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Hi guys, I want to buy a SSD before or when Windows 8.1 will be available. I'm currently using Windows 7 64 bit and the C drive used space is 150GB. I want to be able to put a few games on it so I figured I need a 240-256 GB SSD. I'm not living in the US and the prices are high. I read that TLC flash memory is theoretically three times less long-lasting than MLC, so i think I want a MLC SSD (or if you have some info that TLC is good enough please share). Here are few SSD's which are in my price range, tell me which is best:

Crucial M500 CT240M500SSD1 240GB (304 USD)
Crucial m4 CT256M4SSD2 256GB (277 USD)
Samsung 840 Series MZ-7TD250BW 250GB (224 USD)
Samsung 840 EVO Series MZ-7TE250BW 250GB (273 USD)
Corsair Force LS 240GB CSSD-F240GBLS (276 USD)
 
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I don't think so, no. Given the price points involved, if I was going to spend more than
the normal 840, I'd rather go for something genuinely decent like the 840 Pro, or a
Vector, or Vertex4, though between these three the 840 Pro seems to have the
price advantage atm.

Just having any SSD is the real speed bonus in all this. Beyond a certain point,
one won't really notice the difference in most situations between a decent model
like the 840 and a top-end such as the 840 Pro. I ran some 'real-world' tests as
an example, deliberately on an older SATA2 system (but with a fast CPU) to
provide a solid baseline (I'll run the same tests with a SATA3 config later)...
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Yup, I'd say the Samsung 840 aswell. I have a wide variety of SSDs, including
lots of OCZs. What I like about the Samsung models is their excellent long term
steady-state performance, something I've not yet seen in other models. My 2700K
is running with an 840 250GB, this model would serve you well. Samsung's
Magician support software is good, and they have a solid reputation for reliability.

Ian.

 
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I don't think so, no. Given the price points involved, if I was going to spend more than
the normal 840, I'd rather go for something genuinely decent like the 840 Pro, or a
Vector, or Vertex4, though between these three the 840 Pro seems to have the
price advantage atm.

Just having any SSD is the real speed bonus in all this. Beyond a certain point,
one won't really notice the difference in most situations between a decent model
like the 840 and a top-end such as the 840 Pro. I ran some 'real-world' tests as
an example, deliberately on an older SATA2 system (but with a fast CPU) to
provide a solid baseline (I'll run the same tests with a SATA3 config later):

http://www.sgidepot.co.uk/misc/ssd_tests.txt

I've not yet added a couple of other SSD models I now have (Vertex4 256GB
and Vector 256GB), will do that when I have the time.

Notice how the biggest speed jump is from moving from a mechanical HDD to
any type of SSD. After that, the differences between different SSD configs are
not that great, even though the synthetic benchmarks do show greater differences.
Real-world tasks often behave in a more average fashion, and thus are a good
way of demonstrating that wasting money on a hyper spec SSD is not the wisest
way to spend one's funds. For a gaming system, it makes more sense to have a
decent SSD like the standard 840, then spend any spare cash on a better GPU.

Ian.

 
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