Best SATA SSD for performance/endurance

[rkagerer]

Hi there,

The system drive on my workstation is comprised of four 480GB Intel DC S3500 SSD's in RAID0 on an Areca ARC-1882ix-24 (with 10% unpartitioned spare area, and daily backups). I'm running out of space and want to upgrade, to at least double the size. I know Intel isn't at the forefront of SSD performance anymore, but I'd rather stick with the brand as my previous Samsung 840 Pro SSD's had timeout issues (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?286391-Samsung-840-Pro-timeouts-on-Areca-RAID).

According to Wikipedia the D3-S4610 ("Youngsville Refresh") is Intel's latest SATA SSD (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_SSDs). Any thoughts on this drive? Will they outperform my existing DC S3500's?

Thanks!

[Charles Wirth]

Intel leads in drive performance with the Optanes, all else is NVMe.

Second choice? Look at Phison E18. Companies like Sabrent build the most aggressive E18

[rkagerer]

Thanks! I'm specifically looking for SATA SSD's. I know these are old now; I'm OK with that. Don't need bleeding edge, just want to make sure the higher capacity drives will deliver equal or (hopefully) better performance and ensure I don't overlook better SATA options.