Cant decide what SSD is worth buying

uK Cooki3 · 4 Dec 2018 at 16:39

Just as the thread says im looking at 3 differant SSD's and cant decide which to get.
Main things i want is a fast boot up and load time.

Theres not much between the 3 in read / write speeds. and storage isnt a big deal to me.

Hoping for a little guidance.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/gigabyte-240gb-ssd-2.5-sata-6gbps-solid-state-drive-hd-004-gi.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sams...olid-state-drive-mz-76e250b-eu-hd-232-sa.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/king...state-hard-drive-sa400s37-240g-hd-106-ks.html

Thank in advance

P4Clock · 5 Dec 2018 at 07:34

Get what ever size fits your needs, and just go with what's cheap. The all so close now days and there is no real world difference

horrorwood · 11 Dec 2018 at 22:46

Out of those then the Gigabyte because its cheap.

tamzzy · 11 Dec 2018 at 22:58

The cheapest and the largest sized sata3 ssd within your budget.

Steveocee · 12 Dec 2018 at 09:17

Samsung as their SSD's are extremely reliable and are time proven.

h4rm0ny · 12 Dec 2018 at 11:01

I'm normally a fan of future proofing, which in SSDs at least in part means capacity. However, price per GB is falling so fast these days, I think it's best to just buy what you need for now. By the time you need more you'll likely find better for less than if you'd tried to future proof.

Testiculous · 12 Dec 2018 at 18:43

Steveocee said:
Samsung as their SSD's are extremely reliable and are time proven.

This also.

Had a few other named brands let me down, but touch wood none of the Samsungs have.

weird_dave · 14 Dec 2018 at 12:56

I'd go for the cheapest (tho not ones that are also slow!), however, 240GB is a bit on the small side. 480GB can be had for £50 if you are prepared to shop around (I got 2 for £100 including next day delivery!).

Fire_fly · 15 Dec 2018 at 14:47

If it for your OS / important stuff get the Samsung, The DRAM cache should make it more reliable and a little bit quicker.

If it's just for a few Steam / Origin games get the Gigabyte drive and use the money saved to buy a game for it.

weird_dave · 16 Dec 2018 at 11:13

Unless a drive has bad reviews (not of the "I can't work out how to plug it in" variety) I'd go for the cheapest for OS as well, unless there's some reason you can't re-install. Backup your 'important' data, otherwise it's not actually important is it. Drive failure should be an inconvenience, not a disaster..
The only reason I can think to spend more is if the PC needs to run 24/7 for some sort of service application (server).
I have a variety of SSDs from the last 8-9 years, all still work fine. Either been lucky or they aren't actually prone to failure. My games server has been using a QUMOX ssd for over 2 years, 24/7 (134 power cycles apparently and 18425 hours on)