Hey was just wondering what are the best valued SSD cards out there on the market at the moment, and what are the best/reliable brands? and where do you purchase them.
Crucial, Samsung, and Intel are currently rated as the most reliable. OCZ also have reliable drives. Best value is going to be whatever is on sale, as they are clearing stock on last years models to make way for the new technology.
Samsung is the most reliable. I've never heard of anyone having a problem. They've won contracts with OEMs like Dell and Apple, which says a lot for their trustworthiness.
Intel and Crucial are almost perfect. They're probably safe; each of these has had exactly one problem in their history, as far as I know. My own system uses an Intel X25-M G2 and it's worked perfectly for two years so far.
Most of the other brands have multiple had issues. Performance loss, blue screens, etc. Sandforce-based SSDs are notorious for having extremely high speeds and more problems than any other design.
You probably don't have to worry much about performance. Differences show up in benchmarks, but in day-to-day usage I doubt you could tell any difference
I buy most of my computer hardware, SSDs included, from Newegg. But many places carry them.
Remember this: SSD's are fast because of their access times, not their throughput (speed). We're talking 0.1 microseconds compared to 6+ milliseconds on hard disks.
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all advice is greatly appreciated.
Intel and Crucial are almost perfect. They're probably safe; each of these has had exactly one problem in their history, as far as I know. My own system uses an Intel X25-M G2 and it's worked perfectly for two years so far.
Most of the other brands have multiple had issues. Performance loss, blue screens, etc. Sandforce-based SSDs are notorious for having extremely high speeds and more problems than any other design.
You probably don't have to worry much about performance. Differences show up in benchmarks, but in day-to-day usage I doubt you could tell any difference
I buy most of my computer hardware, SSDs included, from Newegg. But many places carry them.