best SSD drive for under 250USD?

remixedcat · Jul 30, 2011, 05:58 PM

I finally have a budget and I want to get an SSD drive that would cost under 250USD.

it can be an SLC or an MLC.

would like at least 40GB

this is going to be for the OS only mostly and mabye a few programs.... not gonna store regular files on it.

LAN_deRf_HA · Jul 30, 2011, 06:05 PM

$250 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227706

$215 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148442

Imhoteps · Jul 30, 2011, 06:13 PM

Crucial m4 128 GB is about USD 230. Note 256 Gb version shows 260 Mbps write performance (175 Mbps for 128Gb version). Read performance is the same tho for both Crucials.

If you can spend approx USD 300, then OCZ Vertex 2 180 is "must have"-thing.

MRCL · Jul 30, 2011, 06:17 PM

The 180gb OCZ Vertex 2 really is a nice investion, I have one myself for games.

As for the OS drive, I use an OCZ Vertex 2 64gb, Should also be in your budget.

remixedcat · Jul 30, 2011, 06:31 PM

the ocz has soem shaky reviews....hmmmmmm but thanks very much guys! that's pretty good for the price.

LAN_deRf_HA · Jul 30, 2011, 06:40 PM

OCZ has the fastest SSDs. The trade off is a higher failure rate. Up to you whether or not it's worth the risk on an OS drive. I just got an M4 256 for $352 since newegg had a discount code for people who shop there a lot.

crazyeyesreaper · Jul 30, 2011, 07:12 PM

look for the Corsair Force series they take on OCZ in speed and they cost less

Corsair Performance 3 Series CSSD-P3128GB2-BRKT 2....
up to 450mb/s read 210mb/s write $229

Corsair Force Series GT CSSD-F120GBGT-BK 2.5" 120G...
up to 555mb/s read 515mb/s write $259

RejZoR · Jul 30, 2011, 07:15 PM

For $290 you can get Corsair Force 3 120GB. Fast and cheap drive. You could get smaller versions for even less.

crazyeyesreaper · Jul 30, 2011, 07:28 PM

he can get a Force GT 3m thats just as fast as anything OCZ has for $259 as i linked above ^

remixedcat · Jul 30, 2011, 07:47 PM

I'm seeing a lot of BSODs with the corsair drives have any of you had those? also some of the reviews were also saying the BIOS boot was messed up as well.

LAN_deRf_HA · Jul 30, 2011, 07:52 PM

When looking at complaints on SSDs try to see if they're talking about laptops or desktops. There seems to be a lot of issues that pertain to certain laptop brands but not the desktop.

kid41212003 · Jul 30, 2011, 08:44 PM

If you want reliability, you should pick Intel 510 SSD.

I'm using one atm, and I didn't even have to reinstall my OS because Intel has a utility called Intel SSD Toolbox which helps you move your OS from your old drive and optimizes your SSD (TRIM).

remixedcat · Jul 30, 2011, 08:47 PM

I got AMD CPU and nvidia chipset on an M2N-SLI also if that helps anyone.....

LAN_deRf_HA · Jul 31, 2011, 03:06 AM

I don't think Intel is quite as reliable as it was last gen. Most likely due to the third party controller.

kid41212003 · Jul 31, 2011, 03:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LAN_deRf_HA

I don't think Intel is quite as reliable as it was last gen. Most likely due to the third party controller.

Your claim is baseless.

The controller in which Intel WAS having problem with is the 320 series, and those chips were actually Intel's ironically.

xenocide · Jul 31, 2011, 03:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LAN_deRf_HA

When looking at complaints on SSDs try to see if they're talking about laptops or desktops. There seems to be a lot of issues that pertain to certain laptop brands but not the desktop.

I find even more of the complaints center on PCI-express SSD cards, but those probably wouldn't pop up if he were searching for exact models. I second CrazyEye's recomendation, although that Intel app I've heard about for ghosting a whole OS setup sounds pretty damn handy.

LAN_deRf_HA · Jul 31, 2011, 03:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kid41212003

Your claim is baseless.

The controller in which Intel WAS having problem with is the 320 series, and those chips were actually Intel's ironically.

What 320 problem? I was speaking generally. The new sata III Intel drives generally have 4 egg reviews. The old sata IIs have 5 egg reviews.

xenocide · Jul 31, 2011, 03:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LAN_deRf_HA

What 320 problem? I was speaking generally. The new sata III Intel drives generally have 4 egg reviews. The old sata IIs have 5 egg reviews.

