Intel 530 180G for $145 or Kingston HyperX3K 240G for $175?

[braveheart0707]

Intel 530 180G for $145 or Kingston HyperX3K 240G for $175?

I dont really care about minor speed difference. I know that current SSD speeds vary very slightly, and only noticeable at benchmarks.

I know the Hyperx3K uses lower life-span nands to make it cheaper. Does the Intel 530 uses the 5k or 3K nand?

I am mainly concerned about reliability and reputation, any comment is appreciated!

 

[C2bcool]

Why are you limiting it to those two?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...9SIA2W00YW3571

Samsung 840 EVO 250gb for $185 is where it is at IMHO.

 

[VirtualLarry]

In the days of 34nm Intel X25-M G2 drives, 10K write cycles were normal. So the HyperX "3K" would have seemed to be a cheaper drive, made out of weaker NAND. But today's 19nm NAND is lucky to manage more than 1K write cycles. So in that respect, the "3K" drives may actually have superior longevity to today's drives.

Edit: BTW, Samsung 840 EVO is TLC NAND, which is even weaker than the MLC I've been discussing.

 

[Engineer]

Not sure if matters but the Kingston drive is $159.99 on Amazon today.

http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Hyper...SH103S3%2F240G

Both Intel and Kingston have solid reputations and Intel has the perception of being the leader in reliability in SSD's.

 

[braveheart0707]

Not sure if matters but the Kingston drive is $159.99 on Amazon today.

http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Hyper...SH103S3%2F240G

Both Intel and Kingston have solid reputations and Intel has the perception of being the leader in reliability in SSD's.

Ya the price i quoted was in Canadian and i dont think i can price match amazon US.

 

[F1shF4t]

In the days of 34nm Intel X25-M G2 drives, 10K write cycles were normal. So the HyperX "3K" would have seemed to be a cheaper drive, made out of weaker NAND. But today's 19nm NAND is lucky to manage more than 1K write cycles. So in that respect, the "3K" drives may actually have superior longevity to today's drives.

Edit: BTW, Samsung 840 EVO is TLC NAND, which is even weaker than the MLC I've been discussing.

Samsung's TLC is rated for 1K write cycles, while most things i've seen about 19nm MLC is that it's rated at 3K.

I do agree that things are getting worse in terms of write cycles but due to larger sizes and better controllers I don't think write endurance for consumer work loads is of any concern even for TLC. (Well maybe 120GB 840 is cutting it rather close)

OP: Grab the larger capacity one. Even if the 530 uses 5K NAND, its endurance will be the same due to less NAND onboard. On the other hand you can just grab an 840 EVO or vanilla if you can find them cheaply, Samsung has been good with reliability, much better historically than sandforce SSDs.

 

[Engineer]

Samsung's TLC is rated for 1K write cycles, while most things i've seen about 19nm MLC is that it's rated at 3K.

I do agree that things are getting worse in terms of write cycles but due to larger sizes and better controllers I don't think write endurance for consumer work loads is of any concern even for TLC. (Well maybe 120GB 840 is cutting it rather close)

Samsung might just reverse that trend (at least on their stuff) with 3D V-NAND (50 nM rated at 35,000 writes).

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7203/samsungs-3d-vertical-nand-set-to-improve-nand-densities

 

[aigomorla]

check the see if the kingston is a rebranded intel b4 u decide.

 

[braveheart0707]

check the see if the kingston is a rebranded intel b4 u decide.

sort of, they also use the Sandforce controller and they are using Intel nand chips it seems