recommended SSD?

GraveYard · 1 Aug 2012 at 16:04

im after a sdd, as my pc need a fresh install of windows so i though its about time i got one.

what is the best one to buy these days, ive not kept up with it all.

either a 128gb or 256gb im after cheers...

wazza300 · 1 Aug 2012 at 16:08

samsung 830 seems to be the best for the money atm,next would be the crucial m4,whatever takes your fancy

GraveYard · 1 Aug 2012 at 17:13

cool yeah the lads ive been speaking to about it say the samsung 830 is the way to go they dont rate the m4 at all says it has some degradation issues.

any others?

looking like a 830 128gb then...

edit-also will i need any adapters to fit in my case and will i need to buy the sata cables?

cheers.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 1 Aug 2012 at 17:28

Just picked up my first SSD ever, was the 830, very pleased with it so far

BrianB · 1 Aug 2012 at 18:14

Also running my new 830 256GB plenty of space and fast enough even though I'm still on SATA II. 270MB/s sequential. Big improvement, need new board now though...

first world problems.

koolpc · 1 Aug 2012 at 20:41

Thought the M4 was a good one?

Are the Intel ones better?

GraveYard · 1 Aug 2012 at 21:56

seems the sammy 830's are the ones to have or so i keep reading...

koolpc · 1 Aug 2012 at 22:15

GraveYard said:
seems the sammy 830's are the ones to have or so i keep reading...

Why? Is it the price or better overall performance?

gurusan · 1 Aug 2012 at 23:20

I just received my Sammy 830 128gb, was on sale so couldn't help myself, 85 USD shipped

Just installed windows on it an so far very snappy. In the process of figuring out how to migrate my games onto the drive now.

nick.lidgett · 2 Aug 2012 at 00:05

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/ssd-charts-2011/AS-SSD-Overall-Total-Score,2792.html

You can compare them all here

passey89 · 2 Aug 2012 at 06:29

crucial M4 or samsung 830.

koolpc · 2 Aug 2012 at 11:36

M4:

Not understanding those figures. Which is best?

Also, where can i get the program in english!! lol

newbieclocker · 2 Aug 2012 at 11:42

OCZ vertex 4 is the high price option.
But the samsung 830 is cheaper and has very good performance.

facetime · 2 Aug 2012 at 16:37

OCZ Agility 3 240GB listed here seems to be an excellent Price. Agility 4 is a tad expensive, but if you can afford it would an alternate option too.

Samsung 830 series is good with their home built controller, but they are expensive.

koolpc · 2 Aug 2012 at 20:12

Looking at the 2 tables above, the M4 looks the better

OLDPHART · 3 Aug 2012 at 06:45

wazza300 said:
samsung 830 seems to be the best for the money atm,next would be the crucial m4,whatever takes your fancy

+1 well impressed with mine.

GraveYard · 12 Aug 2012 at 15:36

what about the Sandisk Extreme ssd's???

PapaLazaru · 12 Aug 2012 at 16:21

GraveYard said:
what about the Sandisk Extreme ssd's???

They are very well regarded on the review sites, though I have read that updating the firmware is a bit of a pain.

I would just go for the Kingston deal on Monday. £59.99 cannot be sniffed at and in the real world I highly doubt you would notice any difference between it and the other ones.

GraveYard · 12 Aug 2012 at 16:52

well just ordered the 128gb sammy 830 kit.

but think ill order 1 of them kingston sale drives and use it just for steam, rude not to at 60 quid...

PapaLazaru · 12 Aug 2012 at 17:21

GraveYard said:
but think ill order 1 of them kingston sale drives and use it just for steam, rude not to at 60 quid...

T'is what I am doing. Will just move my games on and off it as I play them.