Need some suggestions guys. There are all mSATA SSDs.
I like Samsung for their low power consumption and speed, but:
1) Again, these are all mSATA SSDs.
2) I trust Samsung for SSDs. The 120GB Samsung has a super low IOPS random write speed of up to 35k only. I've seen some benchmarks and I'm not too impressed with the 120GB in terms of its bigger brothers. I feel Samsung just wants us to pay more for bigger sizes to get the speed...
3) The MyDigitalSSDs get good ratings, but I feel they are hiding the random write/read speeds. I can't find any useful tests anywhere.
4) The Plextor ones get good reviews too, but power consumption from tests I've seen isn't as good as Samsung, and tests confirm that. The reviews are key I guess.
5) Crucial... trustworthy brand, but I'm not impressed with the max sequential write of up to 250MB/sec.
Thanks all!
$111 - Lite On Plextor M5M PX-128M5M 128GB
Max Sequential Read: Up to 540 MB/s
Max Sequential Write: Up to 320 MB/s
4KB Random Read: Up to 80,000 IOPS
4KB Random Write: Up to 76,000 IOPS
$119 - Crucial M500 CT240M500SSD3 240GB
Max Sequential Read: Up to 500MB/s
Max Sequential Write: Up to 250MB/s
4KB Random Read: Up to 72,000 IOPS
4KB Random Write: Up to 60,000 IOPS
$100 - SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-MTE120BW 120GB
Max Sequential Read: Up to 540MB/s
Max Sequential Write: Up to 410MB/s
4KB Random Read: Up to 94,000 IOPS
4KB Random Write: Up to 35,000 IOPS
$188 - SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-MTE250BW 250GB
Max Sequential Read: Up to 540MB/s
Max Sequential Write: Up to 520MB/s
4KB Random Read: Up to 97,000 IOPS
4KB Random Write: Up to 66,000 IOPS
$75 - MyDigitalSSD Bullet Proof 4 BP4 128GB
Read speed: Up to 560MB/sec
Read speed: Up to 520MB/sec
$90 - MyDigitalSSD SC2 Super Cache 2 (with FNet HybriDisk) 128GB
Read Speed: 540MB/sec (ATTO Bench Test)
Write Speed: 420MB/sec (ATTO Bench Test)
$122 - MyDigitalSSD MDMS-BP4-240 Bullet Proof 4 240GB
Read Speed: Up to 560MB/sec
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Update: Thanks all. I will go for the Samsung 256GB mSATA drive for my laptop like I had wanted to. I made the mistake of getting a dumb Mushkin one that like 30% of the users complain about random BSODs and BIOS not detecting it after the BSOD. I returned it to Newegg and the new one isn't doing that anymore, but dead silence from Mushkin has made me never want to touch any of their products anymore. I have the 2.5 inch Pro version and it blows away the competition. I finally found some benchmark tests for the MyDigitalSSD ones. They match up to the Plextor in some tests, but not others. The Plextor is close to the Samsung 256GB+ one, but the Samsung beats it on pretty much all levels. Just don't get the 120GB Samsung version.
I like Samsung for their low power consumption and speed, but:
1) Again, these are all mSATA SSDs.
2) I trust Samsung for SSDs. The 120GB Samsung has a super low IOPS random write speed of up to 35k only. I've seen some benchmarks and I'm not too impressed with the 120GB in terms of its bigger brothers. I feel Samsung just wants us to pay more for bigger sizes to get the speed...
3) The MyDigitalSSDs get good ratings, but I feel they are hiding the random write/read speeds. I can't find any useful tests anywhere.
4) The Plextor ones get good reviews too, but power consumption from tests I've seen isn't as good as Samsung, and tests confirm that. The reviews are key I guess.
5) Crucial... trustworthy brand, but I'm not impressed with the max sequential write of up to 250MB/sec.
Thanks all!
$111 - Lite On Plextor M5M PX-128M5M 128GB
Max Sequential Read: Up to 540 MB/s
Max Sequential Write: Up to 320 MB/s
4KB Random Read: Up to 80,000 IOPS
4KB Random Write: Up to 76,000 IOPS
$119 - Crucial M500 CT240M500SSD3 240GB
Max Sequential Read: Up to 500MB/s
Max Sequential Write: Up to 250MB/s
4KB Random Read: Up to 72,000 IOPS
4KB Random Write: Up to 60,000 IOPS
$100 - SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-MTE120BW 120GB
Max Sequential Read: Up to 540MB/s
Max Sequential Write: Up to 410MB/s
4KB Random Read: Up to 94,000 IOPS
4KB Random Write: Up to 35,000 IOPS
$188 - SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-MTE250BW 250GB
Max Sequential Read: Up to 540MB/s
Max Sequential Write: Up to 520MB/s
4KB Random Read: Up to 97,000 IOPS
4KB Random Write: Up to 66,000 IOPS
$75 - MyDigitalSSD Bullet Proof 4 BP4 128GB
Read speed: Up to 560MB/sec
Read speed: Up to 520MB/sec
$90 - MyDigitalSSD SC2 Super Cache 2 (with FNet HybriDisk) 128GB
Read Speed: 540MB/sec (ATTO Bench Test)
Write Speed: 420MB/sec (ATTO Bench Test)
$122 - MyDigitalSSD MDMS-BP4-240 Bullet Proof 4 240GB
Read Speed: Up to 560MB/sec
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Update: Thanks all. I will go for the Samsung 256GB mSATA drive for my laptop like I had wanted to. I made the mistake of getting a dumb Mushkin one that like 30% of the users complain about random BSODs and BIOS not detecting it after the BSOD. I returned it to Newegg and the new one isn't doing that anymore, but dead silence from Mushkin has made me never want to touch any of their products anymore. I have the 2.5 inch Pro version and it blows away the competition. I finally found some benchmark tests for the MyDigitalSSD ones. They match up to the Plextor in some tests, but not others. The Plextor is close to the Samsung 256GB+ one, but the Samsung beats it on pretty much all levels. Just don't get the 120GB Samsung version.