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Need help choosing an SSD

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Chaos_21 CLASSIFIED Member Total Posts : 4524 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2005/10/26 17:37:36 Location: Redding, Ca Status: offline Ribbons : 10 2014/10/25 13:41:30 (permalink) Performance, reliability, and of course cost are the factors. I have narrowed down the search to a Samsung EVO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147247 or Intel 530 series: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167180 I could use a SSD drive bay adapter too. Any advice would be great guys.....thanks. ASUS TUF Gaming Z690-Intel Core i9-12900K- EVGA 360 CLC Cooler-Corsair Vengeance 4 x 16GB 3200mhz-2TB Solidigm P41 Plus M.2 SSD--Three 1TB 970 EVO SSD's-EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 ULTRA-Corsair HX1000i-Windows 11 64bit-Corsair iCUE 5000X RGB Case. Steam Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chaos_21 Use my associate code: JBGVM12HDYDJPIM to get 5%-10% discount on EVGA purchases. #1 10 Replies Related Threads
SirJamesDTech CLASSIFIED Member Total Posts : 4253 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2008/12/09 13:55:46 Location: USA AFFILIATE CODE R2WIYPJ5QM Status: offline Ribbons : 46 Re: Need help choosing an SSD 2014/10/25 14:25:48 (permalink) Out of those two, go for the EVO all day. Though you might want to hold for a week or so because supposedly the 850 EVO is coming. Asus Maximus VII Hero Z97 \| i7-4790K Devil's Canyon @ 4.4GHz \| Corsair H105 \| EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 \| Samsung 850 Pro 256GB, Samsung 840 EVO 1TB, SanDisk Ultra II 480 GB SSD \| 16GB Dominator GT DDR3 2000 @ 2400 \| EVGA 850W G2 Full Modular \| Acer Predator 27" IPS 1440p 144Hz G-Sync \| Creative Sound Blaster Z \| Audio-Technica ATH-M50X Headphones \| Razer Blackwidow Chroma RGB Mechanical Keyboard \| Corsair 760T Full Tower #2
Sajin EVGA Forum Moderator Total Posts : 49165 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2010/06/07 21:11:51 Location: Texas, USA. Status: online Ribbons : 199 Re: Need help choosing an SSD 2014/10/25 15:15:02 (permalink) Out of the two you listed the Intel would be more reliable and most consistent. See my current build here: https://forums.evga.com/My-bench-rig-unlimited-power-m3596024.aspx RTX 2080 Ti 4-way SLI?!?!: https://forums.evga.com/RTX-2080-Ti-4way-SLi-set-by-yours-truly-m2954756.aspx #3
RainStryke The Advocate Total Posts : 15872 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2007/07/19 19:26:55 Location: Kansas Status: offline Ribbons : 60 Re: Need help choosing an SSD 2014/10/25 16:36:23 (permalink) Too bad you missed the shell shocker deal, they had that Intel 530 240GB for about the same price as the 120GB just yesterday. I'd get the Intel. Main PC \| Secondary PC Intel i9 10900K \| Intel i7 9700K MSI MEG Z490 ACE \| Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Master ASUS TUF RTX 3090 \| NVIDIA RTX 2070 Super 32GB G.Skill Trident Z Royal 4000MHz CL18 \| 32GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB 4266MHz CL17 SuperFlower Platinum SE 1200w \| Seasonic X-1250 Samsung EVO 970 1TB and Crucial P5 1TB \| Intel 760p 1TB and Crucial MX100 512GB Cougar Vortex CF-V12HPB x9 \| Cougar Vortex CF-V12SPB-RGB x5 3DMark Results:Time Spy\|Port Royal #4
Chaos_21 CLASSIFIED Member Total Posts : 4524 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2005/10/26 17:37:36 Location: Redding, Ca Status: offline Ribbons : 10 Re: Need help choosing an SSD 2014/10/25 16:46:50 (permalink) RainStryke Too bad you missed the shell shocker deal, they had that Intel 530 240GB for about the same price as the 120GB just yesterday. I'd get the Intel. Yes I'm kicking myself for missing that deal now. ASUS TUF Gaming Z690-Intel Core i9-12900K- EVGA 360 CLC Cooler-Corsair Vengeance 4 x 16GB 3200mhz-2TB Solidigm P41 Plus M.2 SSD--Three 1TB 970 EVO SSD's-EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 ULTRA-Corsair HX1000i-Windows 11 64bit-Corsair iCUE 5000X RGB Case. Steam Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chaos_21 Use my associate code: JBGVM12HDYDJPIM to get 5%-10% discount on EVGA purchases. #5
david12857 SSC Member Total Posts : 879 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2009/02/15 23:54:06 Status: offline Ribbons : 33 Re: Need help choosing an SSD 2014/10/25 18:10:04 (permalink) The holiday season is almost here if you can wait a month. Could probably find the same or better deals. Main system \| HTPC \| Folding&Crunching@EVGA #6