Newegg reviews are terrible for judging stuff like that. People will give a product a 1/5 review because UPS took a week to get it to them, or it's missing a feature that it never claimed to have. I have seen some of the most ridiculous stuff listed in the Con's section on there. Also, almost every motherboard has a 4-Egg review for some odd reason. I would go so far as to say 4\5 Egg are basically the same damn thing. As long as it's more than 2 you're fine.

LAN_deRf_HA · Jul 31, 2011, 09:26 AM

Having actually read the one egg reviews I'd have to say that's not the case. I don't get people that can't utilize newegg reviews. Yes some suck, so use your brain and adapt your analysis of the data to compensate. It's still very useful for looking at the overall quality of the product. I really wouldn't recommend buying a product that hits as low as 3 eggs on newegg unless there's only a few reviews.

Anyways why are we even discussing reliability on an OS drive? Just get something fast and don't worry about it. I think even at it's worst OCZ's failure rate is 3%. Just buy whatever is fastest.

remixedcat · Jul 31, 2011, 02:25 PM

soooo...

OCZ or Corsair??? or Intel.... hmmmmmm...... I have a few months to decide (getting it and a new GPU for skyrim)

crazyeyesreaper · Jul 31, 2011, 03:42 PM

id take corsair just for the ease of RMA,

all the MTBF and specs they have on these things are just educated guesses, so ill take the easy replacment with the 3 year warranty of the Corsair unit.

remixedcat · Jul 31, 2011, 06:33 PM

This'll be my first SSD so I want it to be a good first impression. Thanks all. I may go with Corsair for the RMA process.

TheOne · Aug 1, 2011, 02:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by remixedcat

This'll be my first SSD so I want it to be a good first impression. Thanks all. I may go with Corsair for the RMA process.

If you dont want to take a chance on the drive working stick with Marvell based drives as SandForces current controllers are very buggy and is the reason why OCZ's Solid 3, Agility 3 and Vertex 3 are having so much trouble, as well as Corsair's Force 3 and Force GT. Corsair is working with SandForce to try and find a solution, and OCZ is releasing new F/W trying to increase the stability. It should also be mentioned that Marvell SATA controllers as well as Intel SATA controllers have the most trouble with the drives and that AMD boards seem to be more stable, but can still have problems. Marvell based drives are also slower than SandForce drives.

As for Corsair's RMA process, from my experience, avoid it, others may have had a good experience, but mine so far has been terrible.

freaksavior · Aug 1, 2011, 02:32 AM

I have an 80gb intel 320 Intel 320 Series SSDSA2CW080G310 2.5" 80GB SATA II... and it's fast. real fast but there are others. I vote crucial m4

Hotobu · Aug 1, 2011, 06:04 PM

Don't know why no one mentioned this one. ADATA S511 Series AS511S3-120GM-C 2.5" 120GB SATA ...

I simply don't trust the OCZ and Corsair drives.

Jul 30, 2011, 05:58 PM	#1
remixedcat Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,179 (1.07/day) Thanks: 754 Thanked 248 Times in 190 Posts System Specs	best SSD drive for under 250USD? I finally have a budget and I want to get an SSD drive that would cost under 250USD. it can be an SLC or an MLC. would like at least 40GB this is going to be for the OS only mostly and mabye a few programs.... not gonna store regular files on it. __________________ System:Intel i5 3570K @ 3.4Ghz//ASRock Z77 Pro3//Coolemaster Hyper 212 Evo//16GB Corsair XMS3//EVGA Nvidia GTX 650Ti SSC 1GB//128GB Samsung 840 SSD/1.5TB Seagate HDD//Antec Three Hundred Two//620w Antec High Current Gamer HCG-620M//Windows Server 2012 x64 Standard Misc:Samsung SyncMaster P2350 23in@1920x1080+LG Flatron 19in 1440x900//IoSafe Fireproof ext 500GB HDD//Amped Wireless R20000G high power router//APC BackUPS XS1000 UPS Websites: AGNXNetworks//RemixedCat's Place Of Meow Blog

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Jul 30, 2011, 06:13 PM	#3
Imhoteps Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: LV Posts: 78 (0.05/day) Thanks: 23 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Crucial m4 128 GB is about USD 230. Note 256 Gb version shows 260 Mbps write performance (175 Mbps for 128Gb version). Read performance is the same tho for both Crucials. If you can spend approx USD 300, then OCZ Vertex 2 180 is "must have"-thing. __________________ Life is too short to remove USB devices safely

