Best budget SSD

[Carl_4]

so I'm looking for a 120gb SSD and willing to spend no more than $100 CAD cause I'm gonna be using it just for OS. I'll be ordering from newegg and I've got quite a bit of choices and I excluded some. I've compared what I can choose from but it's always nice to see what other people think

Here are my choices
PNY MLC $80
PNY TLC $70
Samsung EVO 750 $68
HyperX FURY $65
Intel 540s $65
Kingston V300 $60


I know "the more expensive it is, the better" but I want to know if the most expensive in the list is actually worth the price. Help would be much much appreciated

 

[USAFRet]

Samsung 750 EVO
250GB
$90
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=0ZK-00AB-001B4&cm_re=750_evo-_-0ZK-00AB-001B4-_-Product

 

[Quaiden]

I have had really good luck with these guys:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820173150

I have the 240GB version in 2 different laptops and I have the 480GB version as my OS drive on my desktop. They don't boast super-fast write speeds but if you are using them for your OS the read speed is what really matters. All of mine have been running for over 6 months with the longest being just over a year of service with no issues.

 

[envy14tpe]

For $100CAD you can get a 250gb version. I'd get this:
Storage: OCZ TRION 150 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.99 @ Newegg Canada)

 

[Rookie_MIB]

Alrighty, well, just as a pointer on things:

1) In -general- most SSDs, even budget ones, are overall faster and more reliable than a HDD. (obvious fact)
2) MLC drives -in general- are faster than TLC drives. (mlc is easier to write to than tlc)
3) 128gb drives -in general- are slower than 240gb and larger drives. (more parallelism)

The current sweet spot for performance/price/capacity is the 240gb drives. Right now, the fastest and most reliable drives are the Samsung EVOs, Crucial drives are also very good, and all are with a few bucks of each other.

On newegg, you can get a 256gb Samsung 750 for about $65-70, or a Crucial MX300 275gb for the same price. Both are very good, very fast drives.

 

[USAFRet]

On newegg, you can get a 256gb Samsung 750 for about $65-70, or a Crucial MX300 275gb for the same price. Both are very good, very fast drives.

Canadian prices, so $90 at newegg.ca.

 

[dudeman509]

For $100CAD you can get a 250gb version. I'd get this:
Storage: OCZ TRION 150 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.99 @ Newegg Canada)

+1 on this. Decent entry-level drives.

Also, Newegg has the Mushkin Reactor 480 gig for $99 today.

 

[USAFRet]

Drives sizes:

1. Many, many people comment that they want it for 'just the OS'. It never ends up that way. Nor should it.
There are many things you DO want on the SSD along with the OS. AV, browsers, all sorts of utilities. Even a bunch of regular applications.
Having it 'only the OS' is throwing away 1/2 the functionality of having the SSD.

Yes, you can make a 120GB work. But you'll be missing out.

2. Price vs size.
At todays prices, heavily in favor of a 240/250GB.
15% more money = 100% more drive space.

 

[geofelt]

Drives sizes:

1. Many, many people comment that they want it for 'just the OS'. It never ends up that way. Nor should it.
There are many things you DO want on the SSD along with the OS. AV, browsers, all sorts of utilities. Even a bunch of regular applications.
Having it 'only the OS' is throwing away 1/2 the functionality of having the SSD.

Yes, you can make a 120GB work. But you'll be missing out.

2. Price vs size.
At todays prices, heavily in favor of a 240/250GB.
15% more money = 100% more drive space.

Exactly right.
And... larger ssd devices perform better.
They will have more available free nand blocks to do updates.
I also agree with the Samsung EVO line. Samsung has a free ssd migration aid that will move your "C" drive to their ssd.

 

[Carl_4]

say I narrow it down to OCZ Trion 240gb and the EVO 750 250gb, which of the two would be best?

 

[USAFRet]

say I narrow it down to OCZ Trion 240gb and the EVO 750 250gb, which of the two would be best?

Flip a coin. They're both good drives.

 

[galeener]

I have never had an issue with samsung but your milage may vary

 

[Rookie_MIB]

say I narrow it down to OCZ Trion 240gb and the EVO 750 250gb, which of the two would be best?

Flip a coin. They're both good drives.

Agreed, while OCZ might have had some issues before, since they were acquired by Toshiba they should have cleaned up their act quite a bit.

 

[Rookie_MIB]

in the end it was not OCZ havin the problem in the past - not exclusivly - it was non ready controller + non ready FW + non ready OS (for SSD) = deadly comination for lots of drives...

later SF 2281 based SSD was fine product - no matter it's outdated now 😉

Oh - no doubt, the SF2281 is a great controller, but as you point out, a lot of people got burned - and when you're talking about peoples data, and potentially faulty drives, it can be fatal to a company. There's a reason why Toshiba and Intel are sticklers on validating drives until they practically are outdated.