My Intel SSD died - which one to replace?

keymoo

keymoo

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Hi,

My three and a half year old Intel SSD 510 Series has just died and I need to replace it urgently. I don't need much space, something at least 200 GB would do fine. I need speed and reliability and like Intel SSDs. Which one? Thanks! :D
 
Crucial MX100 or Samsung 840 Evo :)

I would suggest another Intel but the 530 Series isn't really that great in comparison to some of the latest SSDs.

BTW have you checked if its actually still in warranty? I cant recall when they started the 5 year warranty but you may be in luck. Check out here: http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/warranty/ If it doesn't come up for some reason trust me your serial number and I will check it out for you :)

Hope that helps.
 
V F said:
Why does Overclockers hardly stock any Intel? Everywhere I've read Intel is spoken of the best, most robust and top reliability.
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keymoo said:
My three and a half year old Intel SSD 510 Series has just died
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My X25 lasted one year less than that.

I own and have installed lots of Samsung SSDs. Haven't had one die yet (nor have I heard of many, if any that die), but my EVO has been producing some terrible benchmarks. ;)
 
ZXSpectrum said:
Crucial MX100 or Samsung 840 Evo :)

I would suggest another Intel but the 530 Series isn't really that great in comparison to some of the latest SSDs.

BTW have you checked if its actually still in warranty? I cant recall when they started the 5 year warranty but you may be in luck. Check out here: http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/warranty/ If it doesn't come up for some reason trust me your serial number and I will check it out for you :)

Hope that helps.
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Thanks I just noticed your message and me and the kids totally destroyed the drive with a screwdriver as we were curious how it looked under the case. No chance of warranty now, never mind... :D The new crucial drive seems OK so far but I haven't done any benchmarks yet.
 
I am waiting on the new ranges from Intel and then those will get set up but we sell Crucial and Samsung about 50-1 against the Intel ones. But They are also launching some more M.2 drives with a PCI-E interface not SATA-III
 
Yeah I am waiting on samples of them as well.. Did I speak to you at ICC? I remember being in the same breakout session with someone from there but cant remember his name ;)
 
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keymoo said:
Thanks I just noticed your message and me and the kids totally destroyed the drive with a screwdriver as we were curious how it looked under the case. No chance of warranty now, never mind... :D The new crucial drive seems OK so far but I haven't done any benchmarks yet.
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HAHAHA you cant beat a bit if wanton destruction.. :D
 
Nelly said:
I would get a Samsung 850 Pro - 10 year warranty.
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I couldn't justify spending twice the money for that, although it looks a good drive, is it twice as good? I'm not sure. Fingers crossed the Crucial I have now lasts... :D
 
kefan77 said:
seriously...why would you need and pay extra for 10 year warranty on consumer grade SSD?
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You dont pay for the 10 year warranty even if great,
you pay for reliability.
Its just the fastest consumer drive with superb endurance on top of that.

I could also say, why pay for a drive that holds your important data and skip the samsung 850 pro and risk failure?
I bet we will find some people in their homes that seldom do upgrades will have a samsung 850 pro in 7 eyars still due to them dont use the computer more for the office, mail and such.

One reason I buy a samsung 850 pro are for the endurance and speed that holds up for years to come. Replacing my crucial M4 after 4 years......and going...soon 5 years then the samsung 850 pro just makes most sense.
No other ssd on the market can do that.
 
abarrass said:
I am waiting on the new ranges from Intel and then those will get set up but we sell Crucial and Samsung about 50-1 against the Intel ones. But They are also launching some more M.2 drives with a PCI-E interface not SATA-III
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I am not surprised that you sell Samsung and Crucial drives at a 50-1 ratio over the Intel drives. Both perform better and are cheaper than What Intel are offering.

It doesn't take a Rocket Scientist to work it out. ;)
 
i kind of am a bit surprised considering a lot of people will look and think intel! i know that one. Then again samsung are well known for everything
 
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