Budget SSD help?

[sciamwow]

Hey guys,
I'm looking for an SSD and can't decide what to get. I'm probably going to shoot for a 240gb or so. A friend of mine has the Kingston HyperX 3k 240gb, and he says it works really well. Another friend of mine has the Kingston SSDNow V300 240gb. Any thoughts? $110 is really the highest I want to go. I'd prefer personal experiences with the product if possible. Thanks!

 

[quilciri]

If you're going from a Hard drive to an SSD, any reliable SSD made in the last two years will be a huge boost. Even the cheapest 240gb budget drive Corsair Force LS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Newegg) is a good choice.

Here's the conclusion from guru3d's review:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/corsair_ls_ssd_benchmark_review_test,17.html

The Samsung 850 Pro or Sandisk Extreme II are faster. An F1 car is faster than a dodge Viper, but when you're driving a honda accord...

P.S. Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.99 @ Amazon) is the cheapest if you don't want to deal with mail-ins.

 

[njxc500]

A Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB would be my choice, I have a couple of those in use. $120 on newegg with the discount of $15
Otherwise a Crucial MX100 256 GB on newegg for $108.

Tom's just did a January best of.....http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-recommendation-benchmark,3269.html

 

[littleleo]

Crucial BX100 CT250BX100SSD1 2.5" 250GB SATA 6Gbps (SATA III) Micron 16nm MLC NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $109.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148945&cm_re=CT250BX100SSD1-_-20-148-945-_-Product

 

[sciamwow]

If you're going from a Hard drive to an SSD, any reliable SSD made in the last two years will be a huge boost. Even the cheapest 240gb budget drive Corsair Force LS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Newegg) is a good choice.

Here's the conclusion from guru3d's review:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/corsair_ls_ssd_benchmark_review_test,17.html

The Samsung 850 Pro or Sandisk Extreme II are faster. An F1 car is faster than a dodge Viper, but when you're driving a honda accord...

P.S. Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.99 @ Amazon) is the cheapest if you don't want to deal with mail-ins.

So going to the SSDNow v300 240gb will make me a happy camper? For only $85 it seems like the best deal to me. From what I understand, paying $35-40 more for a Samsung 850 Evo will not be that big of a boost. Am I correct?

Edit: Through various discounts and such, I can either get the SSDNow for $80 or the Evo for $108. I still have a feeling that the Evo isn't worth the extra $28, but I may be wrong. I could also get the HyperX 3k for $107. Thoughts?

 

[littleleo]

If you're going from a Hard drive to an SSD, any reliable SSD made in the last two years will be a huge boost. Even the cheapest 240gb budget drive Corsair Force LS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Newegg) is a good choice.

Here's the conclusion from guru3d's review:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/corsair_ls_ssd_benchmark_review_test,17.html

The Samsung 850 Pro or Sandisk Extreme II are faster. An F1 car is faster than a dodge Viper, but when you're driving a honda accord...

P.S. Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.99 @ Amazon) is the cheapest if you don't want to deal with mail-ins.

So going to the SSDNow v300 240gb will make me a happy camper? For only $85 it seems like the best deal to me. From what I understand, paying $35-40 more for a Samsung 850 Evo will not be that big of a boost. Am I correct?

Edit: Through various discounts and such, I can either get the SSDNow for $80 or the Evo for $108. I still have a feeling that the Evo isn't worth the extra $28, but I may be wrong. I could also get the HyperX 3k for $107. Thoughts?

Compare the specs then make your decision. If you read large blocks of data at a time the Seq read spec is important. If you write large blocks of data at a time then the seq write is important. If you are more of a normal SSD boot drive user the the Random Read will be the important spec.

 

[hwc1954]

The $99 SanDisk Ultra II 240GB is supposed to be the same type of memory as the Samsung EVO. Mine has worked flawlessly and came with a single use license for EZGIG IV cloning software, which looks pretty good from the documentation I downloaded.

