Buying an SSD - Need suggestions

[jamrockc]

I'm looking for an SSD that would be good for gaming, fast startup times, and reliable. Kind of a combination of them all. Please don't just link me to a SSD comparison thing! That is not what I'm looking for. If possible, I would like to hear your personal opinions if you have a certain SSD, and if it's worth it. Even if you don't have an SSD, I would like to hear what SSD might be a good one to get.
What I'm looking for:

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  I would like a 250gb(or around there like 256gb)SSD
  A well known company that is reliable.
  I'm looking to spend around $150
  I want one that had good customer reviews and is unlikely to fail 😀

PS: I'm buying a new one to replace one that just broke. I'm going to RMA the broken one, and get a new, better one. This way I'll have 2 SSD's. But I don't want to rely on the RMA'd SSD with my OS and other important info, so I'm looking for a good one for my OS and important stuff, and the RMA'd SSD for other storage, and I won't really mind if it breaks again.
I was thinking about the Samsung 840 EVO, as it seems pretty reliable, good reviews, and a good price. Let me know what you guys think

 

[digitaldoc]

The Samsung 840 got replaced by the 850, which is the newer one. It consistently gets high marks in benchmarks.

I have a Crucial MX100 SSD that works very well. As I am on SATA 2 (not the more recent SATA 3 which is faster) the benchmarks don't really make much of a difference. If you want to look at a Crucial, the MX100 got replaced by the MX200 earlier this year.

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... Samsung, Intel, Crucial in that order... SATA 3 and good reviews.

 

[jamrockc]

The Samsung 840 got replaced by the 850, which is the newer one. It consistently gets high marks in benchmarks.

I have a Crucial MX100 SSD that works very well. As I am on SATA 2 (not the more recent SATA 3 which is faster) the benchmarks don't really make much of a difference. If you want to look at a Crucial, the MX100 got replaced by the MX200 earlier this year.

Thanks for the reply 😀...Ok. So I looked into the Samsung 850 EVO 250gb model, and it is $109 on Newegg. It's a pretty good price, and the storage I'm looking for. It does have quite the number of 1, 2, and 3 stars though, but Samsung replied to each 1 star comment explaining how to get a new drive, which seems good customer support. Unless I get any other suggestions, this might be the one.

 

[RoMee187]

On the front page they have a article about best SSD for the money and the sandisk extreme pro is the recommended SSD.
I have a Sandisk 120GB SSD in my Dell XPS 8700 and I'm getting some good result.