Which SSD?

The Slayer_UK · 28 Jan 2015 at 11:42

Hi All

I need a new SSD as im running out of room on my current one (M4 Crucial 128Gb) which i have used as my OS and a few games so i would like another one for just games, i also have a 1TB hard drive that i use for other things like music videos and work related stuff.

the most i really want to spend is around £100 give or take a little i see the Crucial MX100 is on offer this week for £79.99 but it has a read rate of 330 MB/s where as the Samsung 840 Evo has 520 Mb/s, how much real world difference would there be?

Thanks

Sam

wazza300 · 28 Jan 2015 at 15:06

no I doubt you'd notice any difference tbh

the evo suffers from degradation over time which isn't fully fixed yet

ghost.florian · 28 Jan 2015 at 16:02

In games, SSDs do very little to improve performance. You will get faster loading times, but not increased FPS.

The MX100 is as good as any on the market. If you are a regular user, you will not see the difference between an MX100 and, say, a Samsung 850 Pro in real world scenarios.

Another good option is the SanDisk Ultra 2. I've had a lot of their products over the years (Extreme, Extreme 2 Pro, Extreme USB drives), and they have performed flawlessly.

The Slayer_UK · 28 Jan 2015 at 23:00

Ok great thanks for the advice. I knew it wouldn't give me more fps just want the quicker loading times