SirJamesDTech CLASSIFIED Member Total Posts : 4253 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2008/12/09 13:55:46 Location: USA AFFILIATE CODE R2WIYPJ5QM Status: offline Ribbons : 46 Re: Need help choosing an SSD 2014/10/25 18:27:32 (permalink) Thought I'd throw this into the mix: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7438/intel-ssd-530-240gb-review There's some head to head with the 530 vs EVO. Not trying to prove any sort of point here...just giving some more information to the OP. Asus Maximus VII Hero Z97 \| i7-4790K Devil's Canyon @ 4.4GHz \| Corsair H105 \| EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 \| Samsung 850 Pro 256GB, Samsung 840 EVO 1TB, SanDisk Ultra II 480 GB SSD \| 16GB Dominator GT DDR3 2000 @ 2400 \| EVGA 850W G2 Full Modular \| Acer Predator 27" IPS 1440p 144Hz G-Sync \| Creative Sound Blaster Z \| Audio-Technica ATH-M50X Headphones \| Razer Blackwidow Chroma RGB Mechanical Keyboard \| Corsair 760T Full Tower #7
RainStryke The Advocate Total Posts : 15872 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2007/07/19 19:26:55 Location: Kansas Status: offline Ribbons : 60 Re: Need help choosing an SSD 2014/10/25 18:50:50 (permalink) SirJamesDTech Thought I'd throw this into the mix: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7438/intel-ssd-530-240gb-review There's some head to head with the 530 vs EVO. Not trying to prove any sort of point here...just giving some more information to the OP. That Samsung is an excellent drive and I know it is a quicker drive than the Intel. I'm just a bigger fan of MLC drives and ones that carry a 5+ year warranty. Personally, i'd get one of these if I were in the market: http://www.rakuten.com/pr...55-mbps/266384669.html Main PC \| Secondary PC Intel i9 10900K \| Intel i7 9700K MSI MEG Z490 ACE \| Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Master ASUS TUF RTX 3090 \| NVIDIA RTX 2070 Super 32GB G.Skill Trident Z Royal 4000MHz CL18 \| 32GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB 4266MHz CL17 SuperFlower Platinum SE 1200w \| Seasonic X-1250 Samsung EVO 970 1TB and Crucial P5 1TB \| Intel 760p 1TB and Crucial MX100 512GB Cougar Vortex CF-V12HPB x9 \| Cougar Vortex CF-V12SPB-RGB x5 3DMark Results:Time Spy\|Port Royal #8
SirJamesDTech CLASSIFIED Member Total Posts : 4253 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2008/12/09 13:55:46 Location: USA AFFILIATE CODE R2WIYPJ5QM Status: offline Ribbons : 46 Re: Need help choosing an SSD 2014/10/25 19:50:45 (permalink) RainStryke SirJamesDTech Thought I'd throw this into the mix: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7438/intel-ssd-530-240gb-review There's some head to head with the 530 vs EVO. Not trying to prove any sort of point here...just giving some more information to the OP. That Samsung is an excellent drive and I know it is a quicker drive than the Intel. I'm just a bigger fan of MLC drives and ones that carry a 5+ year warranty. Personally, i'd get one of these if I were in the market: http://www.rakuten.com/pr...55-mbps/266384669.html Couldn't agree more on MLC...but the 850 Pro EVO will be coming out soon so that's an option. I'd not heard of Edge before. Pretty good specs with a decent warranty. Asus Maximus VII Hero Z97 \| i7-4790K Devil's Canyon @ 4.4GHz \| Corsair H105 \| EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 \| Samsung 850 Pro 256GB, Samsung 840 EVO 1TB, SanDisk Ultra II 480 GB SSD \| 16GB Dominator GT DDR3 2000 @ 2400 \| EVGA 850W G2 Full Modular \| Acer Predator 27" IPS 1440p 144Hz G-Sync \| Creative Sound Blaster Z \| Audio-Technica ATH-M50X Headphones \| Razer Blackwidow Chroma RGB Mechanical Keyboard \| Corsair 760T Full Tower #9
RainStryke The Advocate Total Posts : 15872 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2007/07/19 19:26:55 Location: Kansas Status: offline Ribbons : 60 Re: Need help choosing an SSD 2014/10/25 20:22:14 (permalink) They are made in the USA too. Main PC \| Secondary PC Intel i9 10900K \| Intel i7 9700K MSI MEG Z490 ACE \| Gigabyte Aorus Z390 Master ASUS TUF RTX 3090 \| NVIDIA RTX 2070 Super 32GB G.Skill Trident Z Royal 4000MHz CL18 \| 32GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB 4266MHz CL17 SuperFlower Platinum SE 1200w \| Seasonic X-1250 Samsung EVO 970 1TB and Crucial P5 1TB \| Intel 760p 1TB and Crucial MX100 512GB Cougar Vortex CF-V12HPB x9 \| Cougar Vortex CF-V12SPB-RGB x5 3DMark Results:Time Spy\|Port Royal #10
Chaos_21 CLASSIFIED Member Total Posts : 4524 Reward points : 0 Joined: 2005/10/26 17:37:36 Location: Redding, Ca Status: offline Ribbons : 10 Re: Need help choosing an SSD 2014/10/27 08:33:29 (permalink) Thanks guys for the input. I found a decent deal on an intel SSD so I am off and running! ASUS TUF Gaming Z690-Intel Core i9-12900K- EVGA 360 CLC Cooler-Corsair Vengeance 4 x 16GB 3200mhz-2TB Solidigm P41 Plus M.2 SSD--Three 1TB 970 EVO SSD's-EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 ULTRA-Corsair HX1000i-Windows 11 64bit-Corsair iCUE 5000X RGB Case. Steam Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chaos_21 Use my associate code: JBGVM12HDYDJPIM to get 5%-10% discount on EVGA purchases. #11

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