Mushkin vs. Intel SSD ?

[josejones]

Mushkin vs. Intel SSD ?

I've never had an SSD before and it's time for me to sus out which SSD is best for me and my new build. I'm looking for speed, of course, but, even more importantly reliability and long life-span.

This SSD is just for programs so, I figure all I really needed was a 120g, which is more than enough. I was going to use a regular HD for the rest. Wondering if this is the best set-up for what I need it for?

I was planning on the Intel 520, 120G "Cherryville" but, in the new: Best SSDs For The Money: May 2012
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-recommendation-review,3194.html

Mushkin prices have really dropped and I'm still unclear which is the better SSD. Those low Mushkin prices could change soon too.

I will be getting an Ivy CPU: i7 3770 and most likely the Gigabyte z77 UD5 and I've been under the impression that only Intel SSD's take advantage of the SSD cache thingy?

We use Adobe CS, Word, Photo Shop, Office, XSite Pro and more almost everyday. We have to build our own websites create our own product description videos and HD documentary DVD's and do fairly large uploads to our manufacturer.

Here's my new build thread for more info:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/333702-31-bridge-work-build

 

[josejones]

Is the Mushkin DX one of the best SSD's available today?

Which SSD is best between that and the Samsung 830 128g for $90?:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147163&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=1727683&SID=181604

Mushkin 240g DX
http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/hdd.php?hdd=MKNSSDCR240GB-DX

Samnsung 830 128g
http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/hdd.php?hdd=SAMSUNG+SSD+830+Series

 

[cbrunnem]

i wouldnt look at passmark benches. go look at the cpu and gpu benchs they have and tell me how accurate they are.

But regarding your question, the DX uses the best flash memory available from toshiba and so does the Samsung. that is unless something new has come out and i havent heard of it.

 

[josejones]

I'm curious if the more expensive DX SSD's will make a difference if I'm just using it for OS & programs?

Re Samsung, here's what I found out:

Samsung says that they make their SSD all in house i.e. they make their own controller, DRAM, NAND and software. So, Samsung doesn't use the Sand Force SF 2281 controller:

"Samsung manufactures and uses its own 2x-nm Toggle-mode DDR NAND which is fairly similar in performance to the ONFi 2.x NAND used by Intel and Crucial (133Mbps data rates per interface).

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4863/the-samsung-ssd-830-review/1

SAMSUNG 830 Series 128GB on sale for $90 with the Newegg code
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-147-163