SSD Drive - which one?

I'm still using my 5yrs old WD HDD atm, but thinking about getting a SSD drive to boost up the write/read speed for gaming & video editing.

Anyone using already a SSD in his machine? What company, which drives and what tips can you give me?

I need:
- Performance
- Longevity
- excellent Price/Performance Ratio

The Size could be up to 256GB.

Blagg

 

I have a few SSD's, actually got a 256GB Samsung PRO recently that will swap out a old intel x-25 G2 80 GB SSD.

Anyways, here's a Google translate link from SweClockers (Swedish to English) of some recently tested 256GB discs.


http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=http%3A//www.sweclockers.com/recension/16138-ssd-lagring-corsair-crucial-intel-ocz-plextor-och-samsung-i-256-gb-klassen%0A

 

Many thx Lan! I will read the comparison site. I heard that Samsung should be the best in SSDs. How is the Evo Series?

 

I have no personal reference for anything but Intel and Samsung series (am running a Samsung Pro as main C drive, the second will be another gamedrive or possibly a FRAPS disc).

No complaints on either really, they've served well. The Intel's (Picked up five 80GB's for a quarter of the price at the time) been running for two-three years now, the Samsung I have for 7 months or so.

The EVO series are unknown to me, but, that is not a bad thing as I tend to hear about the bad stuff more then the good.

 

Samsung or Crucial. Both have great reputation in the SSD market now. I have 2 Crucial M4's and zero problems.

 

Read my text again?

I have heard nothing about the EVO, which is good - since I mostly hear negative stuff about hardware, being a mod kinda means you get the negative news first when all hell breaks loose and people start warning others off.

 

Samsung have a good Performance/Price Ratio.. they have discs with big cache size. Looks good!

 

hmmmm Toshiba looks good too! look here:


http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Toshiba/THNSNH256GCST_256_GB/12.html

and the prices for Toshiba SSDs are really cheap in comparison

 

I've had a Crucial M4 64gb as my OS drive for 2 years and it's been doing great, though it is obviously on the slow side versus modern SSDs. I have a couple small items on their and a fully updated Win7 and it still has 22gb free.

On the other hand, I have had a Corsair Neutron GTX 240gb for 8 months as my primary gaming drive and it's fast as hell.

I don't think there is much difference between any of the SSDs anymore as it has become rather stagnant in the performance category. Intel still wins for reliability but you pay a hefty price for their stuff

 

I'm using a Samsung 830 128GB - and im happy with it (solid piece of hardware in every way ) - so I'd buy a Samsung 840 Pro (256GB) or Evo (120GB) if i had to buy a new one.

 

yepp, i've read several review sites, and Samsung got me convinced. I'm going for the Samsung Evo 256GB. Thx all!

 

I've got a 128 gb samsung 840 series and it's been my win os drive for almost a year now.
It doesn't boot quite as fast as it used too, but that could be windoze needing a fresh install..

If you've got the cash, buy one!

 

Count me as another Samsung believer, running the 840 series 128 as well. Great quality to price ratio

 

using a 180gb intel ssd... good product and software updates etc.

 

Samsung 840 EVO

 

I am using the Samsung 840 EVA 1TB mSATA drive as my C: drive. Works well.

 

I've asked this very same question over on the ShipSpecs.com site. I'm looking at cloning my C:\ HDD onto an SSD so that I can run star trek like powah!!!!

 

HDD and SSD don't store data the same way. If you clone it you may have problems. It's usually better to do a fresh install. Of course you can keep your HDD and copy over any data that you need when you are done.