i've long decided on a 256gb 840 pro after reading lots of anandtech as my next upgrade. i suggest you do the same (the reading part of course ;).

Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, included software (Samsung Magician) is great too.

I suppose 128GB is the same quality wise ? I dont think I will be taking 256GB tbh.

I got a 840 Basic (256 gb) and I'm never ever going back to hard drives again. Ever. Go with this, for 83 quid its a deal.

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Storage/SSDs/1...ctId=56764

You mean EVO , not basic , right ? And that price doesn't apply to where I live btw :)

Basically my decision is down to 840 EVO 250Gb or 840 Pro 128GB, price is almost similar. But from what I gathered from net, pro seems to be potentially longer lasting and maybe faster.. but I could be wrong though.

In the UK a 128 840 pro costs around £110 on ebay..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Samsung-SSD-840-PRO...4178c4a792

840 EVO costs around £83
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Samsung-120GB-840-E...4d1478f9e1

I got the 840 basic and it does me fine, the price ratio is a lot better on the EVO. But really, if you're not too bothered just pay a bit extra for the pro.

You'll be happy with both and IMO the diff will be next to nothing and i doubt reliablity will be a factor in either, its a fair bit cheaper though.

P.S.

"The most extreme users will certainly still want to opt for the Samsung SSD 840 Pro (or equivalent) thanks to its higher reliability, longer five year warranty and of course faster consistent performance but for the rest of us we have a new SSD leader, whatever your size/price requirements. For this reason we've given the whole range the same score - they all offer the same set of features, have class-leading performance and offer great value for their capacity."

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/storage/2013...tb-revie/7

K, tnx for help... I will prolly go for 840 EVO 250GB. Considering the price and all, it seems best imo.

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intel

I've got an ocz ssd and it's been going for ages, no issues. :)

in terms of speed and reliability, either of the samsung ssds.

samsung

Samsung. Both are highly reliable. You won't notice the difference in speed.

Prices come down alot! I paid £110 for my ocz vertex 2 60gb just over a year ago. Excelent drives though, never use hdd again.

that much? i paid the equivalent of ~£83 for an Intel 120 GB, last year too

over a year more likely 2-2.5 years, only 110 read write speeds too ((

you can follow from PCPer*podcast Allyn Malventano

choose a bigger SSD then 120GB, because of the faster load/writing speed
a cheap 240GB is good enough

here is some EU SSD market place to show the prices from SSD's 120GB to 256GB @ average writing speed 500/500

all you will need is good reading speed @ 500

you can also choose by controller & flash ships used, the newer OCZ ones are updated since last PC Per review ot the 19nm chips with Indilinx Barefoot 3 chip
OCZ Vector 150 240GB and 120GB Full Review - Barefoot 3 pushes 19nm flash
Vector 150 - Specifications
OCZ Vector 150 € EU


I will use a older Crucial 240GB SSD with good firmware & mircon chips

I already took Samsung 840EVO 250GB, but thanks for the quality info :)

The Samsung is very good, Allyn was talking about it in the show

I dont trust OCZ one bit :>

http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/27/ocz-declares-bankruptcy/

i bought memory from them for my current system, month later they stopped making memory, never been able to upgrade cause no similar memory exists. now theyre bust :X

PCIe SSD's are getting more frequent now, with larger sizes and 1500mbps read/write, cost about £400 at the moment but... SO FAST!!

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I just built a new system with an 840 PRO. Thing is a fucking beast, power-on, to chrome in about 10-15 seconds :D

in windows 8 you can make it less than half that.
And that's not on the pro drive either, but normal 840!

See with own eyes.

I was thinking of getting Win 8, but I was just not digging the UI, and was too eager to wait for 8.1 ;/ Right now, this is still heaven in comparison to my IBM T42 which would take the better part of 5 minutes to load Chrome after boot-up :/

intel 120gb

I got two Crucial M500 480GB, 2.5", SATA 6Gb/s (CT480M500SSD1) 1x OS 1x /home folder

The Intel 730 is a data center edition with overclocked controller, so NOT FOR NOTEBOOKS !
PCPer.com#Intel SSD 730 480GB Full Review - Overclocked Data Center SSD for the Enthusiast

Intel SSD 730 Series 240GB, 2.5", SATA 6Gb/s (SSDSC2BP240G4R5)
Intel SSD 730 Series 480GB, 2.5", SATA 6Gb/s (SSDSC2BP480G4R5)

all in for Mushkin Scorpion Deluxe yo

crucial 250gb for ~95.- as second drive
a faster one 128gb for os