It is probably the cheapest 480GB SSD you can get right now, not that fast though.
tightar5e to OpineDevine
19 May 16#9
If you are looking for Performance buy a Samsung, can't really go wrong. If you hammer your laptop for 8 hours a day, again buy a Samsung. That said, if you use more than one device, spreading your workload, its difficult to justify the price of several Samsungs.
Price? well that's a different matter.
Simply if you want all-round performance, extras like encryption - buy a Samsung Evo 850. Samsung have the largest die fabrication size for the flash cells, so in theory, are more robust too.
If you want longevity, reliable data storage, next best choice is MLC drives (like this one), not the fastest, but for day to day stuff, you won't notice. For most applications its hard to justify another £50 for a Samsung Evo 850.
If you want decent but cheap,you can't really go wrong with the Phison S10 based Controller - 120GB Integral SSD sold by mymemory @ £23.74 with voucher. Its TLC though, but has a large enough cache which helps. (TLC drives drop performance coping larger files)
I have an Integral 120GB in an older iMac, boots from 'bong' to login page in 22 secs.
I use Samsung Evos, Sandisk and Integral currently, all good (given their price), no problems. Sandisk are very light (weightwise) and run cool, as does the Integral. The older Samsung 830s have been rock solid, have one that has been used for system imaging on a daily basis for a couple of years now, still going strong, never missed a beat. Never once thought about the price I paid for those Samsung 830s.
fishmaster to OpineDevine
19 May 161#10
Speed is not really a concern, there's little perceivable difference for the average user, the type of NAND flash is of more of a concern due to certain negative properties of some NAND, but for SATA SSDs we've hit the limit really of what they can do. M.2 NVMe SSDs is where it's at but it not compatible with most systems, so limited application. For people building a new PC they'd go M.2.
Optimus_Toaster
19 May 16#11
Long story short is they are all super fast. No matter what a "benchmark" says.
Userbenchmark is crap. So many people have their setups configured incorrectly resulting in rubbish scores.
This drive and the 850 evo are both TLC drives. The title is incorrect. MLC drives are almost always used under a "pro" moniker cause professional usage is the only time when the difference actually matters.
Pokemon_Nr_0815
19 May 16#12
Nope, the SSD Plus has MLC Nand, whereas you mean the SSD Ultra II with TLC, I think.
Optimus_Toaster
19 May 16#13
Well I'll be damned. There isn't much info on the drives so I assumed TLC based on price alone. But I just wrote 10GB to my 120GB drive and there was not "throttling" on speed so it must be MLC.
3guesses
19 May 16#14
Would not the drive's cache implementation be a factor in drawing that conclusion?
brawlzzz
19 May 16#15
Which SSD is the most reliable?
Pokemon_Nr_0815 to brawlzzz
19 May 16#16
Well, then I would take a Transcend or the MX200 from Crucial.
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You get the Sandisk SSD Plus SSD with 480GB for £80.39 including delivery @ Amazon.fr
Next price: £92.51
Type: Solid State Drive (SSD) • Form factor: 2.5" • Interface: SATA 6Gb/s • Read: 480MB/s • Write: 400MB/s • NAND: MLC Toggle (19nm, Toshiba) • MTBF: 1.75 Mio. hours • Controller: silicone Motion SM2246XT, 4 NAND-channels • Protocol: AHCI • Encryption: not available • Power consumption: not specified (operation), not specified (idle) • Dimensions: 100x70x7mm • Warranty: three years
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Anyone have any idea of where this one is on the list of fastest to slowest?
You have to search on the model number which is SDSSDA-480G-G25.
http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/131770/SanDisk-SDSSDA480G
It is probably the cheapest 480GB SSD you can get right now, not that fast though.
Price? well that's a different matter.
Simply if you want all-round performance, extras like encryption - buy a Samsung Evo 850. Samsung have the largest die fabrication size for the flash cells, so in theory, are more robust too.
If you want longevity, reliable data storage, next best choice is MLC drives (like this one), not the fastest, but for day to day stuff, you won't notice. For most applications its hard to justify another £50 for a Samsung Evo 850.
If you want decent but cheap,you can't really go wrong with the Phison S10 based Controller - 120GB Integral SSD sold by mymemory @ £23.74 with voucher. Its TLC though, but has a large enough cache which helps. (TLC drives drop performance coping larger files)
I have an Integral 120GB in an older iMac, boots from 'bong' to login page in 22 secs.
I use Samsung Evos, Sandisk and Integral currently, all good (given their price), no problems. Sandisk are very light (weightwise) and run cool, as does the Integral. The older Samsung 830s have been rock solid, have one that has been used for system imaging on a daily basis for a couple of years now, still going strong, never missed a beat. Never once thought about the price I paid for those Samsung 830s.
Userbenchmark is crap. So many people have their setups configured incorrectly resulting in rubbish scores.
This drive and the 850 evo are both TLC drives. The title is incorrect. MLC drives are almost always used under a "pro" moniker cause professional usage is the only time when the difference actually matters.