The best SSD

[Subadaga]

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".

[Tymplar]

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.

[KaosC57]

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.

[HyperLord]

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.

[XxSwiftyxX]

x2 on the Samsung Evo's their performance is great and the price is always good!

[AOD_BritishBob]

Recommended SSD List: http://www.overclock.net/t/1179518/s...ecommendedSSDs