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Was reading some info on SSDs over on TechSpot, and thought I would shear. Hope you find this info hopeful when deciding on an SSD for the first time or even if just upgrading from an old one.
At the top of the food chain are Samsung's SM951 and Intel's SSD 750 Series. The SM951 is an M.2 series intended for OEM channels, but as we recently discovered in our SM951 review, it's possible to buy Samsung's PCIe drive separate from an OEM system via RamCity. Meanwhile, Intel's SSD 750 Series is widely available but it's limited to 400GB and 1.2TB capacities -- we have the former for this article.
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Model Size Format Interface Read Write Price Crucial BX100 500 GB SATA SATA 6Gb/s 535 MB/s 450 MB/s $190 Crucial MX200 500 GB SATA SATA 6Gb/s 555 MB/s 500 MB/s $200 G.Skill Phoenix Blade 480 GB HHHL PCIe 2.0 x8 1900 MB/s 1050 MB/s $550 Intel SSD 750 Series 400 GB HHHL PCIe 3.0 x4 2200 MB/s 900 MB/s $410 Kingston HyperX Savage 480 GB SATA SATA 6Gb/s 520 MB/s 500 MB/s $250 Kingston Predator 480 GB HHHL PCIe 2.0 x4 1400 MB/s 1000 MB/s $525 OCZ Vector 180 480 GB SATA SATA 6Gb/s 550 MB/s 530 MB/s $260 Plextor PX-G512M6e 512 GB M.2 PCIe 2.0 x2 770 MB/s 580 MB/s $415 Samsung SM951 512 GB M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 2150 MB/s 1550 MB/s $490 Samsung SSD 850 Evo 500 GB SATA SATA 6Gb/s 540 MB/s 520 MB/s $200 Samsung SSD 850 Pro 512 GB SATA SATA 6Gb/s 550 MB/s 520 MB/s $280 SanDisk Extreme Pro 480 GB SATA SATA 6Gb/s 550 MB/s 515 MB/s $235 Transcend SSD370 512 GB SATA SATA 6Gb/s 560 MB/s 460 MB/s $200 Transcend TS512GMTS800 512 GB M.2 M.2 6Gb/s 560 MB/s 460 MB/s $24