So I ordered a SSD for my older desktop pc. (phenom quad core, 8gb's ram, sata 2). My budget was around $80 and I read a good review on the Crucial m500 so I ordered it. Now I've read some bad reviews on that drive and I'm wondering if I should have ordered the Samsung 840 EVO for $8 more.
Will I see any real world difference between the two drives considering they will be on sata 2?
I'm thinking about ordering the Samsung and sending back the Crucial when it arrives.
Glen, for SATA6 you'd go Samsung 840 over Intel 730's? I've never had a problem with my Cherryville SSD's, just moving to a 500GB and SATA6 since my X79 MB supports it.
I can check into Intel, never used them. Recently installed/used 250GB 540evo and crucial 550 512gb. Cost, capacity and warranty factored too. 840pro prices dropping too (longer warranty). Crucial 550 and newer are very good. Badly reviewed SSDs you must avoid. I've warrantied 4 already by OCZ and 1 kingston...g
M550 crucial 512GB working great in a developer laptop (win7 pro). Very fast and found at decent price at newegg. Great reviews. You are cloning your current drive I assume?
It'll be a reinstall probably, I don't know what cloning is [besides making sheep ]
I always like big brand names like Intel. Samsung would fit that profile, but I already have the Intels and don't care if the Samsung is 40G bigger. I'm only using 190G now so the rest is just headroom.
i'd put crucial m550 & intel at the same level to be honest. they are a major memory supplier for years USA made. Samsung 850pro is the one i'd get if cost is no object. Ultimately cost is an object the use I have for the 512 is that it will be replaced in 2-years proactively anyways.
This is mostly a proactive replacement. I could use a little more space, but it's going on 2 years old.
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