Another 256GB SSD Deal :)

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Another SSD deal :)

Stock is due the end of next week. Stock is limited to 200 units, so first come, first served.



Plextor M2S 256GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (PX-256M2S) @ £109.99 inc VAT

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Supports the latest SATA 6Gb/s transfer interface, which allows the transfer of large amounts of data quickly, with sequential read speed up to 400MB/s. Users can read and transfer data in the shortest time possible, and improve work efficiency!
Boasts NCQ to support the most advanced computing systems. After activating NCQ, users will notice obvious improvements in performance with faster computer loading and data transfer rate.
Unique “Instant Restore” function - After continuous SSD use, data transfer performance remains “new” despite being in a “dirty state”, overcoming the problem of slower performance after prolonged usage.

- Server Grade (Marvell) Control Chip (88SS9174)
- Support TRIM command
- 128MB DDR3 Cache Buffer
- Seq. Read Speed: up to 480MB/s
- Seq. Write Speed: up to 330MB/s
- 18,000 IOPS
- Power ECC: 48bit per 2KB
- Weight: Dynamic Wear leveling
- S.M.A.R.T. Support
- Password Protection Support
- Flash Memory: MLC type

Only £109.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW
 
I'm a noob with SSDs.

The read/write speeds aren't going to make much difference in day to day usage.

What about the IOPS?

These are 18,000 IOPS and the Samsung 4K Random Read: 80,000 IOPS, 4K Random Write: 36,000 IOPS.
 
wkingsnorth said:
What even IS IOPS?
Click to expand...

Input/Output Operations Per Second.

I've no idea if the 18,000 of this drive is good, bad or indifferent.

My dilema is that I have two of the Samsung drives being delivered tomorrow and I need to convince myself not to return them for two of these.

There's £60 difference for the two.

If there was some tangible difference I'd be happy to keep the Samsung drives.

Real world speed difference, better flash memory, longer warranty, whatever.

I just need a reason not to swap.
 
Managed to find a benchmark but the Plextor was only in tabular form.

I've added the Plextor results to the side of the Samsung.



Maybe I've convinced myself.
 
Samsung is significantly faster, the biggest difference in SSD speed/feel comes from 4kb random, QD32/64 results are completely irrelevant, no home use will hit this outside of benchmarks, sequential is nice but ultimately not used much. The samsung is 50% faster in the single most important performance measurement, 4kb random read's.

Still a decent drive for a very good price, the reality is most of us have most of our games and quite a lot of programs on an HDD still, 16mb's random read's is slow for even midrange ssd's, its magnitudes faster than HDD's which can barely break 1mb's.

They would make pretty damn good game storing drives, £100 to fit a pretty large amount of games on with hugely better than hdd performance, and lower power, no noise. Great deal overall, though if you're going for a windows + games type drive, I'd pay the extra and grab a Sammy 830.
 
Probably perfect for old laptops that need a new lease of life. Or as a new drive for your PS3. But otherwise the IOPs are terrible and shouldn't be used in a desktop. I'd also stick with the Samsung
 
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