 

[sciamwow]

If you're going from a Hard drive to an SSD, any reliable SSD made in the last two years will be a huge boost. Even the cheapest 240gb budget drive Corsair Force LS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($79.99 @ Newegg) is a good choice.

Here's the conclusion from guru3d's review:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/corsair_ls_ssd_benchmark_review_test,17.html

The Samsung 850 Pro or Sandisk Extreme II are faster. An F1 car is faster than a dodge Viper, but when you're driving a honda accord...

P.S. Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($84.99 @ Amazon) is the cheapest if you don't want to deal with mail-ins.

So going to the SSDNow v300 240gb will make me a happy camper? For only $85 it seems like the best deal to me. From what I understand, paying $35-40 more for a Samsung 850 Evo will not be that big of a boost. Am I correct?

Edit: Through various discounts and such, I can either get the SSDNow for $80 or the Evo for $108. I still have a feeling that the Evo isn't worth the extra $28, but I may be wrong. I could also get the HyperX 3k for $107. Thoughts?

Compare the specs then make your decision. If you read large blocks of data at a time the Seq read spec is important. If you write large blocks of data at a time then the seq write is important. If you are more of a normal SSD boot drive user the the Random Read will be the important spec.

Gonna put Windows, games, etc. on it

 

[quilciri]

No. The EVO won't be a noticeable boost over the Kingston for you.

I have a pair of sandisk Extremes in raid 0 in my desktop and a single Sandisk Ultra in my HTPC/Steambox. Unless I put them side by side or benchmark them, I can't tell the difference.

 

[sciamwow]

No. The EVO won't be a noticeable boost over the Kingston for you.

I have a pair of sandisk Extremes in raid 0 in my desktop and a single Sandisk Ultra in my HTPC/Steambox. Unless I put them side by side or benchmark them, I can't tell the difference.

Sweet, I'll go with the V300 then unless there's s ome major flaw in using it

 

[littleleo]

The $99 SanDisk Ultra II 240GB is supposed to be the same type of memory as the Samsung EVO. Mine has worked flawlessly and came with a single use license for EZGIG IV cloning software, which looks pretty good from the documentation I downloaded.

The Samsung 850 EVO uses 3D Vertical-NAND, I don't think anyone else does since they make their own.

 

[sciamwow]

The $99 SanDisk Ultra II 240GB is supposed to be the same type of memory as the Samsung EVO. Mine has worked flawlessly and came with a single use license for EZGIG IV cloning software, which looks pretty good from the documentation I downloaded.

The Samsung 850 EVO uses 3D Vertical-NAND, I don't think anyone else does since they make their own.

That honestly means nothing to me, I'm new to the computer world

 

[littleleo]

No. The EVO won't be a noticeable boost over the Kingston for you.

I have a pair of sandisk Extremes in raid 0 in my desktop and a single Sandisk Ultra in my HTPC/Steambox. Unless I put them side by side or benchmark them, I can't tell the difference.

Sweet, I'll go with the V300 then unless there's s ome major flaw in using it

Their specs are a little lower then the Crucial or the Samsung and you'll get 240GB instead of 250GB.

 

[sciamwow]

No. The EVO won't be a noticeable boost over the Kingston for you.

I have a pair of sandisk Extremes in raid 0 in my desktop and a single Sandisk Ultra in my HTPC/Steambox. Unless I put them side by side or benchmark them, I can't tell the difference.

Sweet, I'll go with the V300 then unless there's s ome major flaw in using it

Their specs are a little lower then the Crucial or the Samsung and you'll get 240GB instead of 250GB.

To me, a "little lower" specs are worth saving the $30 or so

 

[littleleo]

No. The EVO won't be a noticeable boost over the Kingston for you.

I have a pair of sandisk Extremes in raid 0 in my desktop and a single Sandisk Ultra in my HTPC/Steambox. Unless I put them side by side or benchmark them, I can't tell the difference.

Sweet, I'll go with the V300 then unless there's s ome major flaw in using it

Their specs are a little lower then the Crucial or the Samsung and you'll get 240GB instead of 250GB.

