New 128gb Toshiba Q PRO SSD better than the 120Gb 840 EVO?

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I came across a 128GB Toshiba Q Series Pro SSD ($99.99). It just came out recently so there isn't much info on it, but the reason im considering getting this Toshiba SSD is mainly because of this review where the NON pro version ( which came out a couple of months ago ) is neck and neck with the 120GB 840 EVO http://us.hardware.info/reviews/4721/5/toshiba-q-series-128256512-gb-ssd-review-as-ssd

That review is for the *non* Pro Toshiba Q SSD. So even if performance just went up a little bit between the non pro and the pro version, I would think it to be a great choice and probably would beat out the 840 EVO, atleast based off hardware.info benchmarks of the non pro Toshiba Q SSD. So does anybody have any other info/opinions on this SSD? I've only seen two reviews on the Pro version so far so its tough to tell how good it really is. Also do you think Toshiba is a reliable SSD maker?

One review said performace of the Toshiba Q Pro was uneven. I don't know how reliable the website is though http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/internal-hard-drives/1303030/toshiba-ssd-q-series-128gb
 
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First of all, go check out the Newegg reviews...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2W014K5312

Hard OCP also had a very good review, it's for the 256 but really worth the read...
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/07/03/toshiba_thnsnh_256gb_ssd_review/#.UozvYd30eBU

I own the 128 and I'd say the only drive that can best it is the Samsung 840 Pro, the 19nm TLC makes all the difference. Here are some Crystal Mark scores...

Sequential Read : 2126.081 MB/s
Sequential Write : 379.856 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 2494.533 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 385.647 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 512.194 MB/s [125047.4 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 84.538 MB/s [ 20639.1 IOPS]...

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First of all, go check out the Newegg reviews...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2W014K5312

Hard OCP also had a very good review, it's for the 256 but really worth the read...
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/07/03/toshiba_thnsnh_256gb_ssd_review/#.UozvYd30eBU

I own the 128 and I'd say the only drive that can best it is the Samsung 840 Pro, the 19nm TLC makes all the difference. Here are some Crystal Mark scores...

Sequential Read : 2126.081 MB/s
Sequential Write : 379.856 MB/s
Random Read 512KB : 2494.533 MB/s
Random Write 512KB : 385.647 MB/s
Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 512.194 MB/s [125047.4 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 84.538 MB/s [ 20639.1 IOPS]
Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 640.124 MB/s [156280.4 IOPS]
Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 244.134 MB/s [ 59602.9 IOPS]

Test : 100 MB [C: 28.8% (34.4/119.1 GB)] (x5)
Date : 2013/11/20 13:05:15
OS : Windows 7 Professional SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64)

Wait for it to come on sale again, its a real bargain...so enjoy.
 
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