[SSD] selection

[L1amrob]

Im building a system for a friend, but he wants to buy from his local shop but they only have OCZ ARC-100 and Kingston V300 both with 480Gb so thats fine. What do you guys recon?

 

[shadow84]

His local shop?

But pertaining to ur qn, i would go with Arc-100. V300 have some issues.

 

[ykgoh]

His local shop?

But pertaining to ur qn, i would go with Arc-100. V300 have some issues.

AnandTech | An Update to Kingston SSDNow V300: A Switch to Slower Micron NAND

 

[shadow84]

AnandTech | An Update to Kingston SSDNow V300: A Switch to Slower Micron NAND

Lol, why tag me?

 

[xLegendary]

You might reconsider after the Kingston SSD V300 fiasco ...

Basically, Kingston shipped the original V300 with synchronous NAND and performance was good/very good for a budget SSD and better than the V200 in the reviews. After the initial batch of SSDs were shipped and out for a month or so and reviewed, Kingston then switched the V300 manufacturing to asynchronous NAND and the performance tanked in some scenarios (incompressible data). Your basic "bait and switch."

The switch from synchronous to asynchronous NAND likely wouldn't have really mattered much if the performance had stayed about the same across the board -- but it didn't. The V300's performance tanks badly with incompressible data. Sure, it's much faster than a HDD (Kingston's defense), but there are much better performing budget SSD's out there for the money.

 

[joeltng]

tbh, just get the cheaper one. the difference in specs actually very hard to feel....only benchmarks to boost your epenor can see. just take note of the issues that any ssd might have. SOME have some other features like capicitors to prevent data corruption/loss in the event of unexpected power cut etcetc.

also would avoid kingston just because they did a bait and switch as the others have mentioned.

 

[Jian19]

Do consider buy from Lazada..with discount is better then buying from shop

Wll recommend Crucial , Plextor , Intel , Samsung

 

[Tartar Sauce]

Do consider buy from Lazada..with discount is better then buying from shop

Wll recommend Crucial , Plextor , Intel , Samsung

paiseh hi-jack thread, jian are these ssd a good buy from lazada?
my 128gb ssd store OS and 1 huge game then no space liao

Transcend SATA III 6Gb/s SSD370 (Premium) 256GB SSD | Lazada Singapore

(EXPORT) Samsung SSD 840 EVO Series 250GB Black | Lazada Singapore

 

[jgyy1990]

Just whack mx100

 

[Tartar Sauce]

Just whack mx100

crucial mx100 OOS on lazada though..
anyway its 166 on lazada is it a decent price?

 

[Jian19]

paiseh hi-jack thread, jian are these ssd a good buy from lazada?
my 128gb ssd store OS and 1 huge game then no space liao

Transcend SATA III 6Gb/s SSD370 (Premium) 256GB SSD | Lazada Singapore

(EXPORT) Samsung SSD 840 EVO Series 250GB Black | Lazada Singapore

Try buy local de got warranty coverage

Crucial m550 256gb is roughly $155. If wan to buy from amazon consider intel since they give international warranty

 

[jtjt00]

........(EXPORT) Samsung SSD 840 EVO Series 250GB Black | Lazada Singapore

Avoid Samsung EVO 840 series as the read performance bug is still not fully fixed despite of patch by Samsung.

 

[monikernemo]

Avoid Samsung EVO 840 series as the read performance bug is still not fully fixed despite of patch by Samsung.

840 pro also right? I think.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

crucial mx100 OOS on lazada though..
anyway its 166 on lazada is it a decent price?

Nope rather pricey. Tradepac selling for just $152. When Lazada on sale it can go as low as $134.

 

[m3 th3 last]

That time brought MX100 256gb only $139 with Mastercard promo. Whacked 2 piece on Lazada.sg

Delivery on the next day somemore.

 

[Tartar Sauce]

Nope rather pricey. Tradepac selling for just $152. When Lazada on sale it can go as low as $134.

That time brought MX100 256gb only $139 with Mastercard promo. Whacked 2 piece on Lazada.sg

Delivery on the next day somemore.

yup i friday i see can hoot on lazada or not
got the mastercard discount and shopback rebate
if its a few dollars more than what tradepac is selling then i just buy from lazada ba, saves me from going down to SLS

 

[leedreamer189]

If it's between these 2, a lot of people are saying that Kingston SSDNow V300 they switched to cheaper slower asynchronous NAND. Better go with OCZ which now uses Toshiba nand.

 

[ocer9999]

Yeah, you're better off with Crucial MX100 or OCZ ARC100 256GB.

 

[L1amrob]

Thanks everyone, Im guessing Im getting the OCZ. Looks like they are better choice

 

[jtjt00]

840 pro also right? I think.

No, only 840 EVO.