Can't decide, 128gb Crucial M4 or Samsung 830

[santilmo]

Alright, got it now...

 

[F1shF4t]

Way to necro the thread.

As for your second question it's true (pertains more to smaller capacity drives) on the basis that you only get lets say 5,000 writes to every sector of an SSD. If you load up lets say a 100 GB SSD to 50% with permanent objects, that leaves you 50 GB left to play with. For that reason the sectors responsible for those 50 GB will experience much more writing as the other 50 GB is stuck with stagnant information. Imagine even more so that you load the drive up to 95 GB with information that will not change, you only leave the drive 5 GB of space which you will write/delete from far more frequently, which will prematurely kill part of the drive. The drive might just lock any more writing once the cell degradation reaches this point or just not work at all since it detects something wrong with some of the cells.

That's false. SSDs use static wear leveling, which means they will move static data around as part of wear leveling.

If the SSD is almost full and you do a lot of writes the write amplification will go through the roof.

 

[krnmastersgt]

That's false. SSDs use static wear leveling, which means they will move static data around as part of wear leveling.

If the SSD is almost full and you do a lot of writes the write amplification will go through the roof.

Nice thing to learn, never came up from what I read up on.

It'd still kill the drive extremely quickly though from the write amp, not sure why I never came across the static wear leveling 😵

 

[FreeAtLast2012]

Of the two I'd have bought the Samsung 830. I was in your boat and I planned on getting the Samsung but got the Intel 330. It's been discounted and highly reliable w/ good warranty. I don't think you can beat the price. 120GB for $95 on newegg. Also it comes with bracket and cable. (saves at least $5)

 

[Scoobyboo]

I went with the Samsung 830 256GB.
Really like the little program to manage the SSD, and I had the luck that the Samsung was also the cheapest out of the two 😀

 

[Protomize]

This video might make your decision: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZqvXCJ5Jyg

 

[perdomot]

I chose the 830 for a couple of reasons, most notably that it handles both compressible and non compressible data similarly as opposed to SF SSD. Samsung's total control of the construction and its tool box along with a killer sale price clinched it for me.

 

[jhansman]

Samsung's total control of the construction and its tool box along with a killer sale price clinched it for me.

This, plus price, is why I got a second 830. Samsung offers a complete solution that is hard to beat. Also notice on their website, they only offer solid state internal storage solutions now. IMO, they are wise to let WD & Seagate slug it out for the rotational market.

 

[KingerXI]

OK, tell me this. If you already had your OS loaded on a 128GB M4, would you take the time to mirror the hard drive to a Samsung 830? From all my research, it seems a user would notice little, if any, real-world differences. Only the write speed, and I don't load many programs, so I don't care too much about that.

I bought a Samsung 830 128GB a couple weeks ago when it was $89. Should I swap it with the M4? If I had to guess, I think 90% of you would say don't bother. But I do like the best parts in my PC!

 

[sequoia464]

OK, tell me this. If you already had your OS loaded on a 128GB M4, would you take the time to mirror the hard drive to a Samsung 830? From all my research, it seems a user would notice little, if any, real-world differences. Only the write speed, and I don't load many programs, so I don't care too much about that.

I bought a Samsung 830 128GB a couple weeks ago when it was $89. Should I swap it with the M4? If I had to guess, I think 90% of you would say don't bother. But I do like the best parts in my PC!

Edited comments - I need to learn to read before commenting.