Best bang for the buck SSD? (below $110)

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Matthew Papa

Matthew Papa

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Hello Toms Hardware people.

I would just like to ask a couple of question because I'm interested in buying a new SSD.
1. Will the Sequential Write Speed matter?
2. Which is the best SSD known for it's durability and speed?
3. I heard that SandForce controllers fail a lot more than the Samsung controllers? Is there any truth to this one?
4. I'll replace my laptop's HDD with this SSD
5. And I might use this on my desktop which has a SATA 2 mobo :(

Here are some SSD's that I've seen, most of their prices dropped already.

1. Samsung 840 120GB ~ $99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147188
Read: 530mb/s
Write: 130mb/s

2. Kingston SSDnow V300 ~$102
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820721107
Read: 450mb/s
Write: 450mb/s

3. PNY XLR8 PRO ~$109
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820178452
Read: 550mb/s
Write: 520mb/s

Will I see any difference between the 3? I mean the PNY leads with the read and write but I know that Samsung is known for their premium parts and durability?

Can anyone shed light to this? Thank you!
 
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I would stick with the Samsung. After re-reading this thread I decided to see how many of the SSDs I have sold have failed. I came across this.

Of the 48 Sandforce based SSDs I have sold since 2011, I am close to a 30% (13 drives) failure rate with the SanForce based drives failing in less than 18 months. I have yet to have a single issue with the original Intel (510 series or older) and any of the Samsung drives (18 older Intel and Samsung drives sold in total).

I have had drives from the following manufacturers fail:

Kingston, Corsair, Crucial, Intel 520 series, Mushkin, OCZ, PNY, and Super Talent.

I am personally on my 3rd Crucial M4 after only 9 months of purchasing the original. I only counted this as 1 drive of the above 13...
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Depends on what you use it for. If your main usage is gaming, then you will mostly be reading data rather than writing, but if you do video editing/encoding then you will be writing data a lot as well.
 
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Matthew Papa

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Thanks for the quick response! Cheers!

 
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I would stick with the Samsung. After re-reading this thread I decided to see how many of the SSDs I have sold have failed. I came across this.

Of the 48 Sandforce based SSDs I have sold since 2011, I am close to a 30% (13 drives) failure rate with the SanForce based drives failing in less than 18 months. I have yet to have a single issue with the original Intel (510 series or older) and any of the Samsung drives (18 older Intel and Samsung drives sold in total).

I have had drives from the following manufacturers fail:

Kingston, Corsair, Crucial, Intel 520 series, Mushkin, OCZ, PNY, and Super Talent.

I am personally on my 3rd Crucial M4 after only 9 months of purchasing the original. I only counted this as 1 drive of the above 13 as it is my personal SSD and I believe a power outage may have caused one of the failures.

All of these drives have a common factor, the Sandforce controller.

I have some people/businesses who still have their Sandforce based SSDs they purchased in 2011 and absolutely love them, others love the speed but hate the lack of reliability.

Upon realizing this, I will no longer sell or recommend a Sandforce based SSD to any of my customers.
 
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