Help me pick the correct SSD for my PC

[Ramblejam]

Originally Posted By: Nick R
Not anymore. Problem is Samsung went to TLC. Which I'd never buy. I want a drive that will last, and I just don't feel like I'm getting my value out of a TLC drive.


Which is why I recommended the two-bit MLC Intel, not the three-bit TLC 840 EVO.

 

[nleksan]

Exactly. The 830, and to a lesser extent the 840Pro, have shown themselves to be as durable as many enterprise SLC drives, you just need to find the SSD Torture Test.

 

[Rand]

how much do you want to spend.

there is a 128GB sandisk for 65$ right now.

but generally speaking I stick to crucial or samsung.. and most intel.

 

[The_Eric]

I ended up going with THIS SSD- the 120gig version of the one that Ramblejam recommended. After doing some thinking, I really didn't need the extra capacity and cost of the bigger SSDs when I'm going to use the old one (and likely an external HDD as backup) as well. I should receive it tomorrow (Fri).

Thank you guys again for your input! It's nice to get recs from others so I can steer away from potential pitfalls.

 

[ueberooo]

Why don't you get an SSD hybrid. While browsing the the laptop drives, I noticed they were only about $40 more. Seems about right, I was tempted to upgrade. (Haven't yet though; I think my drive still has a few more years of reliable run time.)

 

[The_Eric]

Primarily because I'm so far out of touch with puters that I don't know what a hybrid SSD is. Also because you were late to the party and didn't recommend it before I made a purchase.

 

[Zeus33]

Originally Posted By: The_Eric
Primarily because I'm so far out of touch with puters that I don't know what a hybrid SSD is. Also because you were late to the party and didn't recommend it before I made a purchase.

Don't sweat it. Hybrid drives are marginally better than a standard platter HD. They combine a very small SSD with a platter drive into one unit. They are an option if you can only utilize one drive, but they can't hold a candle to a true SSD and a separate platter drive.

 

[wallyuwl]

I got a Crucial 240 GB about three or four weeks ago from Tiger Direct for $110 (after rebates). So far, so good. Did a fresh install of Win7.

 

[The_Eric]

Nice score! Twice the drive for the same dough as my SSD.

 

[xfactor9]

You can run a SATA-3 drive on a SATA-2 motherboard (one of my computers has this setup). There is no real world noticeable degradation in performance versus a SATA-3 drive. The only time you'd notice a difference is if you copied dozens of gigabyte-sized files, which people rarely do.

Intel, Toshiba & Samsung are the best SSD's.