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Samsung, Zotac, Adata, Corsair, Kingston you name it, there are tons of SSD brands.
But my question is, what are other features I should look after when buying an SSD apart from Speed? for example, what is this flops things or the Vnand Sandforce 4D things that they call a "controller".
The standard form factor SSDs (2.5") leverage the aging SATA 6G interface. That caps out at a throughput of, you guessed it, 6 Gbps.
The m.2 interface was a step in the right direction, but was still limited to 6 Gbps throughput.
The fastest, most cutting-edge storage available in consumer PCs at the moment are the newer m.2 NVMExpress chips. The leverage on-board capabilities of the Intel X99 (Haswell-E and upcoming Broadwell-E CPUs) and Z170 chipsets (Skylake CPUs) to use the PCI-E 3.0 x4 bus with far more throughput capabilites (up to 32 Gbps).
I have the 256 GB Samsung 950 Pro and I love it. Pretty darn fast.
The other primary technology assocaited with SSDs / NVME is v-NAND/ 3D-NAND (vertical stacking of cells on a chip vs. spread out flat). It's mainly intended to allow for much larger capacities on a single chip and higher performing at the same time (as data passes through a vertical channel vs. from cell to cell across the surface of the chip). Improvements to write endurance are there as well, but believe me...write endurance with SSDs hasn't been a problem since from right around the time they went mainstream.
Ok, there's 3 types of SSD's right now.
2.5" SATA SSD's which are by far the most common, and old. They have a max throughput of 6 Gb/s (There's a difference between GB and Gb)
M.2 SSD's which are quite new, and have a similar througput to the SATA SSD's, BUT they take up PCI-E lanes. So, you have to make sure you are not overstraining you're CPU's PCI-E lane limit.
PCI-E SSD's, they are REALLY expensive, but are the fastest (IIRC).
If you are going for an SSD, my first choice is Samsung. Intel and MyDigitalSSD are both great options too.
Samsung 2.5" Evos are really nice. They come with software called "Samsung Magician" and it optimizes your SSD's performance. I run my OS on a 850 EVO and couldn't be happier.
x2 on the Samsung Evo's their performance is great and the price is always good!
Recommended SSD List: http://www.overclock.net/t/1179518/s...ecommendedSSDs
Yep, I've had a Samsung ssd in my system for 4+ years and still running like a champ.
I currently have an ADATA SSD, Zotac and Samsung SSD's. (bought them a long time ago)
I never had any problems with these SSD's but Samsung seems to be the best one and Adata/Zotac the cheaper ones (The quality is not bad though)
Possibly I'll be getting a Samsung 840EVO 512GB and finally get rid of HDD's.
I haven't tried any others, but the Samsung EVOs are great! My PC boots in about 10 seconds or under. I have a Samsung 850 EVO 500GB and 250GB, both are great and quick!
Always bought Samsung 2.5" SSDs, never had a problem.
I generally check with Tomshardware.com for their evaluations. Samsung seems to be the best choice...but I'm always on a budget that puts them out of my price range.
I just bought my first SSD a few days ago. I went with the Samsung 850 Pro 256GB. It isn't exactly top of the line anymore, but quite a bit cheaper (though still much pricier than budget options). It cost me 120 dollars, which seemed very expensive to me, but after a bit of research it seemed that they contained the best quality component parts and the 10 year warranty compared to the 5 for the EVO models convinced me. I'm a big fan of long warranties on items I've never used before.
My Intel 750 PCIe ssd 400GB was the best component I have ever bought. Windows installs in 5 minutes or so, and I am always the first to load game maps. Well worth the money.
Samsung EVO's - every hardware and tech site on the net has basically approved them for entry-level to advanced gaming. One of those really good pieces of tech for a really good price. They're popular for a reason - because they're good and reliable.
If money is no object - Texas Memory Systems Ram San 500
Can't go wrong with Samsung's, reliable , fast, good price/performance.
Possible choices: http://pc4u.org/best-ssd/
Interesting tech specs on the 850 Evo vs. Pro. Evo uses 2x as much power while in use, with lower IOPS and R/W speed...Quote:
Originally Posted by kirk
I got a 500 GB + 250 GB Samsung 850 Pro Series installed.
Mainly i got the Pro and not the Evo version because of 10 years warranty.
Vnand is nice to have but can't really notice a huge difference..
So far so good, SSDs working properly since summer last year + they're pretty reasonably priced, would definitely buy them again!
Cheers
kajakolima