SSD's really come down to does it work, or is it DOA?
If it works out of the box, you'll probably be very happy with it. Just like a thumb drive.
And for all the rumors you hear about them having a low lifetime? Look at the data sheet. The MTFB (mean time before failure) is listed at 1500000 hours. That is 171 YEARS of continuous operation.
I don't know about the Samsungs, but here's what I have myself:
Intel 520 Series 240 GB
Intel 530 Series 240 GB
I use these in a Stripe configuration for a 480 GB drive. OS and games installed.
As a secondary drive I have two 500 GB single platter 7200 RPM drives in a mirror configuration.
If what you are going for is performance over storage space, I would consider getting multiple smaller drives and setting up a stripe rather than one large drive.
Also, if your motherboard doesn't have SATA III, I would consider upgrading it as well. SATA II used with SSD has the potential to max the bandwidth on the buss, in which case your SSD performance will be much slower than expected.
If it works out of the box, you'll probably be very happy with it. Just like a thumb drive.
And for all the rumors you hear about them having a low lifetime? Look at the data sheet. The MTFB (mean time before failure) is listed at 1500000 hours. That is 171 YEARS of continuous operation.
I don't know about the Samsungs, but here's what I have myself:
Intel 520 Series 240 GB
Intel 530 Series 240 GB
I use these in a Stripe configuration for a 480 GB drive. OS and games installed.
As a secondary drive I have two 500 GB single platter 7200 RPM drives in a mirror configuration.
If what you are going for is performance over storage space, I would consider getting multiple smaller drives and setting up a stripe rather than one large drive.
Also, if your motherboard doesn't have SATA III, I would consider upgrading it as well. SATA II used with SSD has the potential to max the bandwidth on the buss, in which case your SSD performance will be much slower than expected.
