Don't bother about what SSD to buy

c1tro

c1tro

c1tro

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Not sure how many of you look at benchmarks before buying an SSD but i would think that even the cheapest ones are good enough for 99.9% of users.

What is your main criteria when buying an SSD?
 
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All of these - size, speed, price, warranty, reputation.

Will pick the fastest if all the other things are equal.
 
Depends what is been stored, if it’s a game drive its price/performance as games can be recovered if needed. Warranty and customer support are also a consideration in case the drive dies.
 
As long as it's not pure garbage (unknown brands, OCZ petrol, kingston ssdnow v300), then price and warranty are all that matter. Not that I have ever had an SSD fail.

Personally I'd also like a good looking drive that fits my colour scheme, or one that I can make look good cause they are fully visible in my H440.
 
For me

  • Consistency is top, I do not want a small SLC cache and then my drive running under 100Mb/sec, reviews are very useful here!
  • Good software tools like Intel Toolbox
  • PLP either full or partial, you do not want any logical faults with a power glitch (not applicable for laptops)
 
Price,Thats pretty much what determines if i buy it or not,I dont hold valuable data on my PC anyway so a drive fail isn't the end of the world.

I've owned several SSDs since they came out,Mostly OCZ (which are still going in other systems )and now the Raid 0 Samsung Evos i have which have been great.

I've always avoided Kingston drives due to their REALLY bad write speeds in comparison to what else was on the market at the time for pretty much the same price.

Not sure if this is still the same with Kingston drives or not.
 
c1tro said:
Not sure how many of you look at benchmarks before buying an SSD but i would think that even the cheapest ones are good enough for 99.9% of users.

What is your main criteria when buying an SSD?
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All about reliability for me in an SSD. I don't want to buy a cheap one now and have to buy another cheap one in 2 years time because the first one failed. My Evo 840 is still going strong after 4 years I think it is now. In fact, my even older Vertex 3 128GB is still going strong & reporting 99% health in ssdlife.
 
Length of warranty for me. Speed is much of a muchness nowadays with the better brands. Sandisk Extreme Pro comes with a 10 year warranty now. Got to give you some comfort that they are so confident with them.
 
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