SSD brand preference

[armand]

They will be in RAID 0 so it should compensate a little.
The 840 Pro is much more expensive and I don't think they come in larger then 500 GB (the Evo does) which matters as I will use them as my work drive, I have a Samsung SSD as my system drive.
Lastly, my current board only support SATA II and while I plan to upgrade eventually right now it shouldn't be such a big difference in practical terms. As you said, it will be much faster than my current hdd (and silent!).

840 Pro is my current choice if I upgrade the system drive.

[armand]

Here is another review comparing it to the 1 TB 840 EVO, its real competition: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crucial-m500-1tb-ssd,3551-13.html
Worse but not by much; the current sale makes it a better value unless the EVO goes on sale also.

[NikoJorj]

Anandtech still recommends warmly the M500, even if it's (a bit) slower : http://www.anandtech.com/show/7545/best-ssds-holiday-2013

SSD comparisons are still very relevant with double digit percentage speed differences between a top performer and a budget unit.  

I agree, but are those differences significant for the user sitting in front of the computer?

[bjanes]

Apple is transitioning to the faster PCIe based flash storage in the high end MacBook Pro and the upcoming MacPro.

http://www.zdnet.com/apples-new-mac-pro-kicks-hdds-and-ssds-to-the-curb-in-favor-of-pci-e-flash-7000016667/

As responders to that article pointed out, the PCI e flash is merely an SSD with a different interface, PCI-e rather than SATA. Since Apples are a closed system, I presume memory upgrades would have to come from Apple and wonder what the cost might be.

Regards,

Bill

[eskuvo]

I have two samsungs. So far so good....! Recommended!

[armand]

Pretty good sales on SSDs during these days, including on Samsung EVO 1TB mentioned above; the Crucial M500 960 GB at 430 or so remains the best value per GB. On the 120-256 range there are multiple deals on many brands.