What SSD brand is best?

Palidion · Jul 31, 2013

I'm looking for a 240GB/256GB~ SSD for my computer. It will be my computers sole drive and obviously hold my games and operating system. I was thinking of getting a 256GB SanDisk Ultra, but there are some pretty negative reviews on newegg. To make matters worse, Tom's Hardware reviewed the actual SSD I was looking at, and in the comments there were a good handful of people saying the drives were dead upon arrival.

Any really reliable SSD brands out there?

rolli59 · Jul 31, 2013

Samsung and Intel are a couple of brands that have been considered among the most reliable as well as fast.

babernet_1 · Jul 31, 2013

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/samsung-840-evo-review-1tb-ssd,3567.html

The price of a 840, the speed of a 840 Pro. This will be out in a week or so. About $340 or so will get you a hot 500GB.

soggynuggetz · Jul 31, 2013

The samsung 840 series is a very trusted SSD. Lots of great reviews on this one in specific. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147186

Palidion · Jul 31, 2013

Do any of you know why SanDisk seems to get a bad rap? Also, are there specific "don'ts" when it comes to SSD's? I'm looking at this SSD:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009NHAEXE
And it seems to have similar "drive was dead on arrival" sort of reviews. Same here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-147-189&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Page=2#scrollFullInfo
Is this just sort of an occupational hazard with SSD's? I get that you have to take newegg/amazon reviews with a grain of salt, but are these issues something to really worry about? I know these SSD companies have sold well over 24 SSD's (example number of bad reviews) so how reliable are they really?

babernet_1 · Jul 31, 2013

Palidion :

Keep in mind that the vast majority of satisfied customers do not write up a review. And of those that do, if they are having a problem they are far more likely to write one, so the bad reviews are highly exaggerated compared to the average sale.

Also as of now I read Samsung has about 25% of the SSD market. That's a huge chunk and a lot of drives shipped out the back doors. The new EVO's I posted above seem to give you everything. Cheap price, top tier performance. And when the EVO series does come out, look for the normal 840's to drop in price even more.

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