SSD drives I have used and results

[HFultzjr]

Ok,
I started using just Samsung about 3 years ago, but I think the quality of all SSD drives have improved. Speed differences.....yes there are differences, but a "cheap" SSD drive still make an old computer much, much faster.
I still try to stay with Samsung, but for budget reasons and being on sale, I have used some of the "lesser" drives. So far I have had ZERO issues. Probably did well over 100 of various kinds.

Samsung
PNY
SanDisk
Crucial
Kingston

Never had one come back yet.

Your real life experiences, not just opinions, welcomed.

Thanks.

 

[trevm999]

I've been using Crucial and Kingston, no failures yet.

 

[Justin Heath]

PNY and Crucial have been excellent

multiple issues with Toshiba / OCZ

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Prolly over a hundred Crucials by now....I don't recall one coming back.
Samsung....I think just 1 but it was an OEM in a Dell, not a retail Samsung.

Have removed/thrown out dead ones....PNY, Kingston, Corsair, SanDisk, OCZ
AData....we've deployed a few of those in UTMs...quite a few, I don't think I've had to swap one.

 

[cypress]

Samsung and PNY are the ones I use. Definitely gotten good results from the PNY with the 250GB models. I have replaced a Kingston before and a SanDisk.

 

[Easy PC]

Have 3 x Crucials, and 2 x Kingstons here that have been replaced recently - Crucial are proving a nightmare in the UK to RMA them!!!

 

[300DDR]

If you want to think in terms of data recovery when buying a new SSD, be sure to avoid drives with Sandforce controllers (as these are unrecoverable when bricked). Here is a list of drives with these chips: http://forum.acelaboratory.com/viewtopic.php?p=30207&sid=87e1016a8cec665a7831849b0719aedb#p30207.

 

[sapphirescales]

The older OCZ drives used to suck, but we've had great luck with the Trion 150's. The Trion 100's were terrible. But wholesale we can get a 240GB OCZ for $56. Can't beat the price, and it's better than a Silicon Power or other off brand.

 

[freedomit]

If you want to think in terms of data recovery when buying a new SSD, be sure to avoid drives with Sandforce controllers (as these are unrecoverable when bricked). Here is a list of drives with these chips: http://forum.acelaboratory.com/viewtopic.php?p=30207&sid=87e1016a8cec665a7831849b0719aedb#p30207.

Just a thought, Samsung's have been self encrypting for a while now so if the controller breaks is data still recoverable?

 

[ohio_grad_06]

The first one I used was a Microcenter branded 64gb, which died witihin about 3-4 months of use. However, I did have their warranty on it, so was able to get something for it. I'm now running a corsair neutron 250gb(close to that size anyway)which was refurbished from them, but so far no complaints, been over a year and still going strong.

Others I've used were OCZ, not sure how impressed I am by those, they seem to be kind of meh in my opinion. Really good luck with Crucial. Installed a Samsung or two that have been trouble free. Another one I was using for a little bit was Emtec. I saw them at Microcenter and tried them with a warranty plan, they were cheaper than most of the others, but seemed pretty quick and haven't had reported issues yet.

 

[ComputerRepairTech]

Samsung - Never had a problem.
PNY - Never tried
SanDisk - Failed
Crucial - Failed
Kingston - Never tried

Actually come to think of it i'm still using the SanDisk as a cache in a NAS but put that baby in windows and a lock up is guaranteed to occur within a few hours.

 

[sapphirescales]

A few years back I installed about 100 Crucial SSD's for a large company. Within 6 months, 20 of them had failed. That was the last time I used Crucial's. I don't know if they have anything better nowadays, but it's just not worth the risk. I use Crucial laptop memory, but haven't touched their SSD's since that little cluster F.

 

[fencepost]

For the relatively few drive replacements we've been doing, I only want Samsungs - I want that built-in AES-256 support and while I do have a slightly-outdated list of other drive models that support it, I've pretty much never heard anything bad about their drives which is more than I can say about anyone else.