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Show off your PC [2]
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New #845
I agree with Dude, we need to break away from what we perceive as 'safe haven' brands because other brands are doing good things too.
Anything other than Samsung SSD's is crap is not true. Take at look at Tom's Hardware Adata XPG SX8200 Pro "A Samsung Killer" review. In many cases the SX8200 Pro is whipping the Samsung EVO. It uses a very sought after high end Silicon Motion SM2262EN controller.
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro Review: Go Pro on a Budget (Update) - Tom's Hardware | Tom's Hardware
OUR VERDICT
At the 2TB capacity, Adata’s XPG SX8200 Pro is a highly competitive SSD that trades blows with Samsung’s finest. For the price, it is a solid pick.
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New #847
@ThrashZone should note:
"Performance may vary based on SSD capacity, host hardware and software, operating system, and other system variables."
XPG SX8200 Pro PCIe Gen3x4 M.2 2280 Solid State Drive | XPG
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New #848
I certainly have my preference for go-to brands, but I will deviate if there is a good reason too. Case in point, when building my son's new gaming PC, my plan was to put in a 1TB Samsung Evo 970, and I think they were running about $200 at the time. Found a great deal on the Western Digital Black Sn750 1TB for $129. Turns out it's specs matched the Evo 970+ which was about $219. Therefore, I ended up buying my son 2 of the 1TB Western Digital Black SN750's for about $265. Benches around 3470 on read, 3000 on writes, with IOPS in the 515k-560k region.
For SSD's I go Samsung or Intel
For video cards: always Evga
For power supplies: either seasonic or corsair
For memory: almost always G.Skill
Mobos: Always Asus or Gigabyte
Cases: Antec, Coolermaster, or nzxt.
CPUs: No preference. Whatever is kicking ass at the time.
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New #849
With me and SSDs it depends on which machine it's for.
For my 24/7 go to machine, it needs to be Samsung for the system disk, for all the writes & use it gets, specially cause of the browsers, but also the updates. Samsung have the best life span.
For my other less used systems, I use San Disk SSDs, they're fast, just not as long as a lifespan, but cheaper($€$) also
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Oh yeah, I forgot that I have a 240GB PNY and a 500GB Sandisk SSD as goof around disks, I put them into boxes and play and test with them.
I've never worried about writes on my SSD's. I have an Intel X25-G2 80GB that's about 11 years old and it still works. An 80GB drive today is pretty much useless. I find they will long be outgrown as far as capacity goes before they hit the max write cycle. (at least for my usage).
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