different users have different requirements hehe ssds in my main rig are all filled with os, vm, dev tools and libs, apps, and games.

what do you have in mind? like budget?

it's always better to have some buffers. however just don't go too far. it's really a waste of money. better save some so that you can grab new ones (with new techs) when they're available.

i think transcend ssd370s is ok for you. it's MYR 350 at c-zone.

been there. in most cases (for personal computing), imo one sensible way to determine which capacity to go for in future is to check current use as reference. tbh most of us just need it to speed up boot time and most frequently used apps/games load times.

yeah price drop is slower than many thought. (on the brighter side, that's similar amount that i paid for much smaller ssds years ago haha)

yeah haha when you work i think ssd will be cheaper than now also. just treat it as investment (it saves a lot of my time) can earn back one

edit: i got hold of a kingston hyperx fury 240gb just now. maybe i will find some time to test it later.

This post has been edited by horns: Mar 13 2016, 12:45 AM

oh maybe i expect too much for mainstream ssds lol

yeah the strength of ssd is as os/apps/games drive. the rest it's better to use hdd hehe

the price of things with market demands usually drop slower. i saw a benq 35" curve 144hz 1440p monitor the other day. it's damn nice hehe

great

like sHawTY said you can use sata cable from your mobo.

assuming you meant 'what is the best for bucks' here, and it's used for common use. my choice will be transcend ssd370, intel 520, or sandisk ssd plus. note that warranty wise intel 520 is nice but it's dated, and i'm not sure how intel treats products that have reached its end-of-life product cycle.

i will not choose tlc (adata.sp550) when there are mlc options. kingston hyperx savage is a mainstream ssd, for common use you don't need it. (if you really need mainstream drives, it's better just top up and get 850evo)

Edit: an alternative to intel 520 is hyperx fury.

This post has been edited by horns: Mar 15 2016, 11:44 AM

np man happy shopping

Yeah it should be a good starting point. Common use is fine with this tlc ssd. At least it's still better than hdd.

Yes it's real

Read the upgrade notes to see if firmware upgrade is necessary. Usually i just check for new one before i do a clean os install.

uh? this low? can you check with as ssd benchmark to see if the 4k alignment is good?

http://alex-is.de/PHP/fusion/downloads.php?download_id=9

No it's not about sata port. There is no difference between desktop and mobille sata ports btw.

As i suspected, 4k alignment is off. The easiest way to fix this is to use the free minitool partition wizard to do realignment.

http://www.partitionwizard.com/partitionma...-partition.html

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For the Intel SSD DC S3710, DC S3610 and DC S3510 Series, the latest firmware revision is G2010150.
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that's weird. what about trying to do 'align all partitions'? http://www.partitionwizard.com/help/align-...partitions.html

just to be sure, check the alignment manually. press win key + r and type 'msinfo32'. goto system summary > components > storage > disks. get the value for 'partition starting offset' of your ssd and then use calculator to divide it with 4096. if the result is a whole number, then the alignment is ok. if it's a decimal, then it's bad.

if aligning all partitions also doesn't work, i guess you should find out other ways online (there are many ways to do 4k alignment). i use this free minitool partition wizard previously and it worked for me.

worst comes to worst, use diskpart > clean on ssd and start over. (it's a sure-fix for 4k alignment)

after alignment, reboot the computer.

about the number you got, this was why i said weird. usually as.ssd benchmark shows the correct results fine in my case. there is no need to do manual calculations.

edit: btw, 4k misalignment is kind of common during os migration from hdd to ssd, and usually the minitool freeware version will fix it. i'm just not sure why it didn't work for you.

This post has been edited by horns: Mar 24 2016, 11:04 AM

haha ok now that's more like it. now you know the impact of 4k misalignment to ssd

if it's one of the system partitions, you cannot do it when the ssd is active. there is a free bootable tool provided by minitool at http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html

you can create a bootable usb via rufus with it, then boot your computer with it to do 4k alignment. alternatively, connect the ssd to another computer via sata port as secondary drive, run minitool partition wizard on that computer to fix it.

yes, boot directly from usb.

i forgot about the m.2 thing hehe

no problem man

Samsung Unveils The SM961 And PM961 M.2 NVMe SSDs

the lyn report released just recently, http://www.lowyat.net/2016/99286/samsung-u...-m-2-nvme-ssds/ was a rather short one. here are some other articles:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10168/samsun...ves-get-a-boost
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20160315_747691.html (in japanese; close-up photos)