Samsung 840 vs Corsair force series gs

[BlueGoldAce]

Looking to replace my dead hard drive in my late 2011 MacBook. I just purchased a Samsung 840 nonpro, 500 gb.

Today I found a corsair force gs 480 gb for $20 cheaper.

Which would be the better buy? I appreciate the help. I have done some looking but didn't find a straight answer.

-blue

 

[BlueGoldAce]

The deal is available for today only on newegg for those who want to know.

 

[bomikepa]

i have the corsair force series 3 SSD 240 gig

i have 2010 April Macbook Pro 13inch and replaced the old hdd with a sdd was a breeze and software install was flawless. I have had no problems whatsoever with this drive and have had it for about a year now. I dont know anything about the samsung drive but the one i have is great!

in fact my current machine cant even utilize the max speeds of the ssd since my machine is a bit older itself

good luck!

http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Force-2-5-Inch-Solid-CSSD-F240GB3-BK/dp/B0051A8TG6

 

[AlexMaximus]

Just updated, stay with the 840..

I have just updated my good intel sad with a new 840 with 500 gigs. The intel drive was great for the last two years but got too small. Did not want to loose the old CD drive either so I had to go 500 gig.
Outstanding drive so far, especially if you have an older sata2 architecture. I would stay with the Samsung, big company as intel with good driver support and firmware updates if necessary. The big shots do not fool around in a premium segment market such as ssd. Believe me, you will be just fine with that 840.

 

[varunsanthanam]

Food for thought:

Not saying this will happen to everyone, but I bought a Samsung 840 500GB (not the Pro 512 version), and I installed it in my early 2011 Sandy Bridge 15" MacBook Pro. It worked great for a month, and then suddenly died on me. I'm getting it replaced by Samsung but for now, I bought a computer with integrated flash storage.

 

[BlueGoldAce]

Does the corsair higher write speeds produce enough of a benefit? That's my main reason for considering the switch; the possible performance gains.

 

[paul-n]

The higher sequential write speeds are can't be felt, only be measured, 840 has really high IOs values, which are much more important, than sequential write.

 

[xxjudgmentxx]

Does the corsair higher write speeds produce enough of a benefit? That's my main reason for considering the switch; the possible performance gains.

No. Unless you spend all day just writing files to the drive it won't make a difference to you. Read speed (and high IOPS if you have a heavily random workload) is all you need to have super snappy performance from an SSD.