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I have many SSDs of various sizes (approx 128GB, 256GB, 512GB) and various brands (Crucial/Micron, Intel, Samsung). I'm looking to acquire my first 1TB SSD (approx is fine — 900+GB will do). I have a slight preference for Crucial, but when I searched at Amazon, I was surprised to find four 1TB choices:
BX100
http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-BX100-Internal-Solid-State/dp/B00RQA6LIM
M550
http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-9-5mm-adapter-Internal-CT1024M550SSD1/dp/B00IRRDHW6
MX200
http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX200-Internal-Solid-State/dp/B00RQA6L50
M500
http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch-adapter-Internal-CT960M500SSD1/dp/B00BQ8RGL6
Then I looked at Samsung and the plot thickened — three more 1TB choices:
840 EVO
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-SATA-Internal-MZ-7TE1T0BW/dp/B00E3W16OU
850 EVO
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E1T0B-AM/dp/B00OBRFFAS
850 Pro
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-SATA-Internal-MZ-7KE1T0BW/dp/B00LF10KTE
The entire price range from top ($550) to bottom ($370) differs by only $180, so let's say that price (within that range) doesn't matter. While there's a temptation to think that a more expensive product is better, this is not always the case. So I'm looking for some advice from the hardware experts here to help me choose.
If it matters, the drive is going into an HP EliteBook 8460w laptop, W7 Pro 64-bit, Core i7-2630QM/2.00GHz (quad-core), 16GB DDR3-1333/PC3-10600, currently with a Crucial MX100 512GB SSD (which the new 1TB drive will replace). Thanks much, Joe
BX100
http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-BX100-Internal-Solid-State/dp/B00RQA6LIM
M550
http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-9-5mm-adapter-Internal-CT1024M550SSD1/dp/B00IRRDHW6
MX200
http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-MX200-Internal-Solid-State/dp/B00RQA6L50
M500
http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch-adapter-Internal-CT960M500SSD1/dp/B00BQ8RGL6
Then I looked at Samsung and the plot thickened — three more 1TB choices:
840 EVO
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-SATA-Internal-MZ-7TE1T0BW/dp/B00E3W16OU
850 EVO
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E1T0B-AM/dp/B00OBRFFAS
850 Pro
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-SATA-Internal-MZ-7KE1T0BW/dp/B00LF10KTE
The entire price range from top ($550) to bottom ($370) differs by only $180, so let's say that price (within that range) doesn't matter. While there's a temptation to think that a more expensive product is better, this is not always the case. So I'm looking for some advice from the hardware experts here to help me choose.
If it matters, the drive is going into an HP EliteBook 8460w laptop, W7 Pro 64-bit, Core i7-2630QM/2.00GHz (quad-core), 16GB DDR3-1333/PC3-10600, currently with a Crucial MX100 512GB SSD (which the new 1TB drive will replace). Thanks much, Joe
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> It's all going to come down to money
I was trying to take money out of the picture within the price range stated in the question (I'm not going to consider, for example, the 1.2TB Intel S3500 at $1,172).
> I gave you two reference links that should help support my argument.
The Tom's article is Best SSDs For The Money (emphasis mine). Again, the For The Money case is not what I'm looking for this time. Also, it mentions only one of the four Crucial 1TB SSDs, the M500 — nothing about the BX100, M550, or MX200.
The SSD UserBenchmark article has nothing about 1TB SSDs. It doesn't even have ~500GB ones. If you click the CAPACITY filter, the ony choices are in the 120-256GB range.
Regards, Joe
I was trying to take money out of the picture within the price range stated in the question (I'm not going to consider, for example, the 1.2TB Intel S3500 at $1,172).
> I gave you two reference links that should help support my argument.
The Tom's article is Best SSDs For The Money (emphasis mine). Again, the For The Money case is not what I'm looking for this time. Also, it mentions only one of the four Crucial 1TB SSDs, the M500 — nothing about the BX100, M550, or MX200.
The SSD UserBenchmark article has nothing about 1TB SSDs. It doesn't even have ~500GB ones. If you click the CAPACITY filter, the ony choices are in the 120-256GB range.
Regards, Joe
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> customer service
Good point, nobus! Always something worth taking into account. Could make the difference between otherwise similar products. Thanks, Joe
Good point, nobus! Always something worth taking into account. Could make the difference between otherwise similar products. Thanks, Joe
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Gary,
Thanks for the comments — exactly the kind of feedback I'm looking for. I was unaware of that shortcoming in the BX100, so thanks for mentioning it.
I've been very happy with the performance of the 512GB MX100 in that machine, so the 1TB MX200 recommendation sits well with me — of course, with the caveat about comparing SSDs in different series, even of the same manufacturer, or of different sizes, even in the same series, as you mentioned.
I'll leave this open for a few more days to see if anyone else jumps in. Thanks, Joe
Thanks for the comments — exactly the kind of feedback I'm looking for. I was unaware of that shortcoming in the BX100, so thanks for mentioning it.
I've been very happy with the performance of the 512GB MX100 in that machine, so the 1TB MX200 recommendation sits well with me — of course, with the caveat about comparing SSDs in different series, even of the same manufacturer, or of different sizes, even in the same series, as you mentioned.
I'll leave this open for a few more days to see if anyone else jumps in. Thanks, Joe
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@Network Zero,
Three things:
(1) For Crucial drives, the chart has only the M500 on it — none of the other three Crucial models.
(2) The Crucial info seems to be a direct copy/paste from here (without credit to it):
http://techreport.com/review/27824/crucial-bx100-and-mx200-solid-state-drives-reviewed
You'll notice at the bottom of the page that this is copyrighted material ("Copyright ©1999-2015 The Tech Report. All rights reserved."), so I expect that an EE admin will be along to delete it.
(3) The Samsung info seems to be a direct copy/paste from here (without credit to it):
http://www.thessdreview.com/our-reviews/samsung-850-evo-ssd-review-1tb-differing-series-controllers-compared/
You'll notice at the bottom of the page that this is copyrighted material ("© 2007-2015 The SSD Review. All Rights Reserved"), so I again expect that an EE admin will be along to delete it.
You may want to take a look at EE's Terms of Use, Section 6. Code of Conduct, Item 11, which discusses the issue of posting material that violates copyright. Regards, Joe
Three things:
(1) For Crucial drives, the chart has only the M500 on it — none of the other three Crucial models.
(2) The Crucial info seems to be a direct copy/paste from here (without credit to it):
http://techreport.com/review/27824/crucial-bx100-and-mx200-solid-state-drives-reviewed
You'll notice at the bottom of the page that this is copyrighted material ("Copyright ©1999-2015 The Tech Report. All rights reserved."), so I expect that an EE admin will be along to delete it.
(3) The Samsung info seems to be a direct copy/paste from here (without credit to it):
http://www.thessdreview.com/our-reviews/samsung-850-evo-ssd-review-1tb-differing-series-controllers-compared/
You'll notice at the bottom of the page that this is copyrighted material ("© 2007-2015 The SSD Review. All Rights Reserved"), so I again expect that an EE admin will be along to delete it.
You may want to take a look at EE's Terms of Use, Section 6. Code of Conduct, Item 11, which discusses the issue of posting material that violates copyright. Regards, Joe
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Thanks to Gary for his always-excellent advice about hard drives/storage — and hardware in general. And thanks to nobus for the reminder about customer service. Regards, Joe
thanks Joe!
Price vs performance here ive heard every good things from the new samsung 3Dnand chips - if your want the quickest read and write go with 850 pro. That's my opinion. I gave you two reference links that should help support my argument.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-recommendation-benchmark,3269.html
http://ssd.userbenchmark.com