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I've Just ordered a Vertex 4 myself... But only because I got a big discount due to damaged packaging - 256GB for £145
I've just completed reading More reviews than I care to and the choice basically comes down to in this order for a performance drive:
Samsung 840 Pro (a pretty easy No. 1 choice performance wise)
OCZ Vector (FarCry 3 free with it currently)
OCZ Vertex 4
For the more budget minded:
Samsung 830 (if you can find it, and cheap enough - prices too high due to rarity now. Is a decent choice)
Samsung 840 (an interesting drive. Perhaps "maybe" the Best budget drive for people putting less data through their systems - check out Anand's Light Workload benchmark tests)
Kingston HyperX 3K - pretty good but usually overpriced Sandforce drive
Corsair Neutron GTX
Mushkin Chronos Duluxe (A Good Sandforce drive + cheap & using Toggle NAND. Also Mushkin's tech support is 1st rate.)
Crucial's drives are good, but lagging a little behind these days.
I gave 2 of the most informative review for the Samsung 840 (non Pro) as this is a really interesting cheap option, but uses unproven TLC NAND, which Could degrade unfavorably over time performance wise. If it does not degrade like HardOCP suspect, it will be a Very Good choice of drive for the money.
I was about to buy this drive (kinda short on cash this min) till I got that Great price on the Vertex 4
Basically all the historical problems with any of the above drives are now resolved. Just be sure you have the most recent firmware installed before setting up your OS etc... (obviously you know + already have SATA mode set to AHCI in your BIOS)
Note: some older motherboards use inferior SATA III controllers like the X58 chipsets with the Marvel SE9128 will not deliver the performance a top SSD can provide.
The SE9182 though is excellent.
- basically saying, the performance at the end of the day is not down to only the SSD
Any of my top 3 performance drives will offer a significant improvement over your Agility 3 drive.
Anything from the Kingston HyperX and better would be a nice choice with improvement.
I've just completed reading More reviews than I care to and the choice basically comes down to in this order for a performance drive:
Samsung 840 Pro (a pretty easy No. 1 choice performance wise)
OCZ Vector (FarCry 3 free with it currently)
OCZ Vertex 4
For the more budget minded:
Samsung 830 (if you can find it, and cheap enough - prices too high due to rarity now. Is a decent choice)
Samsung 840 (an interesting drive. Perhaps "maybe" the Best budget drive for people putting less data through their systems - check out Anand's Light Workload benchmark tests)
Kingston HyperX 3K - pretty good but usually overpriced Sandforce drive
Corsair Neutron GTX
Mushkin Chronos Duluxe (A Good Sandforce drive + cheap & using Toggle NAND. Also Mushkin's tech support is 1st rate.)
Crucial's drives are good, but lagging a little behind these days.
I gave 2 of the most informative review for the Samsung 840 (non Pro) as this is a really interesting cheap option, but uses unproven TLC NAND, which Could degrade unfavorably over time performance wise. If it does not degrade like HardOCP suspect, it will be a Very Good choice of drive for the money.
I was about to buy this drive (kinda short on cash this min) till I got that Great price on the Vertex 4
Basically all the historical problems with any of the above drives are now resolved. Just be sure you have the most recent firmware installed before setting up your OS etc... (obviously you know + already have SATA mode set to AHCI in your BIOS)
Note: some older motherboards use inferior SATA III controllers like the X58 chipsets with the Marvel SE9128 will not deliver the performance a top SSD can provide.
The SE9182 though is excellent.
- basically saying, the performance at the end of the day is not down to only the SSD
Any of my top 3 performance drives will offer a significant improvement over your Agility 3 drive.
Anything from the Kingston HyperX and better would be a nice choice with improvement.
I've looked at both the M 4 and Samsung 830/840. I'm a noob so take this with a grain of salt. Here goes:
I own 2 Intel 330 (newest is the 335). 180 GB. I bought them both within the last year. They are the perfect size for me. I keep 3-4 of my main programs on them, fast compared to hdd, and are at a good price point.
