Any Good SSD's?

Jackpot · 09-26-2016, 09:23 PM

Whats going on guys....Ive only really used standard hard drives in my systems and was thinking of upgrading lately. Does anyone know of any good/reliable SSD's on the market?

I have been looking around for a lil bit now trying to read reviews and specs so can find something decent, mainly on new egg but everyone seems to complain about them failing in a couple months or not being compatible with there setup.

Any insight would be great

Thanks

nigelc · 09-26-2016, 09:30 PM

Hello,
I have a Samsung SSD 840 EVO 120GB.
This is what the system data lives on. It has been going for ages.

cheers.

Jackpot · 09-26-2016, 09:37 PM

Yea I was looking at them also. I figured 120GB should be enough for me because I dont keep alot on my computer anyway... Was looking into getting an MLC because was told the have better performance but the TLC's seem to have better stability when I read the reviews

jefro · 09-26-2016, 09:44 PM

I usually trust those reviews if they are a lot of people. I've had a small 480G running for a few years and the only problem may be it's too fast sometimes. Some of the older systems may act odd with some of the faster ones.

If you can fit a M2 in there you can get some out of this world numbers.

I doubt they run in the class of enterprise level mechanical hard drives however.

Intel or Samsung Pro may be best quality in my opinion.

Jackpot · 09-26-2016, 10:48 PM

Yea I was going through the reviews for like an hr the other night trying to find something good... I even read about one blowing up on a dude, well sparked out the back as soon as he connected it lol but I actually also have a slot for an mSata too, what do you think of them? The only thing is I heard they heat up pretty good.

All this because my hard drive started clicking out of no where recently. I ran checkdisk to see if could fix it for now and even cleaned the hard drive with an aircan but nada.

jamison20000e · 09-26-2016, 11:23 PM

My

Code:

sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda

Quote:

Model Number: SanDisk SDSSDXPS480G

is running well over a year now so will see... I like that you're doing a good amount of homework first, makes for a good buy.

Oh and of course, backups, backups, backups.

grail · 09-27-2016, 02:46 AM

Code:

Model Number:       MXSSD3MDSTP-180G

I have had this unit for a little over 2 years without issue. Its not the fastest on the market but I get by