SSD value

[coz715]

Looking for a good SSD for a reasonable price. I keep my HD nice and tidy and under 120gb used. Mainly I use my laptop for light gaming, internet and simple photo viewing/editing. Do you recommend:

Extreme Pro 240gb - $150
Ultra II - $110
MX100 - $109
850 EVO - $134
Vertex 460A - $125
Or should I hold out for the MX200

 

[aigomorla]

i have several MX100's and they are great for the price.

under most situations you will not notice a speed difference between any of the SSD's you listed outside synthetic benchmarks.

And if ur located in the US, u will not be disappointed by crucial's RMA system which i have used a couple times on RAM.

 

[coz715]

i have several MX100's and they are great for the price.

under most situations you will not notice a speed difference between any of the SSD's you listed outside synthetic benchmarks.

And if ur located in the US, u will not be disappointed by crucial's RMA system which i have used a couple times on RAM.

Would the M550 be a better buy at $125. I am sticking with the 256gb versions?

 

[Charlie98]

Given the choice between the MX100 and the M550... I'd take the M550, and, in fact, I did. I would also stay at 256GB... some of them take a serious hit in write performance at the 120GB size, I know my M500 did.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Given the choice between the MX100 and the M550... I'd take the M550, and, in fact, I did. I would also stay at 256GB... some of them take a serious hit in write performance at the 120GB size, I know my M500 did.

There was once an opinion that "smaller" offered more performance, but apparently this has changed.

They're still expensive little buggers, though. Well -- you might get 256GB for just over $100. There was once a time when you would pay maybe $75 for a 200GB HDD, but those days are gone, gone, gone.

The latest rig (with 3-year-old processor and board) isn't an "experiment" with "new features." I need speed, so this time I limited my boot disk to a 256GB SSD. I can cache a larger HDD with a second 60GB SSD. I'm installing the games on the latter. The cache hit-rate is 98%.

A person could invest in a bigger SSD; he/she could cut power consumption a tad further with an absence of any HDD. Or he could seek little slivers of extra performance with various configurations like an SSD RAID0, spending more. For me, this is as good as it gets. I don't need any extra little "slivers."

 

[Charlie98]

There was once an opinion that "smaller" offered more performance, but apparently this has changed.

Not to my knowledge. More capacity = more NAND = more bandwith = better performance.

 

[Hellhammer]

There was once an opinion that "smaller" offered more performance, but apparently this has changed.

It's still true to some degree. Once you go high enough in capacity, the performance decreases because the controller has to track more LBAs, which requires larger caches and more processing power. Each controller has its own sweet spot, so there's no general rule here, but e.g. SF-2281 can only go up to 240GB without a performance decrease.

 

[ShintaiDK]

MX200 is out, at least in europe.

 

[DigDog]

well, i have the cheapest SSD you can buy, and it works perfectly. i dont think IRL you would be able to feel the difference between 500mb/s and 550m/s..

 

[Charlie98]

It's still true to some degree. Once you go high enough in capacity, the performance decreases because the controller has to track more LBAs, which requires larger caches and more processing power. Each controller has its own sweet spot, so there's no general rule here, but e.g. SF-2281 can only go up to 240GB without a performance decrease.

I didn't know that about the big cap SSD's... I knew the performance leveled off at a certain point, but not necessarily decreased. Interesting....

 

[denis280]

mx 100

 

[Bubbleawsome]

MX100 512GB dropped to $179 on the egg. The 120 might have dropped as well

 

[alexruiz]

Easy pick in my eyes:
19nm Toshiba NAND -> Vertex 460A

If you want to go even lower in price, you should have included also the Arc 100 240GB. It is the same price as the MX100, sometimes cheaper with rebates, and has superior NAND.

 

[coz715]

Easy pick in my eyes:
19nm Toshiba NAND -> Vertex 460A

If you want to go even lower in price, you should have included also the Arc 100 240GB. It is the same price as the MX100, sometimes cheaper with rebates, and has superior NAND.

The ARC 100 is superior to the MX100, the 460a or both?

I saw the Egg has the 460a for 109 and you get a $10 rebate card

 

[Cerb]

Depending on daily prices, the Sandisk Ultra Plus and X110 can still be good values, too. They won't win e-peen contests (4 channel controller, so limited peak bandwidth/IOPS), but for daily use drives, they're excellent. I've been seeing them going for $80-100 for 256GB, lately (the X110 is an OEM variant of the same drive as the Ultra Plus). I wouldn't be surprised if they are trying to dry up stock of them for the Ultra II to replace them, but that doesn't make them any worse drives, just not the newest.

 

[alexruiz]

The ARC 100 is superior to the MX100, the 460a or both?

I saw the Egg has the 460a for 109 and you get a $10 rebate card

Vertex 460A > Arc 100 > MX100

 

[coz715]

Vertex 460A > Arc 100 > MX100

And 460A vs 850 evo?

 

[bluwing]

Hi,

Generally you would move files not needed or needed when the SSD reaches 90% Also Nobody has mentioned Mushkin...
I have two and 7 Crucial. Also Do NOT DEFRAG a SSD!!!

 

[coz715]

Thanks everyone - I ended up getting a great deal on the 256gb MX100 - $93 new shipped from the Egg

 

[Revolution 11]

That's a great price. :thumbsup:

I was going to suggest you get the biggest drive for $100 or less but you did that anyway.

 

[MongGrel]

MX100 512GB dropped to $179 on the egg. The 120 might have dropped as well

This myself, if I were buying one today.

Thanks everyone - I ended up getting a great deal on the 256gb MX100 - $93 new shipped from the Egg

*edit* looks you did well there anyway.