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Jul 30, 2011, 06:05 PM	#2
LAN_deRf_HA Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4,016 (2.14/day) Thanks: 290 Thanked 831 Times in 588 Posts System Specs	$250 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227706 $215 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148442

Jul 30, 2011, 06:17 PM	#4
MRCL Join Date: May 2008 Location: Switzerland, Heart of Europe Posts: 3,798 (2.09/day) Thanks: 340 Thanked 862 Times in 705 Posts System Specs	The 180gb OCZ Vertex 2 really is a nice investion, I have one myself for games. As for the OS drive, I use an OCZ Vertex 2 64gb, Should also be in your budget. __________________ [I.R.A.] FBi I wouldnt buy toilet paper from MSI as it may be missing the preforations

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Jul 30, 2011, 06:31 PM	#5
remixedcat Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,179 (1.07/day) Thanks: 754 Thanked 248 Times in 190 Posts System Specs	the ocz has soem shaky reviews....hmmmmmm but thanks very much guys! that's pretty good for the price. __________________ System:Intel i5 3570K @ 3.4Ghz//ASRock Z77 Pro3//Coolemaster Hyper 212 Evo//16GB Corsair XMS3//EVGA Nvidia GTX 650Ti SSC 1GB//128GB Samsung 840 SSD/1.5TB Seagate HDD//Antec Three Hundred Two//620w Antec High Current Gamer HCG-620M//Windows Server 2012 x64 Standard Misc:Samsung SyncMaster P2350 23in@1920x1080+LG Flatron 19in 1440x900//IoSafe Fireproof ext 500GB HDD//Amped Wireless R20000G high power router//APC BackUPS XS1000 UPS Websites: AGNXNetworks//RemixedCat's Place Of Meow Blog

Jul 30, 2011, 06:40 PM	#6
LAN_deRf_HA Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4,016 (2.14/day) Thanks: 290 Thanked 831 Times in 588 Posts System Specs	OCZ has the fastest SSDs. The trade off is a higher failure rate. Up to you whether or not it's worth the risk on an OS drive. I just got an M4 256 for $352 since newegg had a discount code for people who shop there a lot.

Jul 30, 2011, 07:12 PM	#7
crazyeyesreaper Chief Broken Rig Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: 04578 Posts: 6,011 (3.96/day) Thanks: 760 Thanked 2,219 Times in 1,556 Posts System Specs	look for the Corsair Force series they take on OCZ in speed and they cost less Corsair Performance 3 Series CSSD-P3128GB2-BRKT 2.... up to 450mb/s read 210mb/s write $229 Corsair Force Series GT CSSD-F120GBGT-BK 2.5" 120G... up to 555mb/s read 515mb/s write $259 Last edited by crazyeyesreaper; Jul 30, 2011 at 07:29 PM.

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Jul 30, 2011, 07:28 PM	#9
crazyeyesreaper Chief Broken Rig Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: 04578 Posts: 6,011 (3.96/day) Thanks: 760 Thanked 2,219 Times in 1,556 Posts System Specs	he can get a Force GT 3m thats just as fast as anything OCZ has for $259 as i linked above ^

Jul 30, 2011, 07:47 PM	#10
remixedcat Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,179 (1.07/day) Thanks: 754 Thanked 248 Times in 190 Posts System Specs	I'm seeing a lot of BSODs with the corsair drives have any of you had those? also some of the reviews were also saying the BIOS boot was messed up as well. __________________ System:Intel i5 3570K @ 3.4Ghz//ASRock Z77 Pro3//Coolemaster Hyper 212 Evo//16GB Corsair XMS3//EVGA Nvidia GTX 650Ti SSC 1GB//128GB Samsung 840 SSD/1.5TB Seagate HDD//Antec Three Hundred Two//620w Antec High Current Gamer HCG-620M//Windows Server 2012 x64 Standard Misc:Samsung SyncMaster P2350 23in@1920x1080+LG Flatron 19in 1440x900//IoSafe Fireproof ext 500GB HDD//Amped Wireless R20000G high power router//APC BackUPS XS1000 UPS Websites: AGNXNetworks//RemixedCat's Place Of Meow Blog

Jul 30, 2011, 07:52 PM	#11
LAN_deRf_HA Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4,016 (2.14/day) Thanks: 290 Thanked 831 Times in 588 Posts System Specs	When looking at complaints on SSDs try to see if they're talking about laptops or desktops. There seems to be a lot of issues that pertain to certain laptop brands but not the desktop.

