hmm 480gb?
how much does it cost

no idea lol maybe you should find that out

haha i think impossible suit my budget
i just go either samsung evo or intel 520

well ok. between the two i still think intel 530 is of better value. still, it's up to you

haha
intel 530 price is over my budget

might want to check here. can based on:-
value
speed
read
write
age and,
price

http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/

well yeah that's one way to make up your mind if you want to

oh just check
wao intel 530 cheaper than samsung evo 840

SSD nowadays are price according to their respective performance, warranty seems to be the 2nd thing that consumer look at right now.
The 730 will be tad expensive, but slightly faster, and also has better features such as Power lost protection, good for desktop without UPS.

haha what i saw is ssd intel is 5 years
samsung is 3 years

but ssd will easy spoil ?

hi.. i just bought ssd last week, when i try to fresh install windows 8 pro with ahci mode, but my windows 8 pro fail to boot. there is no problem with ide mode.

my mobo MSI 970A-G46 and my ssd Micron C400 256GB

Easy spoilt as in? Physical abuse? or Benchmark Write abuse?
If physical abuse, it'll depends on the severity, if just a knock or vibration won't be able to kill it (even under operation), if you use hammer or dip in water then it'll void the warranty right away.
Benchmark is usually done few times to confirm your performance optimization, other than that, you won't need benchmarks all the time, so Write cycle of the NAND should last you decades to come with normal daily usage. Downloads and BT will be another story.

yeah weird. i still think ssd's are expensive, so it's good to have longer warranty.

yeah it depends on how you use yours. for general use, it's not easy.

hm weird.. not familiar with amd systems.

windows 8, or 8.1? Windows 8 ISO is a buggy POS, you could install with IDE mode and later switch to AHCI, but you have to install all the hotfix and service pack before switching.
'Fresh install 8.1 even better.

This post has been edited by 1024kbps: Nov 3 2014, 05:16 PM

hmm.. i only got dvd for windows 8, so if i download 8.1 iso, can i use my 8.0 key?

my mobo only support SATA2, so to be honest, neither samsung/intel will have much difference when it comes to performance because you're already bottlenecked by the interface.

I personally went for samsung because of the price and also due to the hype.
i was affected by the firmware issue but again, it wasn't that noticeable because performance in regards to SSD is barely noticeable in real world applications unless you're looking at synthetic benchmarks all day.

i gotten the 840EVO 250GB since march, until now no issue (also updated the firmware/fix applied)

gotten another 840EVO 250GB for my sis's gaming pc just last month which is also affected by the old file issue, firmware/fix also applied and performance is insane especially when the pc is on the latest windows 8.1 + RAPID mode.
transfers are in the gbit/sec (lol RAPID) and windows boot up/shutdown is in the 3seconds +/-
everything is snappy as hell lol

i think the OEM are going with Samsung due to price advantage over say, intel.

the old files about samsung 840EVO is very real, my >3 months unmodified/untouched files can transfer as low as 10-20MB/sec, that's as bad as eco/low rpm (say 5400?) regular HDD drives

did a cleanup/minor backup/windows or driver updating etc prior to installing the fix as a normal habit and noticed some really funky speeds LOL

huh = =
download and bt ...
what means ?
i anime freak = = i download lot anime o

damage is like use 5 years ++ then problem appear those

wao now i am hype on getting 840evo 250gb or long warranty intel 530 240gb

eh sorry, should be GByte/sec lol...
RAPID is just absurd at times when it comes to benchmarks

but on real world application, loading windows in 2-3 seconds (heck the BIOS POST screen takes longer time ROFL!) and virtually ANY application loading the moment you double click it... is just amazing

my opinion:
if you're going to be sitting on that SATA2 3bit for long, and not using windows 8.1, maybe intel would be a better choice just for the warranty and firmware reliability.

if you're upgrading mobo, and/or already on windows 8.1 with decent memory space and can allocate bigger over provisioning, samsung 840evo 250GB will be a very fun drive

yeah price is definitely samsung's advantage if you're talking about common sata/msata variants. however it's not just that. what surprised me was the adoption of pci-e x4 m.2 ssd's in asus g-series released recently (especially g751, g771). by the way, asus's implementations with these m.2 ssd's are by far the better one (i.e. m.2 bracket serves 2 purposes: as a placeholder, and as a heat spreader)

haha right we were all affected by the slow read bug in 840 evo. after the update that bug seemed to be gone. just now i checked the read speeds of my 840 evo and they were good. will do tests again after a few weeks.