Toms Hardware does a regular "Best SSD" guide for various price classes and 
sizes.

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Brian Weeden
Secure World Foundation
+1 202 683-8534

On Jun 24, 2012, at 11:19, "Anthony Q. Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:

> thanks. I have an 256GB 830 in one of my laptops. Pleased with it, but this 
> is really about price.
> 
> On 6/24/2012 11:06 AM, Greg Sevart wrote:
>> In my opinion, the M4 is the SSD to get right now. The Samsung 830 offers
>> faster writes, but usually is more expensive. I'm slightly cautious on the
>> newer Intels (330, 520) as they use SandForce controllers now, which haven't
>> had the best reliability track record. Intel did customize the firmware and
>> spent over a year qualifying it, but still.
>> 
>> Greg
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected]
>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anthony Q.
>> Martin
>> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 9:16 AM
>> To: The Hardware Group
>> Subject: [H] SSDs
>> 
>> Amazon has some good prices on SSDs at the moment.  Wondering if I should
>> spring for a 512 GB m4 crucial as my main boot drive to replace my old intel
>> 160 GB x25?  Anyone have any thoughts about this SSD?
>> 
>> 
>> 
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