Corsair Force GT 60 GB Corsair Force 3 60 GB Intel 330 60 GB Intel 520 60GB Samsung 830 64 GB OCZ Synapse Cache 64GB (not used as cache) Intended use: Win7 boot and applications drive. (few applications, the drive will be about 2/3 filled) Differentiating factors: reliability and speed (in this order) If the price was the same, what would you go for?
Out of those, the Samsung. Great performance, (Not that it's particularly noticeable compared to the others) And good reliability, I have bad experience with sandforce drives. Are you sure you can only afford a 64GB drive? I don't know about Romania, But here a 128GB Samsung 830 is only £25 more than the 64GB one- To me it's a no brainer.
I've heard good stuff about the Samsungs, but never used one. However, I've built 10+ systems with Sandforce (2nd gen) controllers and never had any issues. (though I've done so only after the fix for the famous bluescreens) Here the prices for 120-128 GB drives are 50-100% more than 60-64GB. Since I only intend to fill about 40GB of it I thought that a 60-64 GB should suffice. Which drives see more pronounced performance degradation going from 128 to 64 GB? Samsungs or Sandforces?
If you can stretch to a 128GB Samsung 830, then it will be faster than all of those. If not then maybe consider the Vertex 4.
Definitely the Samsung. I've had a good history with Samsung hard drives, just hope their SSD are to the same standard.
If my budget increases enough to get a 128GB, which brand/model would you choose from the ones I've listed in my first post?
Nearly my entire system consists of Corsair's gear (at least parts they have on their shelves) but I would advise you to choose the one and only in the SSD department - Intel! RMA'ed Force's a couple of times then gave up
Samsung 830, after a lot of research I found that it actually completed real life tasks quicker and more efficiently than others. Have a look for yourself, it sits neatly in the 256GB range, you can read about anandtechs light and heavy workload testing. Also as it uses toggle nand, it will last twice as long as non toggle drives. The Vertex 4 might be slightly faster in some situations but if you read about how the V4 reorganises itself once you reach the halfway data point, you don't get the same performance. The samsung is consistant and reliable.
