which SSD to buy? 830 vs 840

[dhirajranger]

so i am getting samsung 830 256 gb for real cheap only $62. its a drive the shopkeeper removed from a dell laptop because customer wanted a 1 tb hdd. so my question is should i buy this ssd or wait and save up some money and buy those high end 840's or other brands altogther for that matter?

 

[Joshua_32]

I'd go for it. I have a cheap 128GB Adata SSD and I feel it performs amazingly. Very fast. There's really not much in it between the 830 and 840

 

[dumb_man]

A new Samsung 250 GB SSD costs around INR 7650 (USD 110). So its quite a good deal. I dont think the speed difference between SSD generations will be noticeable. Are you getting a warranty for it from the shopkeeper or from Samsung?

 

[ktolo]

A new 850 Evo will (128GB) cost around 70$.. I'd go for a new one. Look at the Pro for the fastest transfer speeds.

 

[dhirajranger]

A new Samsung 250 GB SSD costs around INR 7650 (USD 110). So its quite a good deal. I dont think the speed difference between SSD generations will be noticeable. Are you getting a warranty for it from the shopkeeper or from Samsung?

it will be from samsung

 

[dhirajranger]

A new 850 Evo will (128GB) cost around 70$.. I'd go for a new one. Look at the Pro for the fastest transfer speeds.

but this is also new/never used moreover its 256 gb

 

[Joshua_32]

Get it. It's good value and a great SSD. The different gens are barely noticeable in speed difference.

 

[dhirajranger]

A new Samsung 250 GB SSD costs around INR 7650 (USD 110). So its quite a good deal. I dont think the speed difference between SSD generations will be noticeable. Are you getting a warranty for it from the shopkeeper or from Samsung?

what i am more concerned about life how do new gen compare with old gen in that field (granted i wont do anything foolish like making it a cache drive)

 

[dhirajranger]

ordered it costed me $56 after rebates will provide more info when it arrives

 

[dhirajranger]

Update : I got the SSD with health is excellent but for some reason samsung magician does not recognise my ssd though performance check results in 279 MB/s read 260 write
44~45 k random read and 35k random write
my question however is i cant notice any improvements before ssd my system easily booted in <20 sec now after clean install it seems to load in 10-15 sec

 

[dumb_man]

Update : I got the SSD with health is excellent but for some reason samsung magician does not recognise my ssd though performance check results in 279 MB/s read 260 write
44~45 k random read and 35k random write
my question however is i cant notice any improvements before ssd my system easily booted in <20 sec now after clean install it seems to load in 10-15 sec

Please check your BIOS settings, the hard disk should be in AHCI mode and not IDE mode

http://superuser.com/questions/757936/check-if-my-ssd-in-runing-on-ahci-mode-inside-windows-7