Best Gaming/Boot SSD NO SAMSUNGS

StupidComputers · Apr 17, 2015

So I made samsung refund my pair of 840 evo 250s, and now I need a 250 or 500 gig SSD. As it seems samsung's 840 problem is somehow unknown to "expert reviewers", I clearly can't trust their advice.

I'm looking at the crucial mx200 500gb and the ocz vector 180 when it's available to me...
But if someone knows of a diamond in the rough out there, I'd love to hear about it,
Thanks

ExKiller · Apr 17, 2015

The Crucial one outperfoms the other SSDs which are similarly priced
Go with Crucial MX200 500GB as it's great and i am using it too

williamcummins · Apr 17, 2015

If money is not an issue, Patriot's Ignite 480gb could be a good alternative to Samsung's Evo. It has NAND tech and Phison controller which both have good reliability reviews. It has OK random write and read performance (80k - 75k IOPS I think) but for gaming that's not much of a deal.

StupidComputers · Apr 17, 2015

williamcummins :

The ignite is $20 cheaper than the mx200, got some interesting numbers on it too. Are you saying it's the better choice?
hmm.. the buffer is only half a gig...

StupidComputers · Apr 18, 2015

Oooh Plextor m6.. comes in m.2 700+ readspeed but soo expensive.. maybe just the sata one, maybe the first of the many good choices that goes on sale...

StupidComputers · Apr 18, 2015

sandisk extreme pro 480gb for $270 vs mx200 500gb for $240 on sale for the weekend.. aCK! what to do???

williamcummins · Apr 18, 2015

They both are very similare. They claim to have a life span of 80TB each, which is very good for a 500gb drive. I'd go with the cheapest.

StupidComputers · Apr 20, 2015

i'm reading the mx200 500 has better real world performance and boots windows twice as fast. But what the gaming difference?

williamcummins · Apr 20, 2015

StupidComputers :

I'm very skeptical about that 'twice as fast' since they have similar write and read speed.
As for gaming performance, there is absolutely zero FPS benefit from a faster drive. The only benefit would be faster map loading. I'm pretty sure we wouldn't even notice the difference between 2 ssd in those circumstances.

StupidComputers · Apr 21, 2015

Went Sandisk pro 480gb, then read this, made me feel better

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/6104/ssd-consistency-testing-18-drives-tested-for-real-world-performance/index3.html

williamcummins · Apr 21, 2015

I'm also very confident you made the right decision. Make sure to have firmware up to date for maximum performance and stability BEFORE installing OS.

StupidComputers · Apr 21, 2015

Alright sir, then that is what I will do! Sigh, Now I gotta install everything again... tho it's not like I was gonna clone the samsung crapsd

williamcummins · Apr 21, 2015

That's indeed the downside of changing boot drive.
There are tools you can use to mirror the old drive (if you still own it).

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