Best SSDs 2019: From Budget to Blazing Speed

[Guest]

Here are the best PCIe and SATA SSDs on the market, ranging from 256GB to 2TB. These drives offer the best performance per dollar.
Best SSDs : Read more

SEAN WEBSTER
@seanwebster
Sean Webster is a Contributing Writer for Tom's Hardware US. He tests and reviews consumer storage.

 

[abryant]

Archived comments are found here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3711120/ssds.html

 

[LordConrad]

About the MX500... "but the 500GB looks really good at just $139.99"

You might want to double check prices when cutting and pasting.

 

[Peter Martin]

i can get an mx500 500GB for 90 bucks on amazon, they are fantastic ssd, the larger the better, get all that you can afford

 

[dannyboy3210]

SX8200 480GB looks unbelievably expensive in the states. It goes for $150 CAD up here: https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=179_1229_1296&item_id=123218

 

[Peter Martin]

I can get that drive for 124 at Amazon

 

[WildCard999]

I would think the Samsung 860 EVO 500gb would have grabbed the spot for best SATA as you can get it for $99 (500gb) and it's quite fast. I doubt the pro is fast enough to justify the cost over the EVO version.

http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Samsung-860-Evo-1TB-vs-Samsung-860-Pro-1TB/m423831vsm434505

 

[Jsimenhoff]

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. It looks like the wires got crossed on our pricing widget. We're implementing a fix. Stand by.

 

[rapidwolve]

Dannyboy3210 Actually that SX8200 is now only $130CDN @ Canada Computers
https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=179_1229_1296&item_id=123218

 

[Onus]

I recently ordered a 1TB 2.5" WD Blue SSD for ~$139 on a Shellshocker. Hopefully it arrives soon!

 

[WildCard999]

[quotemsg=21394321,0,47340]I recently ordered a 1TB 2.5" WD Blue SSD for ~$139 on a Shellshocker. Hopefully it arrives soon![/quotemsg]

Was that the M.2 or the SATA version?

 

[Onus]

The drive is 2.5", which means SATA. That system's boot drive is a NvME PCIe x4 drive, the 960 EVO. The data drive was running out of space due to backups, so I needed something bigger and didn't want mechanical.

 

[mattkiss]

Got the price wrong on the Samsung 860 Pro. It's $297.99, not $429.99:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820147682

 

[nufelevas]

Please, add some performance index, to be able to make the performance-price chart

 

[Onus]

[quotemsg=21394772,0,2332837]Got the price wrong on the Samsung 860 Pro. It's $297.99, not $429.99:

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820147682[/quotemsg]
We understand that the staff is currently working on some issues with the pricing widget; this is by far not the only article in which errors of this sort appear.
It hasn't mattered how much build experience I have; unless time is more important than money (only sometimes the case), I usually come to the forums before I build a new system because someone will almost always know about a much better deal than I found.

 

[saunupe1911]

Do not buy the HP EX920. HP does NOT stand by the claimed 5 year warranty. Also their system does not recognize it's serial number so you can't register for any of it's warranties. I'm speaking from experience. Returning mine back to it's retailer ASAP. I've even contacted HP on their official forum.

Tom's this product should not be recommended all!!!

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/Can-t-find-EX920-product-support-page/m-p/6795948#M162821

 

[Uniblab]

Question:

Since enterprise SSD's are available at increased capacity albeit lesser performance, what criteria would be necessary to allow a consumer ssd review to include performance numbers from enterprise ssd's? I wonder since many are available from sites like amazon. If a consumer was willing to absorb the increased buyin of a 7.6tb enterprise ssd, what considerations are needed to make it work in a consumer environment? I ask because I didnt fully realize that these extra large capacities existed. Sounds intriging.

 

[j1s2keen3]

"1TB 2.5" WD Blue SSD for ~$139" NO Life expectancy monitoring for this ssd. Get WD Lifeguard Diagnostics for basic info.

 

[ibaldo]

Would love an article about power loss protection in these drives...
And by the way: whats the cheapest 1Tb Enterprise SSD?
Because the only drives that guarantee writes are 100% reliable when the OS requests it, are the enterprise ones unfortunately...
Its better to still use HDDs for critical things which is disappointing.

 

[shrapnel_indie]

Interesting...

Adata XPG GAMMIX S11 (1TB)
Best Overall
4.5/5
Review

Capacity (Raw / User)
960GB / 1024GB

It has more user capacity than raw.

 

[djice]

The Con on the 2.5" "Similar performance as the 850 EVO" is kind of a mute point since SATA 3 bandwidth is maxed by most SSD drives in the last 3-4 years.

 

[mspencerl87]

Tom's Hardware "Why Trust Us"
Good question. Just buy it!

 

[csm101]

the samsung 250 gb m.2 is 77$ in amazon. so it beats the HP

 

[shrapnel_indie]

[quotemsg=21563960,0,144424]the samsung 250 gb m.2 is 77$ in amazon. so it beats the HP[/quotemsg]

77$ + tax, VAT, etc.

 

[markrb12]

Your link for the ebay 500gb MX500 at $58.97 is actually the 250gb model.