each ssd have their pro and cons, how about samsung 840 pro? i am using it right now.

btw, the tech is improve , new product will keep introduce to market. i think you should just get what you can afford whenever you need it.

1. the best is the one that fits your budget. significant improvements can only be observed if you switch from hdd to ssd. between ssd's, in terms of mainstream or enthusiast categories, the differences are not that significant to many people. if you still think consumer grades are not good enough for you, there are still better options, e.g. enterprise grade ssd's, sas/pcie form factors. if you're ok with those price tags, go ahead.

for gaming, other factors should be considered to enhance gaming experience also (especially gpu. cpu, ram, and cooling are also important). ssd is not a cure for all. it just eliminate bottlenecks of hdd.

.. and all of us have preferences. i like samsung 840 pro and plextor m5pro. but that doesn't mean other models or other brands are not good. like our friend here said, each has their advantages and weaknesses. it's up to you to choose which is 'the best' to you.

2. new releases should be a few months away (after june i guess). if you wanna get the new ones, you can start compare the differences of the current and new ssd's. unless there are significant differences, i guess it's fine to get the cheaper ones and be happy, instead of paying premium for new ones. (or else you will have to wait for the price to drop, until which you see yourself repeating the typical waiting cycle again)

exactly. life is short. please get out of that loop and start enjoying

during my previous purchases, Plextor m5pro was imo one of the best-priced. i'm still a happy user of 2x 512gb m5pro and 3x 256gb m5m (yeah i like cheap ssd's ). maybe i'm lucky but none of them are giving me weird issues. (Plextor didn't even appear in this article for some reasons, http://www.hardware.fr/articles/911-7/ssd.html)

when i got my Plextor drives, i have read from many reviews and comments, except for a few who really know their stuff, that i bought the wrong ssd's because of this and that, that i was cheap, that the drives were craps, and that i should invest in best performance ones. so, i went ahead and got 2x 256gb samsung 840 pro. they were right, 840 pro indeed has its values (it's a good investment if you have more spares). but guess what? i now know for a fact that there are no significant differences based on my daily usage. also, all my purchases were new in unopened, sealed boxes and packages; and i got them from different sellers, local and outside the country. statistically i couldn't be that lucky that all my drives have no defect, the opposite of what they claimed (e.g. these 'crap' drives boot my laptops under 15secs without fast startup lol!). if i am that lucky, i think i must try buy lotteries from now on.

reading reviews are good. listening to what people have to say is also fine. please just bear in mind that some people just like to read reviews and tell stories based on imaginations. please make your own judgements by filtering what you have done for research. (or just f them all and grab what you can )

From what I knew Plextors would be same grade with Crucial or Corsair
Inb4 OCZ are top speed

Anyone here using ssd to play battlefield 4?

I want to know how much gb left when he installed bf4 with expansion pack and window.. and the life span normally can stand for how long?

http://www.guru3d.com/news_story/ocz_techn...to_toshiba.html

that's the case of pre-w8. for w8, you need to run wei score checking feature then the system will be optimized to ssd, including disk optimization. w8.1 you don't need to do anything. just use disk optimization as usual.

840 Evo only weakness is TLC atm, its not suitable for heavy users

for me, even though im not heavy user, i find it hard to dish out RM300+ for it due to the TLC NAND when other MLC NAND are priced similarly

but that speed from a TLC NAND.. comparable and even surpassing MLCs

its a good SSD nonetheless, but if youre the kind who requires SSD for work related softwares where you need to frequently write data then i say no. under light usage, AnandTech estimated 7 years of lifespan. if under heavy... cant say for sure but its lesser. MLCs can last longer even under heavy loads. bear in mind SSDs are not rated on years of lifespan but more on the amount of read and write cycles, so my previous analogy can be irrelevant

other choices (all MLCs)
Crucial M500 240GB RM569
Plextor M5S 256GB RM574
Kingston HyperX 3K 256GB RM599

well, read this to boost your knowledge on SSDs
http://www.thessdreview.com/ssd-guides/opt...dows-8-edition/

not sure about Kingston but i have a friend with Crucial M500, he said so far pretty decently fast and no failures yet. as for Plextor, i have yet to see many LYN Plextor users complaining as well

yeap OCZ has very good products

yeah i did that on my 840 pro. this ram caching setup will theoretically further reduce write/erase cycles, so it's good for ssd's.
this is a good insight from a user's perspective with regards to common usage.

i would like to add that not all ssd's provide such software to help optimize the system. (for instance, samsung and intel do; but plextor, crucial, ocz, etc. don't). in general, the optimization guide from thessdreview.com is what you need (they cover almost all the basics, except for things like overprovisioning, which is kind of dependent on personal preference)

about the general rule to get the smallest drive, that's one way, but i suggest to get a ssd based on how much space that you wanna use for OS, apps, and current games, and on top of that, add some buffers for near future requirements. too small the drive, you will need to perform more frequent uninstallation of apps/games, because you will find drive space is insufficient for new apps/games all the times. i think it's not good to ssd.

my point is, plan your purchase based on practical needs, and find that minimum that also helps to take care of the proper usage of ssd.
install and run samsung magician software, iirc it's the last option. currently you can only enable it for one drive.

im a vertex supporter

yes, that's a good practice (ssd as boot drive and hdd as storage)

although it's good to allocate some space for over provisioning (10 to 15% should be suffice), you can use it as is for your usage.

cold boot 4 secs?
you using Windows 8?

Wah so bad luck to those. 
But OCZ SSD's have quite high failure rate compared to other manufacturers eventhough it was the flagship model. So avoid it if you can.
Yep. When its in a clean state everything is smooth and silky.
My Samsung Evo going in the 2 month, still doing OK.