Most reliable ssd that isn't too expensive?

[amuffin]

What is the most reliable ssd for a system that will only be used for the internet and watching youtube videos that is under $100. I have heard intel makes one of the most reliable ssd's but I really am not sure

 

[inzone]

There is not a very big selection of SSD's for $100 or less mostly 40gb and a few 60 -64gb. What are you going to be using it for?

Corsair Force Series 3 CSSD-F60GB3A-BK 2.5" 60GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
$99.99 and a $10 rebate makes it $89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233223

This one has very good read/writes and has very good feedback as well.

Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2CCA 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) with Transfer Kit
$94.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148447

This one has average read speed and slow write speed but excellent feedback.
I guess it would help to know what the SSD is to be used for. If it is the OS drive then it is kind of small and you will have to be constantly monitoring the capacity so as to not get it too full. I have used a 64gb SSD as the OS drive and it was full in no time with updates and upgrades and was forever moving files. Untill I got a larger SSD.

 

[kajabla]

Here we are. $110, but it's the second-most-reliable thing around after Intel, and Intel's selling 40gb drives at this price range. Samsung 830 64gb: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147133

 

[amuffin]

Said above, watching youtube videos and surfing the internet. Will not be downloading anything, just surfing the interwebs

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Of the ones listed above I would get the Samsung > Crucial > Corsair.

Also as was said above it's going to suck having a C: drive less than 90-100GB. I would save some money and get a Samsung 830 128Gb drive so you don't have to micromanage it.

 

[amuffin]

Actually let's make the budget $150

 

[duxducis]

let me just note, if not going to fallow SSD guide and willing to make some windows changes, 60 or 64gb will not cut it, windows (7) will use up the drive faster then imagine,
best target is to get 120gb or 128 version of SSD most popular and you can get on sale for ~100$

 

[amuffin]

I see, so which drive would you recommend?

 

[duxducis]

lots of companies assemble SSD's now day's they all use chips from few factories it's not like every "company" make there own,
aData, OCZ, Crucial, Kingston, Patriot are all good pick's
compared to rest big guns that make and sell like (Samsung, Intel)

Personally i have 4 aData ssd (not to mention tons of there ram) in my computers at home and so far year past no problems at all, just need to buy more lol

 

[kajabla]

amuffin's been around here long enough to follow the SSD guide, I think. Just turn off Hibernate, shrink the pagefile, etc. 120gb would definitely be nice, but I honestly think you can just save your money if you're really going to do what you say.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Hard to beat this for the price. Only on sale for a short time. 128GB M4 for $150.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148442&cm_sp=Cat_SSD-_-72_Hr_Sale-_-20-148-442

 

[inzone]

If you are going to stick with what you have said about the way you intend to use your new SSD then a 80gb Intel SSD would be ok to go with. Even when SSD's first came out the Intel drives were the most reliable and though very expensive you just had no problems. The trade off it seems is that they have always had slower read/write speeds and thats what lends to being very reliable. So by upping your budget you can now get this 80gb Intel SSD for $150;

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167047

 

[game junky]

I agree with Inzone - I currently have a 64GB crucial in my work laptop that was leftover from a project. It's quick enough to be a substantial improvement over a HDD and I don't have to worry about compatability issues with Intel's RST driver.

You'll need to do the usual tweaks:

disable hibernate/sleep, check power settings to make sure Hard Drive will never turn off unless the computer is turned off, disable defrag scheduling, confirm AHCI is enabled in BIOS when you install OS, etc.)

Other than that, it's beautiful. I have installed them in 20+ laptops from 2 different manufacturers and 7+ different seres of laptops and they all have worked great.

In my desktop at home, I use a 120 GB Intel 520 but that's twice your budget. If OCZ could get their stuff together and make their Sandforce controlled drives more reliable, I would say go with them. Lots of speed, but currently struggling with reliability. I RMA'd several before I gave up on them.

 

[amuffin]

Well I have a 5% off coupon at microcenter and unfortuenatly they don't have any of the 310 intel ssd's, is there anyone you guys would get out of these? http://www.microcenter.com/search/search_results.phtml?N=4294945779+39

 

[nikorr]

What is the most reliable ssd for a system that will only be used for the internet and watching youtube videos that is under $100. I have heard intel makes one of the most reliable ssd's but I really am not sure

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227757&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL022312&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL022312-_-EMC-022312-Index-_-SSD-_-20227757-L03B
$89.99 after mail-in rebate card

 

[nikorr]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147133
$109.99

 

[amuffin]

How does that compare to this one? http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0381969

 

[nikorr]

How does that compare to this one? http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0381969

The Petrol is just fine, it is lower end of the OCZ line, bit slower, but not really noticeable and give u more GB per $$$ : )

 

[inzone]

http://www.microcenter.com/search/compare_products.phtml?search_id=709d2e2e383c65d71732b1be54820189

Of the SSD's that you listed I would look at choosing from these.

 

[amuffin]

No products found^^
@nikorr do you know the lifetime of the petrol? Or give an estimation?

 

[game junky]

The Samsung 830 are pretty good drives - they're almost as reliable and fast as the Intel 520 series. That's what Dell installs for SSDs in their laptops and you better believe they did some serious testing to get the best bang for their buck. Cheap and reliable will be Crucial. Cheap and fast would be OCZ but you make sure to back up your data daily. Samsung is mid-range speed, mid-range price and reliability. Intel is fast and reliable but expensive

 

[amuffin]

Can you back up to an external 1tb drive?

 

[nikorr]

Can you back up to an external 1tb drive?

Yes.

 

[nikorr]

@nikorr do you know the lifetime of the petrol? Or give an estimation?

It is the newest one, so it will outlast most others, but the chances are that u will buy few years later new one much faster and much larger.

 

[nikorr]

Hey amuffin, I understand, that u want the best and fastest and most reliable SSD, but u need to have protected your PC from the surges of the electricity.

Have something like this or better and u don't have to deal with dead components.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16842102069

Or this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812120404