Best SSD curently on the market? Need one for my new laptop.

[NinetyOne]

I've been looking at the new Samsung 840 Series Pro SSD's. And the Crucial M4's. I really don't have much knowledge of ssd's. What are the best on the market right now?

 

[wazza300]

crucial m4 is a decent drive but have been surpassed by samsung in performance and reliability,the king is the ocz vortex but the 840 pro isnt far behind plus its a good £20 cheaper

 

[NinetyOne]

I'm probably looking for a 256gb in the £150 sort of area.

 

[wazza300]

samsung 830 256gb? next would be the 840 pro but thats abit more money and tbh i doubt youd wring out the max performance from it with a netbook so id go for the cheaper 830

theres all different options for those drives,just pick the cheapest bundle,all the ssd's are the same apart from the bundled software and mounting bracket that you wont need

 

[NinetyOne]

Hmm the normal 840 I'm looking at is actually £30 cheaper than the 830

 

[wazza300]

yh the thing is the normal non pro 840 uses cheap tlc nand,the 830 and the 840 pro use better mlc nand

samsung are the first to extract such performance from tlc nand so only time will tell how long lasting it is,but you can pick that if you want,it should be fine

 

[DaleTheWhale]

Found good performance using a Corsair GT 120GB, 500Mbps (Read & Write) so I couldn't compain with the performance.

 

[Vertigo]

crucial m4 is a decent drive but have been surpassed by samsung in performance and reliability,the king is the ocz vortex but the 840 pro isnt far behind plus its a good £20 cheaper

The 840 Pro is faster than the OCZ Vertex 4. It's more on a par with the newer OCZ Vector but still has the edge I think.

 

[Admetos]

I was recently faced with same decision for my own laptop. I went for a 256GB Samsung 830, it was based on reasons it had the better MLC NAND, but more importantly the 830 has been on the market since 2011 and is tried and tested.