Best SSD for a laptop?

[*Badger*]

Kingston any good? SATA 3 required, probably 240Gb and seems a snip (compared to other brands) at £112 delivered.

Too good to be true?

 

[Addicted]

Can't really beat the Samsung/Intel drives, but they have a premium (and there's lots of reasons why), don't think Kingston are too bad, just not as quick as some.

 

[Eliganza]

I have a Sandisk 120gb SSD in my 2007 MBP. Read/Write speeds are the thing to look at, mine was the fastest for the money.

 

[ThomasBrentnall]

Samsung 840 pro, brilliant drives.

Do not touch anything with a sand force controller. I've had to rma three ocz drives in the past 6 months

 

[*Badger*]

Woah a bit over my head there!

Intel 335 240gb for £111 on Amazon or the 530 for £125?

Intel Specs

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us...ate-drives-ssd.html?iid=subhdr+products_flash

The only notable difference I can see is a different form factor, but that means nothing to me.

All I'm after is a decent spec SSD to replace my good old (s**t) WD 2.5 Sata hard drive.

Looks like the 530 has the better speeds......

 

[*Badger*]

That Samsung 840 seems to blow the Intels out of the water for the same cost, is that the one to go for then?

Hang on, EVO is like £125, but the pro is £175.... Bit rich that....

Admire the stats of the Samsung, but wouldn't really want to part with more than £125 or so.

So the question seems to be Samsung EVO or Intel 530?

Thank you please.

 

[Addicted]

The Pro isn't really worth the cost over the Evo, so go with the Evo

I'd go Samsung over Intel personally (though both are good)

 

[KDF]

I have a Sandisk 120gb SSD in my 2007 MBP. Read/Write speeds are the thing to look at, mine was the fastest for the money.

I would say IOPS are just as important.

Second the Samsung 840 Pro's though.. they are excellent.

 

[biojo]

yer ive a 840 in the media pc, works well, just had firmware update to give it somet the more expensive drives had

 

[Gray]

Samsung 840 series are the only SSD's I use / recommend.

/closethread

 

[GiT]

Corsair GS for me. 2 of them in Raid0 - Speeeeeeedy!

 

[Dink]

Corsair GS for me. 2 of them in Raid0 - Speeeeeeedy!

i'm on my third corsair ssd. using it as a boot drive in my nas as i just don't trust them.

i'm now using an intel ssd in my laptop

 

[GiT]

i'm on my third corsair ssd. using it as a boot drive in my nas as i just don't trust them.

i'm now using an intel ssd in my laptop

Really? What's been up with yours? I have these... http://www.scan.co.uk/products/128g...dforce-2200-mlc-read-560mb-s-write-535mb-s-92

 

[Chi]

Checkout ebuyer.com I got my laptops done. Decent prices.

 

[Gray]

Samsung 840 series are the only SSD's I use / recommend.

/closethread

Let me reiterate my previous post

If you're considering an SSD it really is Samsung or nothing IMO.

 

[Dink]

they just died

literally no warning nothing and no recovery as they stopped being recognised

the second one died after only about 6 months and RMA address is in the Netherlands

 

[rdoxenham]

Sandisk for me.. Got two in a (risky) stripe array. Blistering performance but I always keep back ups on spinning media!

 

[*Badger*]

Ok so I am going for a Samsung 840 EVO 250Gb SSD

Just one question.... Do I need the laptop upgrade kit or just the standalone drive?

I have a 2.5" SATA USB Caddy already that I can use to transfer data from my old HDD, the only advantage I can see with the upgrade kit is you get a mounting bracket too? But do I need this??

MZ-7TE250LW is the upgrade pack

MZ-7TE250BW is just the SSD on its own...

Don't want to spend an extra £15/20 on something if I don't need it?

Oh its going in a DELL XPS L502x

 

[biojo]

if your replacing the drive in laptop, it will have its own mount kit, usually a metal bracket etc

the drive kits more for PC use

1 x Mounting spacer <<<<<<<<<<<<<makes it upto 3.5" so fits a normal bay
1 x SATA to USB 3.0 connector <<< dont see why ud need this tbh on a internal drive

 

[Dink]

i think the sata to usb lead is to image your existing drive

 

[*Badger*]

OK so I just need the standalone drive then. Good as that's the cheaper option!

 

[Ben]

A little bit late now but I've just pressed the button on a Crucial 240gb M500 SSD (£85 delivered), it has had good reviews on several sites I've read and on others some not so good. Does anyone have a Crucial SSD on here, any thoughts?

 

[KDF]

1 x SATA to USB 3.0 connector <<< dont see why ud need this tbh on a internal drive

Allows you to connect the new SSD to your computer/laptop and clone your current disk to the new SSD.

 

[*Badger*]

I went for the Samsung EVO. It's epic.