Best SSD under 80 USD

zared619 · Jun 3, 2015

Hey all,

I'm looking into getting and SSD and to be honest, I'm lacking specific knowledge in the department. I know a good go-to drive is the Samsung 850 EVO, but I want to know about some other options. I'm looking to get a drive that's around 120GB. When giving a recommendation, please tell me why a certain SSD is better than another.

My main uses are the following, no particular order. Gaming, programming, web-browsing (I normally have around 8 or so tabs open), other normal computery things.

I plan on installing my OS, chrome, MS Office, and I'll swap the games that I'm playing on and off as I complete them.

Thanks all for the input.

davidarad02 · Jun 3, 2015

for 85, you can get this drive:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sandisk-internal-hard-drive-sdssdhp256gg25

but if you must have it under 80, these are both good:
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/ocz-internal-hard-drive-arc10025sat3240g (if you do rebates, slower, but 240GB)
or
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz75e120bam (120GB, but fast)

Archaic59 · Jun 3, 2015

Companies that make their own NAND and controllers have complete control of the quality and cost of manufacturing their products. Samsung does this with the EVO series SSD. Their success is self evident. Other companies aspire to be like Samsung.

Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($67.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $67.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-03 13:26 EDT-0400

zared619 · Jun 3, 2015

I'm honestly not at all interested on size. I have a 2 TB hard disk, I'm just looking for the best performing drive for OS and a couple commonly used programs, so 120GB is sufficient.

Thoughts on Kingston and CorsiarSSD's?
http://pcpartpicker.com/mr/newegg/kingston-internal-hard-drive-sh103s3120g

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EENTYFQ/?tag=pcpapi-20

I'm not opposed to a Samsung, I just want to do some research to make sure I'm getting the absolute best performing drive for what I want.

davidarad02 · Jun 3, 2015

it really doesn't matter that you have a 2TB HDD, because with a larger SSD you could put more stuff one it (go figure), and all of those stuff will load much faster.

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