Okay so I have a Crucial M4 128GB SSD thats currently sitting at full capacity or there abouts. Now it's a few years old at the current point in time (bought when 1GB/£1~) Currently on OCUk theres a Samsung 850 Evo 250GB~ drive... for 100 quid~... Other than the massive increase in write speed and the obvious capacity increase... Would it actually be a worth while purchase? Obviously it's quite irritating having to constantly keep the stuff on my current SSD from filling it up.. It's literally always at less than 1GB of space (tis only an OS drive and some important programs etc got a storage drive for my files and games). Any opinions are appreciated..
Time for an SSD upgrade?
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I think you have just answered your own question.
I have a 256gb SSD OS and a 512gb SSD Steam/Game Drive and a 2tb SATA drive.
I have plenty of space now.
could go for the cheaper crucial mx100 drives? the huge 512gb isn't much more £
its worth it if your struggling for ssd space
if your really tight and wanted to save money you could create a 60gb partition on the ssd and use caching to speed up a storage hdd provided you had a z68 mb onwards(windows would also need to be on the hdd not the ssd)
its worth it if your struggling for ssd space
if your really tight and wanted to save money you could create a 60gb partition on the ssd and use caching to speed up a storage hdd provided you had a z68 mb onwards(windows would also need to be on the hdd not the ssd)
Alright. I'd not considered raiding. Possible viability though I've never deeply looked into raid. I'd like to go with the Samsung 850 because of the NAND it's using. 3D NANDs the current superior NAND type? And Wazz 50 quid extras somewhat beyond my current budget 
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3d nand theres not much diff tbh
"From the manufacturing perspective, the transition to 3D V-NAND is more expensive for Samsung at first, however, over time their investment will pay off. 3D vertical NAND design helps to alleviate the issues of TLC NAND. It has allowed them to roll back to a 40nm lithography which allows for less cell voltage state interference from neighboring electrons and thus increases error tolerance and increase endurance. The 32 stack 3-bit cell design also provides for lower power consumption, faster performance, and greater density for manufacturing."
mlc nand is still king,3d nand is tlc still I think,either way its still gonna last 10 years +
I just think the samsungs are overpriced since the new mx100 came out and undercut them but upto you
"From the manufacturing perspective, the transition to 3D V-NAND is more expensive for Samsung at first, however, over time their investment will pay off. 3D vertical NAND design helps to alleviate the issues of TLC NAND. It has allowed them to roll back to a 40nm lithography which allows for less cell voltage state interference from neighboring electrons and thus increases error tolerance and increase endurance. The 32 stack 3-bit cell design also provides for lower power consumption, faster performance, and greater density for manufacturing."
mlc nand is still king,3d nand is tlc still I think,either way its still gonna last 10 years +
I just think the samsungs are overpriced since the new mx100 came out and undercut them but upto you
Hm... Fair enough... About 26 quid difference between the 250GB models of the SSDs (definitely can't break the 120 barrier if I did buy one)
Possibly. No clue what the value would currently be/health of the drive. The one thing about going 512GB is that fact I'll probably sit there going "what the hell do I want to put on here..." xD
