TTQ B4U Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 I'm finally upgrading my main drive on my Photo PC to an SSD. Looking for a 250-500gb capacity. What are your thoughts on speed and mainly reliability with the following? Any others I should consider? Samsung EVO or Pro SeriesIntelOCZ Vector or Vertex drives Insight appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGU Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Samsung 840 pro here. Quickest on the market at the most reasonable prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 +1 for samsung series. Ive been using an 830 64gb for quite some time and its been fantastic. Never skipped a beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverMaker Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 The samsungs are sweet. I also like the Crucial M series. I have 7 of them running on various machines. Some have been in use for 2+ years on all the time. Very reliable so far. Decent article: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-recommendation-benchmark,3269-4.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakotart Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 I believe I have a Crucial M4 256GB drive. Have had it for 3 years or so with no issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted April 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD512BW 512GB SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Will pick up at MicroCenter via a NewEgg Price Match for $420. Thanks everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaSSon Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 *Samsung Evo 250GB and up (the 120GB is slow and I have durability concerns) *Samsung Pro is among the fastest and most reliable on the market, but it's more expensive than the Evo. *Crucial M500 offers great bang for the buck, and adds additional data and power redundancy. The M550 is Crucial's new line, but being new to the market, it's still too expensive. The big perk of the Samsung SSDs is the software. The bundled S/W allows you to migrate your existing Windows installation to a SSD. Migrating is different from cloning, in that is configures your existing install to match the SSD's storage parameters. I'm sure you already know this, but if you do a lot of photo editing (presumable RAW), you'll want a lot of RAM in your system. The 512GB Pro is ~$150 more than the 500GB Evo. I'd go with the 500GB Evo and use the extra $150 to add RAM or a large platter drive for storage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 840 Pro for sure. I have installed a bunch of them here at work. Blazing fast and ultra reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadz89GTA Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Have a gen 1 intel 120gb that sits in my server that reads and writes approx 5-6gb daily and I haven't had one issue with it since installing in 3 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinwebb Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) 840 pro or EVO are the best, never had any issues and have 6 total between all the pc's lol including the carpc Edited April 22, 2014 by justinwebb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 +1 For 840 Pro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmaa Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 840's http://shmaa.site40.net/PC/HDTune_Benchmark_Intel___Raid_0_Volume.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted April 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 I'm sure you already know this, but if you do a lot of photo editing (presumable RAW), you'll want a lot of RAM in your system. The 512GB Pro is ~$150 more than the 500GB Evo. I'd go with the 500GB Evo and use the extra $150 to add RAM or a large platter drive for storage. Thanks. I'm loaded up with RAM so good there. I also just added 16TB more of RAID storage on top of the 6TB inside my PC. Should be good for a while on storage of Vids and Pics. I'm good with the price of the Pro. Not going to cut corners anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted April 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 Installation was smooth and my PC booted in less than 20 seconds from a cold stop. Holy shit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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