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[Aym]

ArmageddonKnight, on 25 April 2013 - 05:45 AM, said:

The Plextor M5Pro is better than the standard Samsung 840, so just going by performance, i would go for the Plextor.

tomshardware has a benchlist of SSD's with different read and write tests and access times, power use, etc.
The overall read, overall write, and overall score, all show that the Plextor m5 Pro and the Samsung 840 Pro consistantly score near or at the top on all tests, sometimes beaten by other SSD's but those SSD's are ether top on read and low on write. .or visa versa, so for the best of both worlds the 840 pro and M5 Pro are the best. The standard 840 is bassicaly like a lower tier SSD, so 840 standard vs M5 Pro ..the M5 Pro wins.

Way to compare apples to oranges. The M5P is priced around the 840 Pro. If you're comparing price-per-gb you go with the 840 either way.

[mattbag]

Im using a 240GB 840 (the standard version) and i love it, no issues whatsoever. Also seems faster than the intel ssd's i use at work despite them having higher stated read/write speeds (please note, this is just my experience, i've done no actual testing)

[Roadbeer]

I've been using 2 OCZ drives for a while now (60GB Vertex for boot, 120GB Agility for Apps) and haven't had a single issue. Maybe I purchased them between firmware updates but it worked out of the box (after formatting, just like most other drives) and running strong. From POST to login in 7s, it actually has to wait for the Windows logo.

[ArmageddonKnight]

Aym, on 25 April 2013 - 06:14 AM, said:

Way to compare apples to oranges. The M5P is priced around the 840 Pro. If you're comparing price-per-gb you go with the 840 either way.

Apples to oranges ? it matters not. The OP has a choice between 2 SSD's currently on special offer for him. The 840 standard and the M5Pro ..those are the 2 that are in question so those are the 2 u compare.

Read the OP b4 making a commentl ike that -.-

OP asked. i answered.

[Silpher K]

840 Pro if you got sata3, no reason to get anything else.

there are alternatives but why settle for anything else than best if you are already in the market for that price bracket?