Suggested SSD brands

[Brian M. Veteran]

The Samsung 840 Pro SSDs are extremely expensive. Waste of money, I'd say.

 

You can get SSDs for much cheaper, with equally impressive speed/reliability, from other quality brands such as Kingston, OCZ and Toshiba.

 

Personally, I wouldn't touch an OCZ again. I had far too many Vertex 2's go wrong. And their warranty process is (or used to be, at least) a shambles.

[badb0y]

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[RottGutt]

The Mercury series from Other World Computing is the best available:

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/

Best price, best performance, best customer service.

[Astra.Xtreme]

Personally, I wouldn't touch an OCZ again. I had far too many Vertex 2's go wrong. And their warranty process is (or used to be, at least) a shambles.

The Vertex 2's were junk because of the SandForce controllers.  They fixed those issues via firmware, but they haven't used SandForce for a few years now.  And the Vertex drives now come with a 5 year warranty, so they've gotten their act together.

[riahc3]

Hello,

The Mercury series from Other World Computing is the best available:

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/

Best price, best performance, best customer service.

This is one review:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6200/owc-mercury-electra-3g-max-960gb-review-cramming-1tb-of-nand-inside-25-chassis/9

Doesnt sound like the "best".

[Lord Method Man]

Samsung 840 Pro

[Astra.Xtreme]

The OWC Mercury still uses the junk SandForce controller, so I wouldn't touch it with a 50 foot pole.

[RadishTM Veteran]

Personally, I wouldn't touch an OCZ again. I had far too many Vertex 2's go wrong. And their warranty process is (or used to be, at least) a shambles.

Same here, mine failed within a month. Swapped it out for an 840 Pro, which I've had over 6 months with no issues (touch wood).

[Scott Hellewell]

hmmm my fiance used to work top level complaints dep on Samsung support. no her favorite brand :) but the 840 is the second cheapest 250 drive I see, so if they're good I suppose I'll go with that. 

 

got myself a free intel drive from a broken lenovo laptop that was twice the price when I checked the price on it :)

Then I just need to find a decent frame for it to fit it in a tool less 3.5 bay. the one I got for mine didn't work so it's just laying "loose" ish now. 

 

I have found double sided tape works wonders for this.

[Brian M. Veteran]

I have found double sided tape works wonders for this.

 

The SSDs in my iMac are velcro'd in. Works a treat :P.

[RottGutt]

Hello,

This is one review:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6200/owc-mercury-electra-3g-max-960gb-review-cramming-1tb-of-nand-inside-25-chassis/9

Doesnt sound like the "best".

Of course it doesn't when you rely on an old, outdated review from Anandtech of all places. That drive is also last-gen 3G tech. Look at the newer 6G drives that OWC sells, and then re-write your comment.

[snaphat (Myles Landwehr) Member]

I have various Intel SSDs and they all work great. I'd probably go with the samsung if I was buying these days though.