SirWeathers Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 I was given a $50 dollar eBay gift card by my sister today, and I'm hoping to find the best SSD out there for the money. I'll be using it for 8 months at the most, because sometime in the coming summer, I will be getting money to build a studio rig. So, what SSD would give me the best bang for the buck? I'll be working with a 600GB HDD for storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted January 1, 2018 Moderator Share Posted January 1, 2018 Whatever you can find, bro. What amount of storage are you looking at? 120/256? I suppose a Samsung 840/850 EVO would work fine. Draconian Guppy and DevTech 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirWeathers Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 21 minutes ago, Mindovermaster said: Whatever you can find, bro. What amount of storage are you looking at? 120/256? I suppose a Samsung 840/850 EVO would work fine. I'm looking for a 120GB. Grinch 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xahid Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 WD 120GB Green for that price tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirWeathers Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 2 minutes ago, Xahid said: WD 120GB Green for that price tag. I don't trust Western Digital. Had a pretty rough experience with those things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xahid Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 9 minutes ago, SirWeathers said: I don't trust Western Digital. Had a pretty rough experience with those things. well in 50$ you'll get 120GB or 128GB from different companies, WD is famous, so I mentioned, There is also Silicon Power SSD, which I used a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockingbird Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Crucial BX300 120 GB https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073W3Q96S/ Mando 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevTech Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 4 hours ago, Mindovermaster said: Whatever you can find, bro. What amount of storage are you looking at? 120/256? I suppose a Samsung 840/850 EVO would work fine. EBAY: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-850-EVO-120GB-Internal-2-5-MZ-75E120B-AM-SSD-BRAND-NEW/253336387475?epid=216237741&hash=item3afc067f93:g:11kAAOSwSQFaRsz9 $80 Pay the extra $30 and get a good drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevTech Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Maybe China is cheaper: https://www.ebay.com/itm/For-Samsung-120GB-V-NAND-SSD-850-SATA-6GB-s-III-2-5-Internal-Solid-State-Drive/222772713503?hash=item33de49d81f:g:Vv8AAOSwHUhaMNjm If you can't afford Samsung for sure, then source a drive with 3D NAND flash. Mando 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaime654 Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 1. If in the US, and you can reach a little bit over $50, Crucial MX500 250GB. $69. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0764WCXCV I know you said $50, but this is not the time to go super cheap. 2. Yes, possibly. A clone operation. But that requires some space management. Or, a clean install on the new SSD. What OS is this, and where did it come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaCrip Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 (edited) The best 120GB range SSD I have found was one I got earlier this year which was a Intel 545s 128GB SSD for $31.99 and has a 5 year warranty. but I was fortunate as normally that same SSD is often $40+ as currently it's $41.99 (from the same place I got mine) and is not worth it at that price simply because for barely more you can get a 250-256GB range SSD. but unless your doing mostly basic internet machine type of stuff I would generally get at least a 250GB or so range SSD as, if you got the $, the 500GB range SSD's are pretty much the sweet spot lately in that you get quite a bit of capacity without paying a arm and a leg as switching to the 1TB SSD's the price is still a little steep. also, that Intel 545s SSD has a write rating of 72TB per 128GB capacity. so in other words... 128GB SSD = 72TBW, 256GB SSD = 144TBW, 512GB SSD = 288TBW and so on. so in other words... your not going to wear the drive out from writing data to it. but as a general rule... I would not pay more than around $30-ish for a 120-128GB range SSD and I would avoid the generic SSD's and stick to the brand names (i.e. Samsung/Crucial/Intel and the like) as it's not worth saving a little $ and risking the SSD quality. because if you pay much over $30-ish for a 120-128GB your basically getting ripped off and are better off going to the 250-256GB models for not much more $ etc. but if the OP is looking for that best bang-for-the-buck with the highest capacity possible for a reasonable price then 500GB range SSD's are clearly the sweet spot currently. but the 250GB range models are a solid choice if one wants to keep the price pretty low. I would generally avoid the 120-128GB range models unless you just want something basic and want to keep price real low. but currently if you want something around $50 your pretty much looking at about the 250GB models at best. p.s. I got a Samsung 850 EVO 250GB in my primary computer (that Intel 545s is in my backup computer which is a 10 year old laptop) and I had that since May 2015 which at that time was $120 or so as for quite a bit under that price now you can get a 500GB range SSD and for not all that much more than $120 you can get the 1TB models etc. EDIT: I just noticed this post is old as I just assumed it was a recent post given the recent reply. Edited November 13, 2018 by ThaCrip Mindovermaster 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc302 Veteran Posted November 13, 2018 Veteran Share Posted November 13, 2018 I think the op got the answer they were looking for over a year ago. I will lock this topic up as things have changed between then and now. ThaCrip 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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