Entry level SSD

[Zerospace]

I never saw the need for SSD until I installed Battlefield 1. It takes so freaking long ....more than 2mins to load a game ! I also have BF4 installed. In another thread I was suggested to get an SSD drive to get rid of FPS drops. I was looking at entry level SSD like Samsung 750 evo 250GB, Ocz Trion 150 240GB, Kingston UV400 and Adata SU800 256GB. I googled for reviews on these drives. The review in hardwarezone http://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/feature-entry-level-ssd-showdown-ocz-trion-150-vs-samsung-ssd-750-evo-vs-sony-slw-m/conclusion-218 says that Ocz is poorest performing ssd. Other reviews say Ocz Trion is better than Samsung 750 Evo. This is just so confusing. The Adata looks good but half the casing is made of plastic. Not sure how cool it will run.

 

[singupingu]

it's about the same. the thing is you already said entry level ssd. you pay for what you get. nonetheless, it's a hell faster than mechanical drive (unless you're saying 10k rpm 3.5" hdd). just get something like ocz trion 150 or pny 240gb ssd, it will still do great regardlessly. using various cheap ssd like kingston ssdnow, kingston v300, and ocz trion 150. compared to the samsung 850 evo which i also use, i dont see that big of a deal to get budget over premium.

 

[yusoffb01]

I never saw the need for SSD until I installed Battlefield 1. It takes so freaking long ....more than 2mins to load a game ! I also have BF4 installed. In another thread I was suggested to get an SSD drive to get rid of FPS drops. I was looking at entry level SSD like Samsung 750 evo 250GB, Ocz Trion 150 240GB, Kingston UV400 and Adata SU800 256GB. I googled for reviews on these drives. The review in hardwarezone http://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/feature-entry-level-ssd-showdown-ocz-trion-150-vs-samsung-ssd-750-evo-vs-sony-slw-m/conclusion-218 says that Ocz is poorest performing ssd. Other reviews say Ocz Trion is better than Samsung 750 Evo. This is just so confusing. The Adata looks good but half the casing is made of plastic. Not sure how cool it will run.

In my experience of owning, for budget ssd
Get pny cs1311. If can pay more get the crucial mx300. You can use system ram for this ssd
https://www.custompcreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/momentum-crystal-disk-mark-crucial-mx300-750gb-custom-pc-review-588x268.jpg

Samsung 750 not worth paying more for it for the performance you get.

Next if you can find sandisk and you buy at shop, get sandisk plus and check the barcode ends with g25 which indicates it using mlc instead of tlc nand. It has 3x the endurance of budget tlc ssd.

Last resort would be trion.

As for kingston ssd, theyre not worth considering

 

[Zerospace]

In my experience of owning, for budget ssd
Get pny cs1311. If can pay more get the crucial mx300. You can use system ram for this ssd
https://www.custompcreview.com/wp-c...cial-mx300-750gb-custom-pc-review-588x268.jpg

Samsung 750 not worth paying more for it for the performance you get.

Next if you can find sandisk and you buy at shop, get sandisk plus and check the barcode ends with g25 which indicates it using mlc instead of tlc nand. It has 3x the endurance of budget tlc ssd.

Last resort would be trion.

As for kingston ssd, theyre not worth considering

The Samsung 750 EVO is $109 at Fuwell. Plus can get 10GB extra space with Samsung over the PNY or Ocz. The performance of Samsung 750 Evo on review sites is by far the most confusing. Some review sites show the Samsung 750 Evo to be the fastest entry level ssd and some show it to be perform below PNY CS1311 and Trion 150. The Crucial MX300 275GB much more expensive but the speed with system ram is unreal.

 

[Zerospace]

Maybe I have to wait and see if Lazada will have the Crucial MX300 on sale again in the CNY sale.

 

[Koenig168]

The Samsung 750 EVO is $109 at Fuwell.

I took a look at the price-list and it's $129. Still a decent SSD at that price. I have two of the 120GB version, using one in my back-up rig and can't feel the difference from my Sandisk Extreme Pro.

