samsung 470 vs. 830...

anything anybody has something notable worth mentioning about these two drives? i did some research the other day so i know it's sata II and III but i'm more concerned about stability, how it runs in a sager np5160/clevo 150hn, does it allow computer to go into standby, etc. anybody owned both and can verify how noticeable the battery life hit is between the two? i'm pissed. the intel 320 has been ok, great on battery when i need it to be, but a couple problems driving me up the wall and the fact i need a drive that can run in a usb 3.0 enclosure and i think the intel 320's saving grace right now is it is a good candidate to do that. but right now it is also a good candidate to throw into a wall. i'd rather have a sata III drive but my heart isn't set on it. it will be 256gb. i could make do with 128, but naaaah. they're both about the same price if you can still find a 256gb 470, but i would rather have battery life than speed. and stability and being able to go into standby trumps all. let the topic begin.

 

when I tried to decide for myself I went with the 470, but cant remember why exactly. Will have to dig up some reviews to remind myself, lol.

 

they both seem to be good. 830 is obviously going to be faster. i didn't come across anything specific about battery life. just comments like "it uses more juice" or "it's a battery hog" with out anything to illustrate how hungry it is. i also need it to go into standby reliably. i hate, and i mean hate waking up to my laptop sitting at just right before shutdown state with cpu and fan running. thankfully my usb fan still runs so no overheat. and i was thinking if i do move my intel 320 to external status, i could probably make due with 128gb because there is a lot of stuff i could relegate externally because usb3.0 doesn't play around.

 

geez. nobody?

 

If you are looking stability + fine performance + value for money then go for 830 only the power consumption is higher than M4 even 830 128 GB or 256 I don't remember the exact capacity beats M4 in performance. If you like to buy intel the 510 series is also good option it expensive.

 

thanks nightmare. after some consideration, i am thinking about buying two 128gb 470's. one for internal and one for external. obviously. 128gb externally would give me lots of overhead for external drive and i would partition it. i can get two for a little over $300 and hopefully make half that back up selling the intel. sucks because i want an sata III drive, performance of course, but honestly i am very happy with the performance of sata II drives. and i think the 470 would do better running off the 900 ma usb3.0 provides than an 830. i can't find any hard data saying 830 will straight usb3.0 power.

 

I am very happy with my 470, boot times are < 15 sec

 

I am also happy with my 470. I have had 3 BSODs while using it but I cannot confirm whether it was the SSDs fault or some other piece of hardware. When it did happen though, my computer would start right back up afterwards and my data was always there, not corrupted or damaged what so ever. It wasn't good to see that happen but overall my 470, being my first SSD, was a solid choice. When I purchased my 470, the 830 had only been announced and my laptop then, was only SATAII capable so I figured I would just settle and upgrade when I upgraded my laptop.

Well, I upgraded my laptop and now my Asus U24E is capped at SATAII (even though it has a Cougar Point M controller capable of SATAIII). This issue has been address over at the U24E's owners' lounge and is reportedly being fixed via an updated BIOS release due to come out soon. Many of us complained about this to Asus so hopefully they heard us and will come thru on their side.

Back to the 470. I have been using my 470 on the U24E since November 22nd. Most, if not all, the BSODs have occured with this computer and not so much my HP DV5 from the past that i can remember. This SSD boots in about 18 seconds from the time i press the ON button to the time the windows desktop shows up. Shutting down is also very fast, i want to say less than 10 seconds. When I close the lid, the SSD/computer goes to sleep as it normally did when it had an HDD. I've never had a problem with that. Also if I walk away from the computer and I left it on, it will go to sleep after a few minutes and when I come back, itll start right back up almost instantly. I don't know if thats what you meant by "standby" but I dont think you need to worry about sleep/wakeup/hibernate issues with the 470 (or the 830 although i cannot confirm but from my experience im betting it works just fine too). I will rarely put my SSD to hibernate, only when I have no choice and to save battery power, because I read hibernate can cause unnecessary writes that can prematurely wear it out. Sometimes I notice the SSD taking slower to start up from a restart or shut down but thats when i notice more write activity from the status led (probably because of updates being applied). But I also notice the speed differences because i have gotten so use to my SSD being so fast (in comparison to an HDD), that even a few extra seconds is now noticable to me. I don't think I will ever go back to an HDD as my primary storage device and i recommend an SSD to all computer users.

I really want to try out the 830 with a computer that has SATAIII working perfectly in the near future. Coming from the 470, I know it can only get better with the 830!

 

i already got a 470. works great so far. goes to sleep all the time everytime. seems to handle smaller files better too than intel 320. very pleased with it.

 

I'm also in the market for an SSD upgrade, I thought I'd buy a Samsung 470 256GB SSD, it's nice to get some positive feedback.

 

well, so far so good. i haven't got any bsod or glitches from the 470. as a consolation prize, the intel 320 i have is working great as an external storage solution, and external virtual box for my ubuntu installation.