Best budget SSD

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Looking to pick up a 120gb or a 240gb as cheap as possible, ebay etc.

Whats the best for price & performance

[Thunderball]

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£54.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: OCZ TRION 150 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£37.37 @ BT Shop)
Storage: Transcend SSD370 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£44.46 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra II 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£56.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£72.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Mushkin Reactor 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£67.60 @ More Computers)
Storage: Sandisk X400 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£63.25 @ Amazon UK)

Samsung 850 EVO is a benchmark. If you can afford it there is no reason to go cheaper.

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Can pick an EVO up for £39 (used)... assuming its worth it then. Why's it so much better?

[Thunderball]

Can pick an EVO up for £39... assuming its worth it then. Why's it so much better?

Samsung is the leader on that market for a long time already. Their stuff is fast, reliable and relatively cheap. Make sure you dont get 840 EVO, getting 750 EVO is fine.

[Karon]

850 evo > 840 evo >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the rest

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It'll be an 850 evo

[Hottage]

Make sure you dont get 840 EVO,

Might I ask why not the 840 EVO?

I've been a running a 1TB one in my laptop basically since they were released, and I just moved it into my new desktop.

Sat at about 12TB written. Should I be worried?

[Thunderball]

Might I ask why not the 840 EVO?

I've been a running a 1TB one in my laptop basically since they were released, and I just moved it into my new desktop.

Sat at about 12TB written. Should I be worried?

You shouldnt, it's a good SSD but will never sell for 39 EUR, it's likely some kind of scam.

[chazus]

You shouldnt, it's a good SSD but will never sell for 39 EUR, it's likely some kind of scam.

I don't think they're referring to an 840 EVO 1TB for £39. Probably a 250gb.

I'm a bit confused too. You said not to get an 840 EVO.. but didn't say why.

[Fascinate]

850 evo isnt the budget pick. You can find 480 gig ssd's for under 100 bucks regularly, cheapest ive seen was an adata for 89 bucks a few months ago. Id stay away from anything called silicon power tho.

[Denpepe]

I don't think they're referring to an 840 EVO 1TB for £39. Probably a 250gb.

I'm a bit confused too. You said not to get an 840 EVO.. but didn't say why.

I think it's because the 840 had some firmware issues which would cause slowdowns of the SSD, pretty sure it has been fixed a long time ago.