Best SSD for me!

dreamimpulse · Mar 7, 2018

Hey guys, my computer didn't come with an SSD. I want to purchase one that will last me. I stream games and possibly in the future plan to record some of my gameplay. I currently only have a 1tb hdd + optane. I was thinking of picking up a 250gb or 500 gb SSD. My budget will be under $150 including taxes/shipping. Pick up from bestbuy would be awesome or purchasing from amazon/newegg are also my favorite options. I am open to any other trusted sites! Let me know where the best deals I can find are going to be; Or where to watch, such as reddit, for the best deals to come. Let me know if you need any other information

Thanks!

- David

drtweak · Mar 7, 2018

For my clients I usually either get a Samsung if they can afford it or crucial for the lower end, but all in all samsungs prices have come down so much that they are usually a 5-10 dollar difference not a 20-30 like they use to be. I have heard good things for ADATA, WD, Scandisk as well but I have not used them.

as far as speed goes for the most part unless you are ALWAYS maxing out the bandwidth on these guys you will NEVER see a difference in bootup between them or load etc. Even with NVMe you won't see any real world performance for your everyday user/gamer

fry178 · Mar 7, 2018

Go either with crucial 300, comes in 275/525gb,
Samsung 960 evo, or the toshiba/ocz's vector 180, as they tend to have better warranty and they will ship a new drive at no cost, even before you return the old one.
Use pcpartpicker.com to look for the lowest price.

And yes, you will see an improvement, as the OS gets more responsive, since there is no seek time and you dont have to worry about fragmentation like on a HDD.
I do recommend a clean install of windows, make sure ahci is set to on in bios prior to install.

USAFRet · Mar 7, 2018

Crucial MX500 or Samsung 850 EVO, 250GB or 500GB.

However....your current situation - 1tb hdd + optane.

The Optane can only be used with the OS drive, and it does not really help with an SSD.

dreamimpulse · Mar 7, 2018

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TGIW1XG/?tag=pcpapi-20

Does that seem like the best kind of deal I'll be able to find? It's a $60 difference from 250-500 so I will go with the 500 and spend a tiny bit more. That saves me from having to buy another 250 ssd down the road

OR save a bit more money and get
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147594&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

USAFRet · Mar 7, 2018

dreamimpulse :

If your motherboard has an open m.2 SATA port applicable for a SATA based drive, sure.
The regular 2.5" 850 EVO is the same price and performance.
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-500GB-Internal-MZ-76E500B-AM/dp/B0781Z7Y3S

Just a different mounting type.

dreamimpulse · Mar 7, 2018

USAFRet :

Do I need to open my computer to find out which mounting type I have? I could also link the pc I bought:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/alienware-aurora-r7-desktop-intel-core-i7-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1070-1tb-hard-drive-intel-optane-memory-epic-silver/6155310.p?skuId=6155310

USAFRet · Mar 7, 2018

dreamimpulse :

You need to discover exactly what motherboard you have.
That will lead you to what m.2 port is available.

The drive you listed will probably work.
But it is exactly the same performance as a regular 2.5" SATA III SSD.

An NVMe m.2 drive would be faster, but more expensive for the same GB.

Too many people get confused over the m.2 designation. That is not performance, but rather just the connection type.

And again...your 16BG Optane may end up being of no real use.
It is a speedy cache drive, for the OS. And it only helps with an HDD.
It would still work with an SSD, but provide no benefit over having just the SSD.

fry178 · Mar 7, 2018

I would still prefer the MX300 over the 860 evo/MX500, as they are little bit older,
and SSDs die of age (chips) NOT write cycles.

After about 2y, you start to see about 20% of drives to fail because of bad chips,
so having a newer (made) drive would help.

I would get a 256, and replace that in a few years with a 500GB nvme drive, and use the smaller as temp/garbage drive.

USAFRet · Mar 7, 2018

fry178 :

Both the Samsung 860 and the Crucial MX500 are newer than the MX300.

fry178 · Mar 7, 2018

lol, i thought of the 850, not the 860, and mis remembered the mx as m500.

so, yeah, the 300 is the older one..

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