in terms of speed between the two you mentioned, Samsung Evo even without RAPID mode beats it flat

but V300 have more endurance than TLC based Samsung 840 Evo

extremely good pricing you got there, mind sharing the 240GB pricing?

sweet pricing, you can go for 240GB as well

but alas i already bought mine couple of days back

not a silly question, its one of the most commonly asked as well

cause SSD benefits when you leave a certain % of space available inside the drive. say you have a 120GB, you leave 15-20% space left available in the drive, this helps to keep the SSD retain its top speed or be consistent in performance (not sure am i explaining this right :/) if you hog it down to less then 10%, your SSD performance will drop and youll start to notice things arent as zippy anymore

for my case 120GB, i have to leave about 15-20GB free which if you look from this way
>120GB full cap
>111GB after format
>Windows 8.1 is est 20-30GB taken
>then add in drivers, other essential items (up to 5GB)
>i left.. 80GB+
>throw in a game, (games these days are huge) and youre already reaching the 20GB limit

yep

but best still dont go overboard, just leave it as precaution

no prob so far in my case

latest 3.2.1 Intel SSD Toolbox and firmware

you should name your budget

Plextor M5S 128GB RM284
Crucial M500 120GB RM289
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB RM309
Intel 530 120GB RM344 <--- 5 year warranty
Corsair Force LS 120GB RM325

all these are pretty easily found and purchased at standard IT shops. best if you head to Lowyat Plaza for the above mentioned SRP

read speed wise, theyre more or less similar as its the SATA ports thatll throttle their speed more than the SSD

as for write speeds, Intel 530, Corsair Force LS and Samsung 840 Evo is the fastest among the top

but theyre still more or less similar in perf due to limitations of SATA3 port

unless youre really unlucky and got lemon unit, SSD is generally more reliable than HDD

both Intel and Samsung have very good track records in SSD reliability and quality, so no need to worry so much

try follow the steps done in this website
http://www.thessdreview.com/ssd-guides/opt...dows-8-edition/

he cover most of the important parts really well

the basics would most usually be setting boot as AHCI instead of IDE, and disable auto defrag, and update to latest SSD drivers/firmware

yep, SSD have limited writes so its best not to keep writing too many files on it

though ofc, the writes are sometimes super huge until itll take a while before it dies. even by then, youll prolly upgraded to a new SSD

usually MLC are rated 10GB writes per day (i could be wrong) so provided you dont exceed that, your SSD more than capable enough to outlast most of your PC parts

EDIT: sorry my bad, bolded part is incorrect. they are rated more. for example Crucial M500/M550 at 66GB per day

This post has been edited by marfccy: Apr 23 2014, 04:00 PM

Plextor is quite established la

1-2 second boot up is impossible imo

you need wait BIOS pop up, then splash screen and stuff

at most within 20 secs

faster than HDD anyway

sorry my bad

but still, 1-2 second is too fast

the registry method isnt tough, but abit complex than usual

i have to do that everytime i reformat my PC i cant seem to enable AHCI normally through BIOS

i rmb this test

this really shows you how long can SSD last

my friends Kingston SSD from 2010 (i think?) still working well until today

Intel expensive?

its more expensive than the usual. but not by much afaik

worth it if you get the peace of mind though

i have a friend interested in procuring a SSD too, can he join the bulk order?

if yes, PM me on how much is the 256GB variant

well, its the Crucial MX100 right? should be more or less RM300-400 for 256GB

it is cheaper, but 512GB for mainstream user is kinda too much considering they dont use SSD for work

heck i might join in the order as well, but too much of a hassle unless i can get rid of my current Intel SSD. so at this moment only a friend of mine is interested

how would the ordering process goes?

start a bulk for 256GB and i might go for it

or perhaps theyre aiming at the low cost enterprise market?

usually those market, they rarely change parts as often as common consumers