240GB Corsair Neutron Series GTX 2.5" SATA III Internal Solid State Drive SSD (CSSD-N240GBGTXB-BK) $190 + Free Shipping

Little to no product reviews is a deal-breaker for me :/

Quote from poetuan : 99% in a couple of days is NOT normal. Check that indexing is off. That's the first thing that will kill a ssd. I've been running my Intel for 8 months and it's still 100% life.

You're one hell of a lucky person. I've had SSDs die in less time than that...

This is the guide I like to use when starting a new build http://www.overclock.net/t/113389...king-guide

Quote from pabuchok : You're one hell of a lucky person. I've had SSDs die in less time than that... This is the guide I like to use when starting a new build http://www.overclock.net/t/113389...king-guide

I guess so. My OCZ, Intel, Samsung and Kingston haven't got one crapped out yet. I follow the How-to-Geek guide. It's missing the browser caching part from the guide you posted.

Quote from pabuchok : You're one hell of a lucky person. I've had SSDs die in less time than that... This is the guide I like to use when starting a new build http://www.overclock.net/t/113389...king-guide

knock on wood I've been using ssd since about 2009 (when the OCZ vertex1 32gb came out or maybe it's earlier)

anyway I never did any of those tweaks and I have no problem with any of my SSD fail on me. I probalby went through 10-15SSD (OCZ, Intel, Samsung, Crucial ) betwen my laptops and desktops.

though I don't do benchmarking or any kind of analyst on my SSD but it runs fast and night and day comming off a mechanical drive.

no failure yet. (but then again most of my SSD are still under 3 years old and they are for "normal" office/work use)

In for one! Thanks OP!

Quote from dst1 : This is erroneous information. The drive specs clearly state that the 240GB is the unformatted size. The formatted size is ~223GB. The truth is that it doesn't make any difference though because one should never fill a 256/240GB SSD over ~190GB anyway. Once an SSD gets more than ~80% full performance falls off drastically. In theory, one can eke out a few more GB from the 256GB drive. Best practice, however, would say buy a 500GB drive once you get near the 200GB mark.

Actually my point was correct, let me clarify:

The common practice (marketing) is to use 1000 bytes per KB for easy division...so 256,000,000 / 1000 = 256GB.

The truth is there is 1024 bytes in a KB. So the right way to do it is 256,000,000/1024 = ~240GB.

They are BOTH 240GB drives, unformatted. Ones uses the inacurate divisor to make it looks bigger. When formatted, they will both end up at ~223GB. This is VERY common in hard drives.

So again, both hard drives when formatted, will be the same size.

*Note, I might have missed a zero or two as I was typing this fast on no sleep, but the point remains the same

Quote from sm69th : Actually my point was correct, let me clarify: The common practice (marketing) is to use 1000 bytes per KB for easy division...so 256,000,000 / 1000 = 256GB. The truth is there is 1024 bytes in a KB. So the right way to do it is 256,000,000/1024 = ~240GB. They are BOTH 240GB drives, unformatted. Ones uses the inacurate divisor to make it looks bigger. When formatted, they will both end up at ~223GB. This is VERY common in hard drives. So again, both hard drives when formatted, will be the same size. *Note, I might have missed a zero or two as I was typing this fast on no sleep, but the point remains the same

Although your math is correct, this is not the reason for the different sizes. It has to do with over provisioning.

Both drives have the same amount of raw, physical RAM, but the 240GB drive has more NAND reserved for over provisioning. The manufacturer generally sets the amount of over provisioning based on write amplification of the controller and P/E cycles of the NAND.
http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Co...SD-Review/
http://www.anandtech.com/show/605...6gb-review

The review samples sent to most reviewers for the vanilla Neutron drive allowed for more over provisioning on the ONFI NAND. Now, the drive is shipping with no over provisioning, giving it 256GB of unformatted storage.

The Neutron GTX is still using its over provisioning for the Toggle NAND, making it 240GB of unformatted storage.

Edit: I see the other person was referring to the Samsung. The same idea holds though. The 840 Pro has 256GB of raw, physical NAND, no over provisioning, giving it 256GB of unformatted storage.