To me, a "little lower" specs are worth saving the $30 or so

That is up to you of course, and the 10GB less is up to you if that is a factor too. I know compared to a regular hard drive any SSD will blow it away. The only way to tell between them is by the features they support, and the benchmarks or to have the same systems with the different SSDs running side by side and if you blink you may still miss it. I can tell you I sell more Samsung then Crucial and Plextor. Kingston is near the bottom in sales.

 

[quilciri]

The $99 SanDisk Ultra II 240GB is supposed to be the same type of memory as the Samsung EVO. Mine has worked flawlessly and came with a single use license for EZGIG IV cloning software, which looks pretty good from the documentation I downloaded.

The Samsung 850 EVO uses 3D Vertical-NAND, I don't think anyone else does since they make their own.

The Ultra II uses Toggle NAND, which is vertically stacked memory cells. 3D NAND, as used in the EVO, is vertically stacked memory layers. A single memory cell in 3D-NAND will have multiple layers.

FYI: Sandisk also makes their own memory, and has been for longer than almost anyone else.

 

[littleleo]

The $99 SanDisk Ultra II 240GB is supposed to be the same type of memory as the Samsung EVO. Mine has worked flawlessly and came with a single use license for EZGIG IV cloning software, which looks pretty good from the documentation I downloaded.

The Samsung 850 EVO uses 3D Vertical-NAND, I don't think anyone else does since they make their own.

The Ultra II uses Toggle NAND, which is vertically stacked memory cells. 3D NAND, as used in the EVO, is vertically stacked memory layers. A single memory cell in 3D-NAND will have multiple layers.

FYI: Sandisk also makes their own memory, and has been for longer than almost anyone else.

Yes SanDisk is one that make their own like Samsung eventually it is expected that those that don't make their own will fall out of the market place since they won't have a stable supply of Nand.

 

[sciamwow]

The $99 SanDisk Ultra II 240GB is supposed to be the same type of memory as the Samsung EVO. Mine has worked flawlessly and came with a single use license for EZGIG IV cloning software, which looks pretty good from the documentation I downloaded.

The Samsung 850 EVO uses 3D Vertical-NAND, I don't think anyone else does since they make their own.

The Ultra II uses Toggle NAND, which is vertically stacked memory cells. 3D NAND, as used in the EVO, is vertically stacked memory layers. A single memory cell in 3D-NAND will have multiple layers.

FYI: Sandisk also makes their own memory, and has been for longer than almost anyone else.

Yes SanDisk is one that make their own like Samsung eventually it is expected that those that don't make their own will fall out of the market place since they won't have a stable supply of Nand.

I think I'm gonna go with this: http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-Solid-State-Drive/dp/B00M8ABEIM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422589649&sr=8-1&keywords=sandisk+ssd

 

[hwc1954]

That's what I ended up with. I didn't want to spend $30 more for the Samsung. The SanDisk Ultra tested clearly better than the Kingston in every regard for about the same money and uses what some view as better memory architecture than the Crucial MX1000, which was my other option.

I don't honestly think it makes any difference. It would be hard to say there's a bad choice. The SanDisk seemed like a good product from a reputable manufacturer at an attractive price. I plugged it in. It worked. That's about all I can ask. I didn't use it (I cleaned up my hard drive and did a very simple clone with Acronis), but their downloadable clone software EZ GIG IV, looks excellent.

 

[sciamwow]

That's what I ended up with. I didn't want to spend $30 more for the Samsung. The SanDisk Ultra tested clearly better than the Kingston in every regard for about the same money and uses what some view as better memory architecture than the Crucial MX1000, which was my other option.

I don't honestly think it makes any difference. It would be hard to say there's a bad choice. The SanDisk seemed like a good product from a reputable manufacturer at an attractive price. I plugged it in. It worked. That's about all I can ask. I didn't use it (I cleaned up my hard drive and did a very simple clone with Acronis), but their downloadable clone software EZ GIG IV, looks excellent.

Sounds good, I'll probably order it this afternoon. Thanks!