How large and Kingston V300 vs Samsung 840?

[kimare]

I am in the process of putting together a machine and wonder a bit on which ssd I choose. I see that Samsung gets the most recommendations, and wonder at what is the basis for it.

When I look at the comparison here at toms:
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With mb/s surely higher is better, but what about "Score in Score" higher or lower?

I'm able to get a Kingston v300 for 629 NOK (about £72 / $110) and Samsung 840 for 779 NOK (about £90/ $135).
Is the Samsung worth the price difference?

In terms of size should I go for a 120 GB or 250GB?

Today I have a Vista laptop with 320GB for about 200GB is user data.

On the new machine user data will be placed on 2GB spinning disk and NAS. But how about the programs on the SSD or some on the spinning disk?

The machine will be used for internet, photo editing programs, video-ripping, itunes and some games.

 

[pete123edgar]

If you have the money, get 250gb of samsung, its one of the most reliable one. Having a 120gb ssd used up really quickly, you can have a 250gb ssd and have an os and couple of your favourite apps in there, the speed will amaze you. Since you are using photo editing programs too, 250gb is a better choice.

 

[Dashman9000]

Samsung is about tops in reliability of any SSD manufactures out there today as the previous poster stated. I'd go ahead and purchase the 250GB drive...it's only going to cost roughly about 70 to 80 dollars more but well worth it in my opinion.

 

[kimare]

Ok then I'll look out for a deal on 250GB Samsung. Is there any chance the prices will drop? (I won't be able to finish my build until april/ may).

 

[Edwinlaptop]

That depends. You could keep your eyes on it.