 

[Phen8210]

Maybe I have to wait and see if Lazada will have the Crucial MX300 on sale again in the CNY sale.

still can hoot on carousell flipper, just low ball them, i did an experiment and seem like 180 ppl willign to accept.

 

[shadow84]

I took a look at the price-list and it's $129. Still a decent SSD at that price. I have two of the 120GB version, using one in my back-up rig and can't feel the difference from my Sandisk Extreme Pro.

One technique is to target those that had listed the earliest. This would make them desperate to sell off since they had not sold it since. Perhaps can intro him some comparison on ither prices to seller to see if he would budge or not.

 

[Zerospace]

I took a look at the price-list and it's $129. Still a decent SSD at that price. I have two of the 120GB version, using one in my back-up rig and can't feel the difference from my Sandisk Extreme Pro.

Wah then Fuwell change price already. Cybermind also selling at $109.

 

[Zerospace]

Reviews got so many benchmarks. Which benchmark should I be looking at for real world use like gaming ?

 

[royfrosty]

Reviews got so many benchmarks. Which benchmark should I be looking at for real world use like gaming ?

The thing is that you shouldnt be worrying as they are generally fast. Way much faster than a mechanical drive.

Hence even despite picking any other SSD entry level, you will still not noticed any real difference, or rather see it with your naked eyes.

 

[GrimaH]

You shouldn't be having problems with game loading speed even with the game installed on the HDD, unless you have everything on that same HDD.

Buy any cheap SSD (of your desired capacity) so your system and main programs run off it, and keep your games and data on the HDD; your BF should run fine then.

 

[koroshiya8]

i have BF1 and the loading is generally around 30 seconds or so.. i dont think it's just the HDD but also network connection as well.

 

[Zerospace]

You shouldn't be having problems with game loading speed even with the game installed on the HDD, unless you have everything on that same HDD.

Buy any cheap SSD (of your desired capacity) so your system and main programs run off it, and keep your games and data on the HDD; your BF should run fine then.

Erm actually I thought of installing only games on SSD; keep OS and other data on HDD. I heard SSD will be slower if it is filled up. My games itself will take up about 100GB.

 

[chesterqw]

Minimum Whack the samsung 850
No use saving that tiny amount of money going for 750 or other entry lvl ssd.

 

[singupingu]

Minimum Whack the samsung 850
No use saving that tiny amount of money going for 750 or other entry lvl ssd.

$98 for Ocz Trion 150 ssd 240gb

$129 for samsung 850 evo ssd 250gb

The amount is 31 bucks difference. Performance difference definitely not as high as the cost.

Unless you manage to find $98 samsung 850 evo 250gb like during qoo10 sales back in nov/dec

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[Mycrus]

Reviews got so many benchmarks. Which benchmark should I be looking at for real world use like gaming ?

Dont overthink it... just get any cheap ssd... difference between hdd and sdd is night and day... even offices are using ssd now

 

[Koenig168]

Samsung 850 evo 250GB at S$95 ------- $115 - $20 cart coupon + $3 shipping - 3% GC.

No manufacturer warranty. 9 pieces left so grab it while you still can.

http://list.qoo10.sg/item/SAMSUNG-850-EVO-250GB-500GB-WD-BLUE-250GB-500GB-SSD-DRIVES/459880579?sid=148308

 

[Zerospace]

Samsung 850 evo 250GB at S$95 ------- $115 - $20 cart coupon + $3 shipping - 3% GC.

No manufacturer warranty. 9 pieces left so grab it while you still can.

http://list.qoo10.sg/item/SAMSUNG-850-EVO-250GB-500GB-WD-BLUE-250GB-500GB-SSD-DRIVES/459880579?sid=148308

Nice price but no manufacturer warranty. Thanks for sharing this deal though. I decided to get Samsung 750 EVO 250GB.

Now I have been searching on google to see if people use SSD as secondary drive just for installing games instead of using as OS drive. Most of them are using it for OS. If its used for OS then games on HDD will still be slow and load slow right ?

 

[kennyboy]

Managed to hoot 850 Evo 1TB at S$360 during the year end Amazon sales. No complaints.