July 25, 201312 yr Are they coming down in price yet? | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
July 25, 201312 yr Regarding 512GB SSD, I like the OCZ Vertex 4. Great performance and high quality. So good that I have two. One is in my FS PC. My previous SSD was a Corsair 480 GS. It died after 2 months of use... This SSD was replaced by a Plextor M5S (256GB).
July 25, 201312 yr $469 for Samsung 840 512GB is not bad, considering I paid about the same price for the 830 256GB a year and half ago. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147194 Intel i7 10700K | Asus Maximus XII Hero | Asus TUF RTX 3090 | 32GB HyperX Fury 3200 DDR4 | 1TB Samsung M.2 (W11) | 2TB Samsung M.2 (MSFS2020) | Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280mm AIO | 43" Samsung Q90B | 27" Asus Monitor
July 25, 201312 yr I own a Crucial M4 256 GB. It's been rock solid for two years. It may not be the fastest SSD, but it's definitely one of the most reliable. They used to have a 512 GB model, but this years is 480 GB instead of 512 GB. Jeff Thomson
July 25, 201312 yr Author Thanks I'll look at those... my 120GB is really full, only about 15 GB left. | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
July 25, 201312 yr http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147190 That is a steal! Bert
July 26, 201312 yr Author $130 difference for the one SolRayz posted vs what Dazz posted... same name except "MLC." What's the difference? | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
July 26, 201312 yr $130 difference for the one SolRayz posted vs what Dazz posted... same name except "MLC." What's the difference? The PRO version (more expensive) uses MLC memory that is faster to write to compared to the regular 840s TLC memory. The regular 840 will be replaced with a new 840 EVO that also uses TLC, but also has a couple of GB of faster NAND (6GB on the 500GB mmodel) that it uses to speed up writes by first writing to the fast memory and than copying over to the slower memory when it has idle time. http://www.anandtech.com/show/7173/samsung-ssd-840-evo-review-120gb-250gb-500gb-750gb-1tb-models-testedSo I'd some good offers as the vendors clears the stock of the 'old' outgoing 840.
July 26, 201312 yr SAMSUNG they are awesome have two 500's 840Pro. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD http://fs2crew.com/banners/Banner_FS2Crew_MJC_Supporter.png Wayne HART
July 26, 201312 yr The PRO version (more expensive) uses MLC memory that is faster to write to compared to the regular 840s TLC memory. The regular 840 will be replaced with a new 840 EVO that also uses TLC, but also has a couple of GB of faster NAND (6GB on the 500GB mmodel) that it uses to speed up writes by first writing to the fast memory and than copying over to the slower memory when it has idle time. Given that FSX is 99% read when running, better write performance might be a waste of money for a dedicated FSX drive.. B) Bert
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