asus ''p8h61-m lx r2.0'' is my motherboard.. i duno it will support ssd or not. transcend ssd feedback is cheap and good?

ssd's sata support usually are backward compatible. i checked the mobo specs, its sata ports support sata2 (3Gb/s). the sata3 ssd will run at half of their full speed in this case. it's totally fine for general use, still much faster than hdd.

i saw many brand abt ssd. samsung 840 evo, intel 530, and transcend 370 is currently most cheapest ssd for 120gb if compare to others. but i wonder it quality. any feedback from it? 3gb/s mean i need use double the amount of time to start up my system? example 10 seconds become 20 seconds?

i will say don't worry about the quality of these drives. they are adopted by more users than other retail brands due to the same pricing reasons. so far we heard no one is complaining about them.

of the three, i will pick intel because of its mlc nand flash and the longer 5-year warranty. it's not the fastest compared to samsung 840 evo with rapid mode turned on. (in your case, speed means nothing because there is a hardware limitation already) the balance point (between performance, pricing, warranty period, etc.) is really up to one's expectation and preference.

as for sata speed vs. boot time/software load time, imo it's not a big deal (sata2 is slightly slower than sata3. i can live with that). anyway 20 seconds is still better than 2 minutes (w7 on hdd) hehe

edit: you asked if there were feedback about transcend ssd's, yes we have users of transcend ssd here, and the ssd's work fine for them. tbh the terms 'good' and 'cheap' don't really associate well with each others in terms of ssd. 'you get what you pay for' is more appropriate.

This post has been edited by horns: Jan 25 2015, 12:38 AM

thanks for the info. good summary anyway. =)

2 SSD in RAID 0 is faster than M.2 SSD. Wow.

Then better go for 2 SSD in RAID 0 lor.

i was referring to plextor m.2 ssd that were in your previous posts. in that case, yes it's better to use 2x sata ssd raid0. (and is still cost-effective)

for xp941, which is the current best pcie ssd, its speed is similar to or better than 2x sata ssd raid0. the problem is that it's expensive and rare. (oem only)

for the upcoming pcie ssd like sm951 with nvme technology (again it's for oem only), you will need 4x sata ssd raid0 to match with the speed of 1x m.2 ssd. again, price and availability are likely the main concerns. there are products from other brands that are between xp941 (read speed about 1.1GB/s) and sm951 (read speed slightly over 2GB/s), with price list unknown yet. it's better to wait for them to be released first.

WOWWWWWWWWWW........

New M.2 read speed 2GB/s ?

Really amazing. But the PCIE 2.0 bus will be bottleneck ?

how abt kingston v300 120gb? i cant find transcend here in penang.
kingston v300 and transcend 370 is in my price range. which one do u prefer?

This post has been edited by amon90: Jan 25 2015, 01:14 PM

for samsung sm951 nvme type (512GB, pcie 3.0 x4), yes.

pcie 2.0 will definitely be the bottleneck. still it's like 1.5GB/s.

please note that everything is still very early to get something like sm951. all the discussions surrounding it was about awareness of nvme, and maybe it can be included as part of the wish list when people plan their new purchases of laptops. (especially ultra slim laptops) i have read that there are 2 types of sm951, the ahci and nvme type. (they have different part numbers) the ahci type is relatively slower but cheaper. it was said that the upcoming lenovo x1 carbon has this. i'm also not sure sm951 can be used in bare m.2 form. (the previous xp941 is confirmed hot. some laptop vendors that use xp941 do provide an adapter that also acts as heat spreader to overcome this)

about kingston v300, i really don't wanna suggest it because of the incident that they swapped stuff in this model. (http://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-update-to-kingston-ssdnow-v300-a-switch-to-slower-micron-nand)

why don't you check out the garage sales? hikari85 is one good seller that comes into my mind that is near your area (well maybe relatively). maybe she has something better to offer also.

is there any news on NEW samsung 850 msata?
coz 840 whole KL no stock..

i just bought oem ssd, LiteOn L9S 256gb. In crystaldiskinfo i got unknown result. Also, it does not show any temperature reading. Maybe because it doesnt have temp sensor i guess.



Other benchmark seems okay though.

sorry what you mean by OEM ssd?

wow. maybe it's just a transition period before 850 evo starts to populate the market.

i suspect that oem drives might reassign essential parameters for crystal diskinfo to work properly.

the drive seems fine to me.

hopefully new mSATA 850 will come in this month or next.. coz i got new laptop and i cant do anything yet.. waiting for msata to be OS ssd

msata is replaced by pcie dy ?

ok good luck

for laptops, msata slot is still a common option. it's gradually replaced by m.2 slots. (because m.2 ssd is not cheap) depending on models and brands, there are 2 types of m.2 slots: sata and pcie. be sure to check out the specs properly before purchase.

hahahah
the good luck means? still long way to go ah? xD

is it all kingston ssd not worth to buy or just the 300V? i wish to know the feedback of kingston hyper fury x.

no i really mean it literally, wishing you luck for getting the drive you want

i have confidence on samsung ssds because i use quite a lot of them at home and for work, and there is no glitches whatsoever that i know of. (840 evo bug was confirmed fixed. it's not an issue anymore) note that this doesn't mean other brands are bad. i use other brands, like intel, plextor, and crucial too (including their oem ssds) and to me they are also good (depending on use cases).

i don't believe that i am this lucky.

no i don't mean that. i just refer to that particular model. i have other preferred options, this is why i never used a kingston drive before. for hyperx fury ssd, you have a better chance to find out from other review sites/reviews/comments about it. there's no report about it here afaik.