PNY XLR8 or Samsung 840 Evo or Seagate 600 series SSD

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So, I'm putting together a new build and I saw some price drops on SSD's and I'm not sure if they'll drop more, but I found some in the price range I want (200-250) and wasn't sure which to go for.

I've been told by some about MLC and TLC and how that matters. I've also been told it doesn't matter. Both the PNY and the Seagate use MLC while 840 Evo uses TLC.

On the other hand read/write speeds as well as reliability come into play.
The Evo 840 comes out ahead with 540/520/ PNY with 500/475 /and Seagate with 500/400 I believe.

Also IOPS: PNY: 60,000* random read/write IOPS or 85,000** random read/write IOPS???
Evo:98K Random Read Speed: 86,000 IOPS, 90K Random Write Speed: 32,000 IOPS
Seagate:80,000 / 70,000

Price is another factor with the Seagate 600 being 220, PNY being 233, and 840 Evo being 240.

I'm not sure if the prices will drop anytime soon and how much they will drop, but if it is worth the performance and reliability to pay more for the PNY or EVO I will.

I also have 16 GB of RAM so would that offset some of the "bad" features if any?

Thanks!

*=3 sources (NCIX, DELL, Bestbuy)
**=1 source (Amazon)
 
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real world vs something you'll never notice. look at real world tests.

way better/faster product. you're the one talking about speed not me. did I mess up. all these numbers I keep seeing I thought I saw you wanting to spend $500. did I get that wrong?

i really don't read too many Tom's articles. i tried in the past but disagreed with stuff.

failure rate is another hypothesis. it's an assumption by the author.
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I was comparing SSD's that are 1/2 a TB (480-512 GB)
 
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can you elaborate on raid as well as PCIE?

Also, a 120Mb/s difference would translate to a 7.5GB/Min write difference. Wouldn't that be noticeable?
 
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120mb/s difference in write speed comparing seagate 600 to 840 evo

You're giving me something that costs three times as much for something that doesn't have twice the performance.

Also, according to this article http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485-13.html
it seems that a raid isn't necessarily better and it's not something I need (plus failure rate etc)
 
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real world vs something you'll never notice. look at real world tests.

way better/faster product. you're the one talking about speed not me. did I mess up. all these numbers I keep seeing I thought I saw you wanting to spend $500. did I get that wrong?

i really don't read too many Tom's articles. i tried in the past but disagreed with stuff.

failure rate is another hypothesis. it's an assumption by the author.
 
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You may be right on the real-world speeds, but I did say my range is 200-250 for around 500GB of SSD. I really like the Pcie and you're right that it is fast, but it is not in my budget right now. Maybe something for next year.

Also, usually the higher capacity drives perform better so I'm just fine with 1 ~500GB drive. I did think about getting 2 ~250 GB drives, but they usually end up costing more and/or don't perform as well.

Correct me if I'm wrong and thanks
 
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