Best ssd around £50?

[asim1999]

Am gonna use this as my boot drive for windows 8 as I already have a 2TB hdd for storage. What is the best ssd around £50 for this purpose?

 

[Eduello]

This is what I'd recommend: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz7te120bw
If you want to save a bit of money: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-internal-hard-drive-sv300s37a120g

 

[Y0GI]

Have a look at Crucial MX100, Samsung 840 Evo. Se this story: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-recommendation-benchmark,3269-2.html

Do NOT get the Kingston SSD Now V300! Kingston changed the NAND in this drive from synchronous to asynchronous and the result is an inferior, although very cheap, SSD: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-update-to-kingston-ssdnow-v300-a-switch-to-slower-micron-nand

Yogi

 

[Eduello]

Have a look at Crucial MX100, Samsung 840 Evo. Se this story: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-recommendation-benchmark,3269-2.html

Do NOT get the Kingston SSD Now V300! Kingston changed the NAND in this drive from synchronous to asynchronous and the result is an inferior, although very cheap, SSD: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-update-to-kingston-ssdnow-v300-a-switch-to-slower-micron-nand

Yogi

Thanks, I was not aware of Kingston doing that.

 

[Y0GI]

You're welcome.

Yogi

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£51.98 @ Aria PC)
Total: £51.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

 

[Lukey_AMD]

Yes Kingston are naughty players in the SSD market. I think I must have been one of the early purchasers to realise it and found a link about them changing the NAND chips. It was massively under the stated speeds.. I'm talking 150MBs read and 50-60 write (over the 4 seperate tests)