Storage Solutions Advice required on procuring a 120GB/240GB SSD

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sydras

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Folks, I was considering purchase of a 120GB Kingston Hyperx Savage SSD at http://www.amazon.in/HyperX-Savage-...&qid=1485895324&sr=8-19&keywords=ssd+kingston
for Rs 5,999/-.

But, looking at the seller ratings and after some research that indicates that 240GB capacity SSDs have relatively better write performance, I am considering the following:

1. Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB SSD at http://www.amazon.in/HyperX-Savage-...062980&sr=8-2&keywords=kingston+hyperx+savage
for Rs 9,299/-.

2. Sandisk Extreme Pro 240GB SSD at http://www.amazon.in/SanDisk-Extrem...F8&qid=1485895038&sr=8-2&keywords=ssd+sandisk
for Rs 9,499/-.

3. Crucial MX200 250GB SSD at http://www.amazon.in/Crucial-MX200-...=1485897585&sr=8-1&keywords=ssd+crucial+mx200
for Rs 7,999/-.

I have
i> a 120GB Samsung 850 Pro SSD in my Lenovo Z5070 laptop and
ii> a 120GB Samsung 850 Evo SSD in my wife's Dell 3158 laptop.

From my personal experience, I feel that the general zippyness (cold boot, wake up from hibernate, network speed etc.) is much better on my laptop with the Pro SSD as compared to my wife's laptop with the Evo SSD although this could be influenced by manufacturer specific drivers and customizations. (for eg: It takes 5-6 seconds for the stupid Dell logo to be displayed at boot/wake up).

Nevertheless, I would like to stick to MLC based SSDs and I want to try something other than Samsung. I plan to use the SSD with in
an Intel NUC5PPYH NUC at http://www.amazon.in/Intel-BOXNUC5PPYH-NUC-Kit-NUC5PPYH/dp/B00XPVQHDU

along with 8GB G.Skill DDR3L memory at http://www.amazon.in/G-SKILL-Ripjaw...85986846&sr=1-1&keywords=ddr3l+memory+g.skill as mentioned in the Intel NUC5PPYH compatibility list at http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/boards-and-kits/intel-nuc-kits/000006071.html

I'm looking a a silent yet powerful desktop PC replacement for daily browsing, youtube, H.264/H.265 movies, music and the very occasional game(older titles will do).

Can you please share your thoughts on which SSD would be best suited for my requirement?
 
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The following are just my opinion -

You might not get performance similar to 850 pro just by going for MLC. MLC is more reliable. But might not be faster then even 850 Evo.

Have 850 Pro and MX200 and I can see some difference in performance. I got MX200 as I needed MLC at a budget.
Have got Corsair Force LE for another setup. The more I use SSDs, I feel I dont need Samsung Pro like performance in most cases.
 
Rather than going for SSD which is normally more expensive than internal Hard Drive. I would recommend going for internal HDD at the same price with more space. Buy a SSD only if you are using it for a business or a company.
 
sydras said:
2. Sandisk Extreme Pro 240GB SSD at http://www.amazon.in/SanDisk-Extrem...F8&qid=1485895038&sr=8-2&keywords=ssd+sandisk
for Rs 9,499/-.
3. Crucial MX200 250GB SSD at http://www.amazon.in/Crucial-MX200-...=1485897585&sr=8-1&keywords=ssd+crucial+mx200
for Rs 7,999/-.
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I'd pick between these two. The Kingston HyperX Savage has a Phison S10 controller, which IINM is more of a budget solution.
The Sandisk Extreme Pro is a flagship drive on par with the 850 Pro. The MX200 is more of a midrange drive.
Sadly the prices look like they've gone up. I had bought the MX200 for 5999 from Amazon in Oct. And I seem to remember the Sandisk Extreme Pro being a bit cheaper too.

savrom said:
Buy a SSD only if you are using it for a business or a company.
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Sorry but this is not correct. Especially for the application he has intended it for. As an HTPC, he will benefit from a much faster drive, so the device can be as instantaneous as possible.
 
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I'm not sure about your perceived boot times in regards to the type of NAND used. What you should actually be looking at is the Access time because not all controllers are the same as Crazy_Eddy referred to above. Some TLC drives can also feel faster than some MLC drives simply because of the controller. Though we're talking about perceived speed and not actual transfer rate now.

MLC is faster overall when compared to TLC but most TLC drives will have an MLC cache so you will not notice the lower speeds with small operations.

But, when looking at what you've already come up with I would go with the Sandisk simply because of this:
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The latency is so much lower.


NAND is getting more expensive thanks to industry shortages but the prices will not get much better till the rest of the 3D NAND fabs come online. The best time to buy an SSD is during a sale.
 
sydras said:
How is the performance of your Force LE/MX200 vs the 850 Pro? Which is better?
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Sorry for the late reply. Havent had time to install it (Force LE). Will be doing it later this month.

MX200 is a bit slow compared to 850 pro IMO. But they are on totally diff systems (850pro on i5+32GB mem desktop & MX200 on Thinkpad)
 
I would think about buying a new laptop with NVMe M.2 SSDs in them instead of trying to improve the boot times on the current ones. If you are simply running out of space, just stick in a 256G sd card in there. I dont think you can get any better than Samsung 850 in perf.

Typical SATA tops out at 80k IOPS where as NVMe "starts" at 250k
 
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