The Intel 180 GB SSD was the best fit for me. Not the fastest perhaps - but no problems at all so far.
Good Luck !!
I own 2 Intel 330 (newest is the 335). 180 GB. I bought them both within the last year. They are the perfect size for me. I keep 3-4 of my main programs on them, fast compared to hdd, and are at a good price point.
The Intel 180 GB SSD was the best fit for me. Not the fastest perhaps - but no problems at all so far.
Good Luck !!
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1. Performance wise, there is VERY little diff in real life day-2day between them.
2. Based on this I normally make my choice based on Reliability/Least user Problems and cost.
Of the choices listed, I'd Opt for the Crucial M.
My normal recommendations:
First - Samsung 840 Pro, If you have the extra cash
2nd - Crucial M4, Samsung 830, or plextor M5. (Do NO recommend the Crucial M5 or V4)
** Samsung 840 (Non -pro), May added to 2nd choice, but withholding untill longer time on market.
3rd choice SF22xx based SSDs that use Synchronous or toggle Nand. Not a lover of the SF based SSDs as Sequencial (While not a significan factor) yields inflated Scores with ATTO.
** SSDs using Asynchronous NAND Does NOT perform any better on sat III than on Sata II (any one say Agillity III)
I Have:
1 256 gig Samsung 840 Pro (laptop), replaced a Crucial M4 NOT because of performance But because of Lower power consumption)
3 Crucial M4's (one 256 gig and two 128 Gig)
3 Samsung 830's (one 256 gig and two 128 Gig)
2 Agility III's (My bad)
As to performance - In real life I found almost NO diff between M4 and 830.
Comparing the 840 Pro vs the M4. AS SSD showed a BIG gain, Overall AS SSD score for M4 was mid 700's, the 840 Pro was around 1100. This DID NOT translate to a really noticable gain in real life performance. Shave a second or two off of OS Load time, But NO diff in program load times (would probaly show a diff if loading say word with a 300 page doc - LOL, or Ecell with a hugh spreadsheet). Reason on normal program loads is that they are so fast for either SSD that you can not see the diff - hard to see 5 millisec, My eyeballs, nor stopwhate are callibrated to see 5 milliseconds - LOL.
2. Based on this I normally make my choice based on Reliability/Least user Problems and cost.
Of the choices listed, I'd Opt for the Crucial M.
My normal recommendations:
First - Samsung 840 Pro, If you have the extra cash
2nd - Crucial M4, Samsung 830, or plextor M5. (Do NO recommend the Crucial M5 or V4)
** Samsung 840 (Non -pro), May added to 2nd choice, but withholding untill longer time on market.
3rd choice SF22xx based SSDs that use Synchronous or toggle Nand. Not a lover of the SF based SSDs as Sequencial (While not a significan factor) yields inflated Scores with ATTO.
** SSDs using Asynchronous NAND Does NOT perform any better on sat III than on Sata II (any one say Agillity III)
I Have:
1 256 gig Samsung 840 Pro (laptop), replaced a Crucial M4 NOT because of performance But because of Lower power consumption)
3 Crucial M4's (one 256 gig and two 128 Gig)
3 Samsung 830's (one 256 gig and two 128 Gig)
2 Agility III's (My bad)
As to performance - In real life I found almost NO diff between M4 and 830.
Comparing the 840 Pro vs the M4. AS SSD showed a BIG gain, Overall AS SSD score for M4 was mid 700's, the 840 Pro was around 1100. This DID NOT translate to a really noticable gain in real life performance. Shave a second or two off of OS Load time, But NO diff in program load times (would probaly show a diff if loading say word with a 300 page doc - LOL, or Ecell with a hugh spreadsheet). Reason on normal program loads is that they are so fast for either SSD that you can not see the diff - hard to see 5 millisec, My eyeballs, nor stopwhate are callibrated to see 5 milliseconds - LOL.
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