I want to replace my ssd help please!!Should i replace it now or wait for even better speeds?

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Should i replace the Intel® SSD X25-M Series (80GB, 2.5in SATA 3Gb/s, 34nm, MLC) with samsung 840 pro 128gb???i'm pretty happy with the one i own but is sata II and the speeds are 250mb/s read speed and 70mb/s write speed.I know that samsung has 530mb/s read and 390mb/s write.People that own samsung are pretty happy with it.so what is your opinions?
 
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There won't be a large performance increase - even old SSDs are still very fast, and you're not likely to be waiting on storage at all.

There's probably better things to spend the money on.
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if you really wanted an extra performance bump the samsung would be a very good drive to get, it has very good longevity and the stated performance is its actual performance for non compressible read and writes unlike a lot of other drives.
 
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You are so right!Intel toolbox firmware is up to date and everything is super ok!Driver health is 100% ok and estimated life remaining 100% ok also no problems found at diagnostic scan.No need to upgrade at the moment,i just wanted some expert opinions!!cheers
 
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What is the brand and model number of your motherboard? Does your motherboard support modern 3rd generation SATA 3 6Gb/s solid state drives? The reason I'm asking is that you mentioned an Intel® SSD X25-M Series ssd which suggests you might have an older motherboard.
 
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The motherboard that I'm using now is gigabyte p55a-ud6 with i7 860.The next week i will upgrade my Pc and I will move to a 4670k + GA-Z87X-UD4H.I know that is not so much of big jump upgrade because 860 was overclocked to 3.6 but i wanted to go with the new platform.P55 was not so good as a chip z87 is and i will have and the chance to upgrade even further, besides 4670k will be also oveclocked. My only concern is know that you mention it is if SATA 6Gb/s connectors working backwards for the Intel® SSD X25-M Series ssd because is SATA 3Gb/s...I guess it does right?
My pc now is:cpu:i7 860@3.6
cpu fan:coolermaster v8
mobo:gigabyte p55a-ud6
ram:8gb corsair vengeance 1600
gpu:gigabyte 660 oc edition
case:coolermaster cm 690II
psu:coolermaster 850 silent pro
ssd:intel postville x-25m 80 gb for OS
hhd:2 caviar black 640 sata II on raid 0
sound:soundblaster x-fi titanium fatality

I will change only the parts that i mention before cpu+mobo i guess it will be ok.
The same thing is with the 2 caviar black 640 sata II disks that i have guess will be ok.
 
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Well my friend i bought the ssd samsung 840 pro 128gb and an extra 8 gb of corsair vengeance 1600 (total 16 gb).
I know it's an overkill you can blame for that and the parts I choose to spent my money, but hear what is the plan in 6-7 months I will upgrade the gpu and that's all for my rig.I also will sell my ssd(the one i have now intel postville 80gb), and the gpu that I have now when the time comes. Hope that my pc will last until broadwell-skylake arrives with a very decent performance.
 
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