Kingmax not performance SSD..

Looking for SSD, performance and reliable. Main usage will be OS and gaming. For storage i save at standard HDD.

1)For budget RM700++ , should i get 120x 2 or straight 240gb? Thinking 1 for OS, 1 for gaming.

2) which brand is recommended?

3) Anything i should know more or aware with?

4) Does it give a boost for gaming? Or i upgrade better card?

My system as below;

Intel i7-2600K
Asus Z68 Pro (I think it support SATA3)
Asus 5950x2
Corsair 750HX

1. The only point for Dual SSD is, RAID0, it's like SLI/Crossfire but for SSD, no point for one SSD for OS and one for gaming, it's waste of money, waste of space on HDD cage lol.
2. Intel, Samsung, Kingston, Plextor, SanDisk, Crucial, if Samsung 840 pro 256GB is within your budget, just grab it: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6553/sandisk...-review-256gb/6
3. Don't download torrent/DDL and save to SSD. SSD chips has limited write cycle, i will reduce the SSD life span in the long term.
4. only reduce gaming load time. wont increase FPS for most scenario.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nXaF46xtVU

HDD+SSD = 2 in 1 = SSD speed

1024kbps has answered all of your questions. i will add that samsung 840 pro imo is the nicest. now it can take advantage of RAPID mode that was previously only possible for evo (although iops doesn't increase, the speed does).

http://www.thessdreview.com/daily-news/lat...msung-evo-ssds/

MSRP of Samsung 840 Evo mSATA is similar to SATA form factor.
Available in 1TB if you have the money

http://www.thessdreview.com/our-reviews/cr...d-review-480gb/

Review of Crucial M500 SATA m.2. Has power loss data protection feature

This post has been edited by nexus2238: Dec 22 2013, 08:22 AM

i just bought pc with samsung evo 840 120gb... when i try update firmware .. its fail to update ...."failed to update on the selected drive" what i miss ?

wanna ask which one is worth to buy sandisk ultra plus or samsung evo?

both are the same, if intel 530 and sandisk or samsung evo not much different..

Evo, if budget allowed; SanDisk Ultra Plus performance is not that good, unless it's significantly cheaper than the rest.
Can consider other brands like Intel, Plextor, Kingston, Crucial etc.

finally got this 2 for speeding test out..


VS


how bout speed results?

Intel 530 SSD


VS

Samsung 840Evo non Pro


actually this both slightly feels is different on launch app only.

Erm, my next company database server storage will change course, "switch to Samsung", hehehehehe , get the "Pro"!

Owh, i see... So what brand & model should i buy?

Btw thanks for rplying me...

Samsung Evo series is the sweet spot right now for the speed and IOPS, shocking high vs the Intel counterpart.
But if you just need a program/OS speed up, I think any SSD will do, just a tad 1~2 seconds different in real-life feels, buy with guts .
Btw I chose Plextor and no regret!

does the performance of the SSD increases as total disk space increases? 128GB is faster than a 64GB SSD as example

Owh, i see... i just using that's ssd just for speed up my os & program like photoshop & illustrator... ah, forgot for cut loading times when i'm playing my games too... heee... Thanks for your advice!

Owh, i see... i just using that's ssd just for speed up my os & program like photoshop & illustrator... ah, forgot for cut loading times when i'm playing my games too... heee... Thanks for your advice!

Got money get 840Evo or Pro, really u need Pro??

But no money to buy Pro one...

For the same series, yes, you'll notice it in benchmarking reviews that the speed and especially IOPS increases when you move on to bigger capacity, it's the same as your RAID0 with more hard disk, the speed increases as more NAND flash is stacked in the SSD (RAID0 of NAND Flash?? ).
But recently as the technology in NAND flash improved, even the smaller size NAND flash has the capability of very high speed and IOPS despite the lower count of NAND flash, such as the the mSATA from both Plextor and Samsung, they're both having high speed with such a small foot print.