yeah this is the one that is imo more related to the 'missing' ssd.

yeah, the freezing bug has been fixed. i suggest applying the firmware if it's not yet done.

to be fair, we need more concrete news related to this.

if you referred to m.2 slot that can run pcie 3.0 x4, you also have plenty of choices from almost all brands now. just remember to check out their m.2 slot specs carefully because the slot usually share pcie lanes with pcie slots.

oh. matx.. yeah your choice is quite limited if that's the case.

np man

you can check something like that with search engines. it's pretty rare. be sure to check out the specs. it's important to have a heat spreader for peace of mind.

samsung 850 evo 250gb.

yes. between the two, i suggest you go for capacity. plextor m6e is just slightly faster than sata (pcie 2.0 x2).

1. about kingston v300, this has been brought up many times previously. i suggest you also do some leg work, search for reviews about it, then make up your mind.

2. for common usage, relatively insignificant.

3. you can go for values drives like transcend ssd370 256gb; MYR350.00. (the previous version had a plastic case; now it's aluminum)

er it's up to you. basically they are based on manual ssd optimization guides such as the one at thessdreview.com. you can check out which system features get adjusted in the detailed listing of each option. sometimes, adjustments in such optimizations will impact your computer systems. the easiest way to find out which one is good for you is to run each option for a week or two, and then you decide based on results. or, you can go for advanced option, in which you choose what to turn on, or off.

before samsung magician, i use manual optimizations for quite some time. to me i'm ok with maximum optimizations, so i just choose max reliability. (with 15% OP, over provisioning)

yeah liteon s900 is still one of the best deals to me. the thing is that it seems to become rare in the market (256gb option), and there are people who sell liteon ssd models that are non-s900. i'm not sure about galax gamer. i suggest 850 evo because of its longer warranty period (5 yrs; normally 3 yrs) and tbw (150tb; normally 72tbw for mainstream ssds), and its rapid mode if you have more than 8gb of system ram. recently i also noticed there was a price drop compared to a few months ago.

another option is samsung 750evo. however there is only one capacity now, 120gb. also, be sure to check out garage sales section. there are good deals from time to time.

edit: i forgot to correct this: transcend ssd370 is an old model which used plastic case. ssd370s is the new model with aluminum case.

This post has been edited by horns: Jan 19 2016, 09:18 AM

what's the capacity of your 850evo?

below is the benchmarks for 840 evo (500gb each, sata and msata version), showing the difference between rapid mode (top, sata) and normal (bottom, msata) speeds.

yeah. this is a laptop (xps 15; 4702hq, 16gb ram, full-ssd setup;w10 1511, intel rst 14.8).

after firmware fix for previous slow read bug a few months ago, samsung 840 evo works nicely ever since imo.

half? like sata2 speed? how come?

For intel based systems, it's best to connect ssd to intel sata port.

For sata cables, they shouldn't be an issue unless they're faulty. I use those that come with mobo. Also tried sleeved sata cables bought from sellers at garage sales. Worked too.

yeah you need to identify the 2x intel sata3 ports (referring to mobo manual)

as for the drivers, maybe, but usually ms.ahci driver should work also.

No problem

Yeah it's fast alright, because for common usage, read speed and random iops are still very useful in most cases.

That's also why it's ok to use ssd with sata2 ports. Not great, but good enough.

Not compulsory. To me it's just for activation of rapid mode. I disable it from startup after that's done. System tweaks and op are usually manual, unless i'm lazy hehe

it's a ram cache, taking care of things AFTER the os is fully loaded.

don't be bothered by benchmark i showed earlier. i just wanted to show that rapid mode is working, and there are significant difference when you bench.

in reality, note that samsung's rapid mode, like many ram-caching features provided by others (eg. plextor's plexturbo, crucial's momentum), might slow things down in some scenarios. the best way to find out whether you can benefit from it is to test it out with your usage. compared to earlier versions of rapid mode, newer ones have some improvements. however, if you cannot feel any performance boost at all, just turn it off.

Edit: forgot to answer the question lol it's more like superfetch. The benchmark feature that samsung magician provides is testing queue depth of 32, meaning server loads. For common usage, we refer to queue depth of 4. Excellent results for qd32 doesn't reflect the same at qd4.

This post has been edited by horns: Jan 20 2016, 10:25 AM

Oh nvm most users don't need to understand these queue depth la or whatever technical because they are just looking at outcomes haha

That's why i said for rapid mode, just enable it and test your usage for a week or two, then test again with it disabled. If you don't feel anything different, you don't need it. Disabling it will free up occupied ram space for system use, and also reduce writes to ssd due to cache flushing to disk for next reuse everytime you shut down the computer.

Sure lol

less than 30 days. wow. was the firmware updated? your symptoms seemed to be similar to this, http://superuser.com/questions/887306/ssd-...ys-of-power-off

yeah similar, but different usage. a switch in bios settings might make it accessible. the latest firmware released last year was to get rid of this freezing bug. the bug seemed to be not related to heavy usage.

nevermind luckily you still can do rma.

what kind of adapter? msata to sata? or msata to usb? the latter will have performance drops.

well, the price of msata ssds might be slightly higher than sata ssds, and you need to get an additional adapter. the cost should higher than getting a sata ssd.

performance wise they should be the same. however it's better to check out their specs first.

more like sata = msata =< m.2 =< pcie lol

yeah it is. it has the largest capacity also. (but damn expensive lol!) for personal computing, sata ssd is actually a sensible option to have for now.

the best minimal combo for a main rig is still 1x ssd for os and 1x hdd for storage. move all other hard disks to a separate system. this way your main rig will run much faster because it has less hardware connecting to it.