Looking to upgrade to a larger SSD

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Currently I have a Crucial M4 128gb SSD drive as my boot/program drive. I would like to upgrade to something a little larger, like 256GB or so.

What is the latest flavor of the month for drives in this capacity? The crucial M4 was at the time I bought it 2 years ago. Would like to keep the cost at $150 or less unless there just isn't anything good at that price or something a little more costly is mind-blowing good.

TIA

 

[Mattios]

Why can't you just go on to a shopping website, type in 'SSD', filter by price, sort by positive reviews.

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E250B-AM/dp/B00OAJ412U/

 

[JPNpower]

Forum results tend to be biased. Why not go to the experts themselves?: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-recommendation-benchmark,3269.html

 

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Why can't you just go on to a shopping website, type in 'SSD', filter by price, sort by positive reviews.

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E250B-AM/dp/B00OAJ412U/

That sounds great, but reviews are often not based in reality. Most reviews from sites like Newegg will be either "Works great, no problems" or "Drive failed in a month, hopefully I can still RMA". Those don't help much and since there are some really good people here on the forums, I thought I would go right to a quality source.

 

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Forum results tend to be biased. Why not go to the experts themselves?: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-recommendation-benchmark,3269.html

Thank you for the help! I think I might try their 240gb recommended buy of the month.

 

[popatim]

Hopefully you mean the Sandisk. LoL - OCZ has left a bad taste in many users mouths.

The Samsung 850 Evo & Pro version are also often recommended but you pay a bit more than the 'going rate' for those drives.
The Crucial MX100 & Bx100 are also turning out to be excellent budget drives if you're looking for lower priced alternatives.

 

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Hopefully you mean the Sandisk. LoL - OCZ has left a bad taste in many users mouths.

The Samsung 850 Evo & Pro version are also often recommended but you pay a bit more than the 'going rate' for those drives.
The Crucial MX100 & Bx100 are also turning out to be excellent budget drives if you're looking for lower priced alternatives.

Actually, I was thinking of going with the OCZ, but sounds like there are problems?

Maybe I will go with the MX100, is the Samsung EVO worth the extra $40? (I'm talking the 256gb versions)

 

[giantbucket]

i'm waiting for the OCZ Arc100 to go on sale locally, and then i might just pick up either the 240 or 480 version for my laptop..... i have too many SF-based SSDs, need something with a non-SF controller!

 

[JPNpower]

Hopefully you mean the Sandisk. LoL - OCZ has left a bad taste in many users mouths.

The Samsung 850 Evo & Pro version are also often recommended but you pay a bit more than the 'going rate' for those drives.
The Crucial MX100 & Bx100 are also turning out to be excellent budget drives if you're looking for lower priced alternatives.

Actually, I was thinking of going with the OCZ, but sounds like there are problems?

Maybe I will go with the MX100, is the Samsung EVO worth the extra $40? (I'm talking the 256gb versions)

OCZ earned a bad reputation for failing drives due to bad design, and their response was rather bad. Thus, the company spiraled out and died. Toshiba rescued them and designed the new products, but kept the company name, structure, and workers. I would trust them.

Is the Samsung worth more? Of course not! Else it would be on the Toms charts instead. You are being lured into a brand loyalty battle. Yeah everybody has their own biased preferences, and the differing recommendations reflect that.