cheaper than the others. Kingston HyperX 3K is fast and notoriously stable, but comes at a cost. Samsung 840 series are also very stable, they look fantastic, and they have really good read speeds, but the write speeds seem uncharacteristically slow. They also have fairly low average IOPS.
what i said only more indepth.
Yea, the vertex 4 has more Iops, if you can find it for cheap it's well worth it!
otherwise they're all pretty close so anyone will do.
Yup, basically. I mean, if the quality really matters, try to find SLC instead of MLC, as they are usually faster and have longer lifespans. But it isn't THAT big of a difference, so whatever.
I have the HyperX 3K (nice reviews Logan) and it is ridiculously fast in real-world applications. Windows loads in 13 seconds and everything else flies as well. My room mate has the 128gb 840 Pro, and I can't tell any difference in speeds between his computer and mine. I'll play around a bit on his computer to see if I can tell any differences.
Personally, get it either from the company you like best, or get whatever is cheapest at the time you buy.
Yes also take into account wether or not you have a sata2 (3Gb/s) or sata3 (6Gb/s) connection on your mobo because it will bottleneck your ssd, if you have sata2 go for the cheapest option because there will be literally zero difference between the fastest and slowest SSD and by the time you upgrade your mobo (assuming it's more then 1 year from now) there will be faster, cheaper and bigger ssds for a better price then current fast ssds.
So if you have sata2 I would say save yourself some money and use that extra money in a few years to afford a better ssd that will actually make a bigger difference then if you would reuse a great ssd you buy now.
go with samsung, they manufacture their own flash memory