Help me choose a SSD

[Cobusvj]

All the reviews just confuse me with al the benchmarks they do, and sometimes even conflicting conclusions. I have managed to put together a small selection, which would you suggest? Please note I live in South Africa so I have given an equivalent dollar price to what I will need to spend in my own currency.

1) Patriot Pyro 240GB [PP240GS25SSDR] $361
2) OCZ Vertex 4 256GB 2.5" SATA6G $423
3) Corsair Force GT 240GB 2.5" SATA6G $434
4) Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB $450

The system will be used for gaming most of the time.

I am leaning towards the Pyro as it is the cheapest, but if the Vertex 4 is a significant step up then that's what I'll get. And since the OCZ, Corsair And Kingston is relatively similarly priced, which then?

Thanks.

 

[Cerb]

If you can only get these, IMO, the Patriot and OCZ should be the two to pick from. The Patriot being the best value for the size, and the OCZ being the best performer.

The Kingston and Corsair will be a bit faster than the Patriot (with TRIM), but nowhere near worth the price difference (most of the performance gains, which are small, disappear over time, and they're 17% and 25% higher in cost), and they'll be slower, over time, than the new Vertex.

If not running Windows 7 (AHCI on, Intel or AMD SATA port), make sure you can get some kind of TRIM support, if you get a Sandforce drive (such as the Patriot Pyro). SF's GC w/o TRIM does not provide good performance over time, compared to others.

 

[jaydee]

Can you get your hands on a Plextor M3, Samsung 830 or Crucial M4?

 

[Cobusvj]

Can you get your hands on a Plextor M3, Samsung 830 or Crucial M4?

The Plextor is even more expensive, and no on the Samsung and Crucial.

 

[plion]

Can you get your hands on a Plextor M3, Samsung 830 or Crucial M4?

why a plextor m3 over a vertex 4? Only the price difference or something else?

 

[cmdrdredd]

why a plextor m3 over a vertex 4? Only the price difference or something else?

To avoid OCZ's atrocious QC.

 

[bryanW1995]

why a plextor m3 over a vertex 4? Only the price difference or something else?

Those prices suck. Where do you live?

If I had to choose one of those, it would be the pyro. And yes, I would get a cheaper/slower sf 2281 based ssd over anything from OCZ.

 

[Cobusvj]

Those prices suck. Where do you live?

If I had to choose one of those, it would be the pyro. And yes, I would get a cheaper/slower sf 2281 based ssd over anything from OCZ.

Lol, as stated in my original post, I live in South Africa, so electronics come at a price premium. However for some weird reason we get games a bit cheaper than what it costs in the US and EU, go figure...

 

[perdomot]

According to Storage Review, the Kingston is an awesome ssd which scores very high and is on their Leaderboard top tier for SSD: http://www.storagereview.com/best_drives
Check out the reviews on each drive before a final decision.