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Posted June 22, 2013
Which company creates the best SSD; in terms of quality? Ex. Intel, SanDisk, OCZ, Kingston, SeaGate, etc? Thinking of getting an 180 GB in the future for my PS3.
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Posted June 23, 2013
Usually Intel. Except when they have the occasional 'I'm going to randomly wipe your disk' firmware bug.

I have four Intel SSDs here and no problems so far. But I did update the firmware on the buggy one as soon as the fix was released.
Posted June 23, 2013
I confirm Intel makes great SSDs, as an alternative though OCZ or SanDisk is pretty swell. I have no experience with Kingston, though Ihave a few Kingston memory cards that never gave me issue. Though that isn't a guaranteed their SSDs will be good but I recommend checking some of the reviews on NewEgg for confirmation for those products. :)
Posted June 23, 2013
All storage devices will eventually fail. Best to use several relatively-cheap ones in a RAID than to use a single large one.
Posted June 23, 2013
just know that you cant put games from the Playstation Store, on it. SeaGate, SanDisk, or Intel are all good choices.
Posted June 23, 2013
AFAIK Intel has the lowest failure rates of all the brands. I personally have a couple of OCZs and they work just fine.

http://www.hardware-revolution.com/best-ssd-best-hdd-for-your-money-may-2013

This site is a great resource. Check it out!

Edit: formatting
Post edited June 23, 2013 by Dzsono
Posted June 23, 2013
Samsung 840 Pro.
Posted June 23, 2013
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Dzsono: AFAIK Intel has the lowest failure rates of all the brands.
I've also read about that. I've a Intel 320 120GB SSD, bought about 2 years ago and still going strong. This particular model had an infamous 8MB bug that they released a firmware upgrade for but I never bothered with it because it didn't happen for me, still quite annoying but I keep a back up of my OS so not the end of the world.
Posted June 23, 2013
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triock: Samsung 840 Pro.
I actually just picked up a 120gb version of that drive the other day, it has been very good so far, very fast.
Posted June 23, 2013
For OCZ it seems to be pretty essential to keep up with the firmware. Had an OCZ Vector fail on me recently, probably due to a known issue in older firmware. Replaced it with Intel 335, and while I can't comment on reliability yet, the tooling feels much better.
Posted June 23, 2013
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triock: Samsung 840 Pro.
Seconded.
Posted June 23, 2013
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triock: Samsung 840 Pro.
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Navagon: Seconded.
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every test of SSDs have it at 1. place for 128 GB (110€)
for 256 GB its OCZ Vector(220€) (Samsung 2nd 140€)
But the Samsung is far lower in price.
Only if you seek a 512 GB than its OCZ Vector 512 GB for around 450€
the Toshiba HG5d 512GB for only 360€ is a close runner up.
Posted June 23, 2013
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Death2Videodrome: just know that you cant put games from the Playstation Store, on it. SeaGate, SanDisk, or Intel are all good choices.
Really? You can't play downloadable PSN Games on a PS3? Hope it doesn't cut my hopes of getting an SSD to speed up the loading time and getting rid of texture pop-ups in games.

Anyways. Before I put the SSD in my PS3. Do I have to update it's firmware and does the PS3 accept SATA III?
Posted June 23, 2013
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Death2Videodrome: just know that you cant put games from the Playstation Store, on it. SeaGate, SanDisk, or Intel are all good choices.
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DustFalcon1985: Really? You can't play downloadable PSN Games on a PS3? Hope it doesn't cut my hopes of getting an SSD to speed up the loading time and getting rid of texture pop-ups in games.

Anyways. Before I put the SSD in my PS3. Do I have to update it's firmware and does the PS3 accept SATA III?
This might help you. ;)
http://www.techenclave.com/community/threads/guide-to-swap-the-ps3s-internal-hdd-with-ssd.125039/

http://www.gamespot.com/features/playstation-3-solid-state-drive-upgrade-report-updated-6192258/
Post edited June 23, 2013 by triock
Posted June 23, 2013
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DustFalcon1985: Really? You can't play downloadable PSN Games on a PS3? Hope it doesn't cut my hopes of getting an SSD to speed up the loading time and getting rid of texture pop-ups in games.

Anyways. Before I put the SSD in my PS3. Do I have to update it's firmware and does the PS3 accept SATA III?
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triock: This might help you. ;)
http://www.techenclave.com/community/threads/guide-to-swap-the-ps3s-internal-hdd-with-ssd.125039/

http://www.gamespot.com/features/playstation-3-solid-state-drive-upgrade-report-updated-6192258/
I know how to upgrade the PS3's HDD. But I was asking about the firmware in the SSD, not the PS3 per se.
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