Corsair Force GT vs Samsung 830

[ArCElM]

Hi,

I currently have 2 Corsair Force GT 60GB in RAID-0.

AFter a few games are installed space becomes tight, so I decided it is time for up the size of my ssd's to 120/128GB each.


I am finding it very hard to get solid answers on what's the fastest drive to get as I am told for real world performance there is allot more to it than just basic advertised read/write speeds.

So I have seen the Sandisk Extreme 120GB SSD and the Samsung 830 128GB and ofc looked at the Corsair Force GT 120GB and also even the Vertex 4 from OCZ

I like instantaneous responsiveness from OS operation and FAST load times of the OS and apps and games, so what should I buy?

Many thanks.

I am going to take a shot in the dark and guess that the basic read write speeds are of less importance to me then the lesser known statistics, due to the fact with raid-0 the basic read/write will be fast anyway, thats a shot in the dark I really don't know what I am talking about.

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

[johnw]

Here is a recent, comprehensive comparison review of many 128GB SSDs:

http://www.behardware.com/articles/8...a-6g-ssds.html

Not surprisingly, the Plextor M3P comes out on top.

[OS-Wiz]

Well, the Samsung 830 uses its own controller and would be my choice. Don't get caught up in the performance "numbers game", reliability, especially in a RAID array, is more important. You will not be able to notice the load time differences between a 700 or 900 mb/s read. Every Sandforce controller drive from every maker has had some kind of problem.

[ArCElM]

many thanks considering all I rolled with this http://www.scan.co.uk/products/128gb...rite-320mb-s-2

[OS-Wiz]

many thanks considering all I rolled with this http://www.scan.co.uk/products/128gb...rite-320mb-s-2

Good choice!

[Kain665]

OS, the Vertex 4 uses a Marvel 9187 controller.

[johnw]

Well, the Samsung 830 uses a Marvel controller and would be my choice.

Wrong, the Samsung 830 uses a Samsung controller.

[OS-Wiz]

Wrong, the Samsung 830 uses a Samsung controller.

Yup, I was wrong. Its Samsung's own controller.

[OS-Wiz]

OS, the Vertex 4 uses a Marvel 9187 controller.

Yup, I was wrong, it uses the Marvel controller. Their original firmware had the problem and I read that there is a fix out for it.

[Highendtoys]

The Sammy 128GB has high write latency.

[ArCElM]

The Sammy 128GB has high write latency.

Have I made the wrong choice?

[Zaxx]

Have I made the wrong choice?

Naaa...u wouldn't notice it unless you were putting it into extreme/heavy use...like a server.

[HuffPCair]

In SSDs I really do not get why people are sweating over which drive is fastest, they are typically tiny differences. I go for reliability over performance since an SSD is going to be plenty fast and any shape or form especially the newer ones.

[Nizzen]

If you want reliability, go for Samsung!

[Zaxx]

Great sale here...in the states.

$89.99 + FS for the 128GB

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Dea...Buy,16299.html

Edit: Looks like they sold out anyways...

[annaconda]

Great prices Here for SSDs. Prices have came down significantly. Now you can get 180GB Sata 3 Solid state drive for close to $100 and 128gb or 120gb version are going for $69.

All the new SSDs are good the performance difference is small to nothing. Samsung does use in house controller, well others use Sandforce, etc.

If i have to choose between Samsung 830 series vs Ocz Agility series vs Kingston 3K or 5K. I would go with better price point at the time i am in the market for SSD, because they all are very good SSDs.

[OCAUfedexpress]

neither

get crucial m4 and win :P

cheap and mosst reliable drive now, intel is 2nd place now :P

I've had maybe 15 ssd drives

sata 2 and sata 3 won't make a difference in real work stuff i.e you won't notice a difference.

[annaconda]

Great prices Here for SSDs. Prices have came down significantly. Now you can get 180GB Sata 3 Solid state drive for close to $100 and 128gb or 120gb version are going for $69.

OCZ Agility Prices are falling like crazy.