What is the collective opinion of Ozbargainers regarding the current best bang for buck SSD of 240 GB capacity? I need to buy one within a week.
Thanks!
Best Bang for Buck 240GB SSD?
UncommonName on 16/04/2016 - 15:01
Last edited 16/04/2016 - 15:43
Last edited 16/04/2016 - 15:43
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Samsung is out of question, its expensive. And warranty over 3 years does not even matter, as the price of 1 TB SSD with super fast speed will be under 100$ at that time.
uhh… Intel 535?
Intel 535 Series SSDSC2BW240H601 240GB $108 from MSY
UMART is selling the Sandisk Ultra II (240GB) for $99
and this PNY from Amazon is about a hundred
http://www.amazon.com/PNY-CS1311-Internal-Solid-SSD7CS1311-2…How is the Intel 535, performance-wise? This does not tell a good story here - http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Intel-535-Series-240GB/Rating/3…
You're unlikely to notice the 'lower performance' unless you're performing benchmarks or doing a lot of non-sequential r/w operations. I'd probably recommend the Ultra II at $99 (as scrimshaw said) as it gives very solid performance especially for the price (compared to the $99 SSD Plus and the Intel 535).
@donnot: I am using an OCZ ARC 100 120GB SSD for over a year and it has been great so far. It has MLC while Sandisk Ultra II has TLC NAND controller, hmm. Its 99$ at MSY too.
OCZ ARC 100 vs Sandisk Ultra II - http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/SanDisk-Ultra-II-240GB-…
Although it's MLC in the arc 100, Toshiba only rates it as being capable of 20gb of writes per day for 3 years. That's about 21.6TB or 180P/e cycles (for a 120GB drive). Realistically they'd do better than that though. The SanDisk Ultra II is rated to do at least 500 cycles. Endurance testing has been documented here https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2340493
@donnot: Just checked the SMART data of my current OCZ ARC 100 120GB, it shows 95% of life left after 1 year of usage. Can't complain!
ARC 100 is even better than the above suggested Intel 535! - http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/OCZ-ARC-100-240GB-vs-In…
Point to note that, longer warranty (>3 yr) and endurance do not matter much as I think I'll be buying 1TB super fast SSD in 3 years time for under 100$.
there'll be a deal for one in about 5 minutes.
Samsung 850 EVO or PRO if you want the warranty.