Jul 30, 2011, 08:44 PM	#12
kid41212003 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: California Posts: 2,558 (1.43/day) Thanks: 312 Thanked 533 Times in 435 Posts System Specs	If you want reliability, you should pick Intel 510 SSD. I'm using one atm, and I didn't even have to reinstall my OS because Intel has a utility called Intel SSD Toolbox which helps you move your OS from your old drive and optimizes your SSD (TRIM). __________________

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Jul 31, 2011, 03:06 AM	#14
LAN_deRf_HA Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4,016 (2.14/day) Thanks: 290 Thanked 831 Times in 588 Posts System Specs	I don't think Intel is quite as reliable as it was last gen. Most likely due to the third party controller.

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Jul 31, 2011, 09:26 AM	#19
LAN_deRf_HA Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4,016 (2.14/day) Thanks: 290 Thanked 831 Times in 588 Posts System Specs	Having actually read the one egg reviews I'd have to say that's not the case. I don't get people that can't utilize newegg reviews. Yes some suck, so use your brain and adapt your analysis of the data to compensate. It's still very useful for looking at the overall quality of the product. I really wouldn't recommend buying a product that hits as low as 3 eggs on newegg unless there's only a few reviews. Anyways why are we even discussing reliability on an OS drive? Just get something fast and don't worry about it. I think even at it's worst OCZ's failure rate is 3%. Just buy whatever is fastest.

Jul 31, 2011, 02:25 PM	#20
remixedcat Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,179 (1.07/day) Thanks: 754 Thanked 248 Times in 190 Posts System Specs	soooo... OCZ or Corsair??? or Intel.... hmmmmmm...... I have a few months to decide (getting it and a new GPU for skyrim) __________________ System:Intel i5 3570K @ 3.4Ghz//ASRock Z77 Pro3//Coolemaster Hyper 212 Evo//16GB Corsair XMS3//EVGA Nvidia GTX 650Ti SSC 1GB//128GB Samsung 840 SSD/1.5TB Seagate HDD//Antec Three Hundred Two//620w Antec High Current Gamer HCG-620M//Windows Server 2012 x64 Standard Misc:Samsung SyncMaster P2350 23in@1920x1080+LG Flatron 19in 1440x900//IoSafe Fireproof ext 500GB HDD//Amped Wireless R20000G high power router//APC BackUPS XS1000 UPS Websites: AGNXNetworks//RemixedCat's Place Of Meow Blog

Jul 31, 2011, 03:42 PM	#21
crazyeyesreaper Chief Broken Rig Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: 04578 Posts: 6,011 (3.96/day) Thanks: 760 Thanked 2,219 Times in 1,556 Posts System Specs	id take corsair just for the ease of RMA, all the MTBF and specs they have on these things are just educated guesses, so ill take the easy replacment with the 3 year warranty of the Corsair unit.

Jul 31, 2011, 06:33 PM	#22
remixedcat Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,179 (1.07/day) Thanks: 754 Thanked 248 Times in 190 Posts System Specs	This'll be my first SSD so I want it to be a good first impression. Thanks all. I may go with Corsair for the RMA process. __________________ System:Intel i5 3570K @ 3.4Ghz//ASRock Z77 Pro3//Coolemaster Hyper 212 Evo//16GB Corsair XMS3//EVGA Nvidia GTX 650Ti SSC 1GB//128GB Samsung 840 SSD/1.5TB Seagate HDD//Antec Three Hundred Two//620w Antec High Current Gamer HCG-620M//Windows Server 2012 x64 Standard Misc:Samsung SyncMaster P2350 23in@1920x1080+LG Flatron 19in 1440x900//IoSafe Fireproof ext 500GB HDD//Amped Wireless R20000G high power router//APC BackUPS XS1000 UPS Websites: AGNXNetworks//RemixedCat's Place Of Meow Blog

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Aug 1, 2011, 02:32 AM	#24
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Aug 1, 2011, 06:04 PM	#25
Hotobu Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 270 (0.39/day) Thanks: 16 Thanked 39 Times in 32 Posts System Specs	Don't know why no one mentioned this one. ADATA S511 Series AS511S3-120GM-C 2.5" 120GB SATA ... I simply don't trust the OCZ and Corsair drives.

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