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    Need help with sata3 ssd choice

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by silentbam, Dec 15, 2011.

  1. silentbam

    silentbam Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello, i've been following ssd a bit, but not the last 4 months. I have a hm65( sata 3 support), so i would like to go with sata3 of course.

    I would like to know which drive have the best performance, since the spec of manufacturer are with sequential speed and tested with atto, it doesn't give a 100% real world idea for windows usage.

    i conciderer:

    m4... seem to have not best speeds, but great poppularity.

    510... again seem to have really not the best speed, really more expensive for specs,but the best realiability.

    Corsaire force 3 (gt or not)... interesting high speed spec, 180 model affortable

    I'm open to other model. I would like to know little more about real world speed of the three drive also.
     
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  2. JKleiss

    JKleiss Notebook Evangelist

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    Either of the first two, or the samsung 830.
    Stay away from force 3/anything with a sandforce controller ie(almost all OCZs)
     
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  3. silentbam

    silentbam Notebook Enthusiast

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    i knew about ocz but it seem to be not bad with force 3, the gt version with syncronous nand of what i see can offer good random like m4 and really high sequential speed, that why i was concidering it, you would not recommend it since there had a firmware update that seems to got rid of problems?
     
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    gwilled Notebook Deity

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    Do you really need to save an extra second or two here and there with the OCZ that you're willing to sacrifice reliability?

    Just get one of:
    Samsung 830
    Crucial M4
    Intel 510

    The first two are both attainable online for $200 at reputable retailers.
     
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  6. silentbam

    silentbam Notebook Enthusiast

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    from what i see intel 520 gonna be sandforce controller so, it isn't that realiable... the only thing that sounds bad to me it is that intel do not make product... i wonder if it will suffer from sandforce.

    the 510 and m4 have low sequential but its not real life utility for most of time... that might explain why they are still good drive.

    i read about samsung 830 it seems to be reliable, better or equal to m4

    i'm unsure about 510 performance in comparison 520, m4 and 830.... is it a good drive in real world usage, i mean good as m4 and 830? the price is somewhat expensive when you compare it with other drive... what justify the price?
     
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    gwilled Notebook Deity

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    Are you using this in the laptop in your sig? What are you using the SSD for that is so highly performance critical?

    If this is an everyday, general work and play laptop then I don't think you need to stress over the differences between them. If you store large databases on them or something, maybe it matters, but for normal everyday things buy whichever of these is the most cost-effective. Otherwise, you'll end up meticulously comparing Lamborghinis to Ferraris when they are both worlds better than a Camry already.
     
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    If I was going with an aftermarket SSD I would go Intel. Can't beat the reliability, and to me that's WAY more important then a tad more speed. After you get over a certain amount it becomes less apparent. Going from a non SSD at lets say 100MB to an ssd at almost 450-500 is a HUGE increase, that extra 40-50MB you won't notice.
     
    kamiraa, Dec 15, 2011
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    silentbam Notebook Enthusiast

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    yes it's for my i7 laptop, i would not see lot of improvement between a 25 mb/s 4k vs 50 you mean?
     
    silentbam, Dec 15, 2011
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