The best 256g ssd for £150 ish

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The best 256g ssd for £150 ish

As title really,Iv'e already got an OCZ 60g for boot at the moment,and want to just use ssd's,so I am going to put my WD 1TB HD,into another case for a mini server,and swap it out with a 256g but am not sure which one to go for,I like the look ov the Samsung 830's (mainly due to the fact they will look great in my new Lian Li PC-7FNW)but performance is more important as they can be hidden away.The only real requirement is they need to be readily available,with no sign ov being discontinued,just so I can match them up when adding more.Thanks for reading I'm off to play with the new case,it has just come as I'm typing.
 

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Crucial, Samsung, or Intel--whichever you can get at your chosen price. I'd probably get a Samsung because they are getting a lot of excellent reviews lately.
 

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Cheers mate,I,m glad you said that.What are the mushkin like?
 

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Corsair venegence jet black
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Ati saphire Hd 7850
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1x140mmfront 2x120mmbottom,back.1x120mm,promaltec samuria
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Xclio fan controller.Matrix orbital Gx typhone.Bheringerr Ms20
I hear very little about Mushkin--they apparently aren't among the better sellers.

My main concerns would be price, reliability, and support---rather than performance statistics.

The only brand that seems to get a lot of complaints is OCZ, mostly for certain models.
 

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Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
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Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
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Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
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AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
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8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
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none; graphics are integrated on CPU
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onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX-00D8PB0, 3 TB
PSU
Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
Case
Antec Solo II
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
Keyboard
Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
Mouse
Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
Browser
Pale Moon
Other Info
All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
Cheers mate,I,m glad you said that.What are the mushkin like?

I use a Mushkin Chronos 120GB - MKNSSDCR120GB 550/515 MB/sec main system drive. Just a kickass SSD........:cool:
 

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