Which brand 240gig SSD to get for my desktop?

[JEDI]

I have an AMD Phenom II X4 960T (3ghz), 4gigs ram, 1 TB hd with 175gig free space running Win7 pro 64bit.

I use it to surf the web and light word/Excel. It's beginning to feel sluggish w/lots of disk thrashing. (hd is not fragmented, according to Win7.)

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I'm assuming 240gig is the standard nowadays?
black Friday has a few 240 gig ssd's on sale.

$110: Crucial MX100 Series SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5-in Internal Solid State Drive (CT256MX100SSD1) - 256GB

$80 (after rebate): PNY Optima Sata III 6Gb/s 2.5-in. Internal Solid State Drive (SSD7SC240GOPT-R) - 240GB

$100: Kingston SSDNow V300 SV300S37A SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5-in. Solid State Drive SSD with SandForce Controller - 240GB

$90: Crucial M500 Series 240GB SSD

$85: OCZ Vector 150 240GB Internal SSD


which is best bang for the buck?

 

[Ken g6]

MX100 is very good, but has been on sale for $100 recently.

M500 is a little slower, but that's a good price.

PNY had issues with changing their controller on the same model. Not sure where they stand now.

Sandforce is fast but generally hasn't been reliable, and the M500 is cheaper.

Haven't followed OCZ since their bankruptcy/takeover. (I think that was them.)

 

[Burpo]

Crucial MX100 seems to be the drive most prefer, but the M500 is probably most bang for the buck.

 

[Remobz]

Crucial MX100 seems to be the drive most prefer, but the M500 is probably most bang for the buck.

I second that.

 

[Cerb]

M500 is the best bang/buck, at that price (2.67GB/$ for M500 v. 2.33GB/$ for MX100), while still being known to be a rather trustworthy drive (and company). The MX100 is newer, faster, and gives you a little more space, though.

 

[mfenn]

M500 is the best bang/buck, at that price (2.67GB/$ for M500 v. 2.33GB/$ for MX100), while still being known to be a rather trustworthy drive (and company). The MX100 is newer, faster, and gives you a little more space, though.

:thumbsup: My thoughts exactly.

 

[RaistlinZ]

MX100 and call it a day.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I say get whichever is cheaper, between the MX100 and the M500. The MX100 is newer, slightly larger, and possibly faster, not really sure. But either one should really be fine.

 

[mfenn]

I say get whichever is cheaper, between the MX100 and the M500. The MX100 is newer, slightly larger, and possibly faster, not really sure. But either one should really be fine.

Here's the comparison. The MX100 goes from being "quite a lot faster" (2x) to "a little bit faster" (1.1x) depending on the workload. They both knock the socks off an HDD though.