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I need to chose between these 120GB ssd: Crucial M500, Samsung EVO, Kingston SSDNow V300.
Price is pratically the same, which one do you think is better?

I cannot speak for the Crucial M500 - and while its sort of mute now as you seem to already have made your decision - I thought I'd chip in my experience. Having the Samsung EVO in my ultrabook and the Kingston SSSDNow V300 in my DN2820FYKH NUC - among these two, if prices are fairly equal - I would for sure go for the Samsung 840 EVO. Very noticable difference in performance. The Kingston is worth the price and fairly decent - but the EVO is simply better, and noticably so - not just in synthetic benchmarks.

Now the Samsung 840 Evo Pro ... that is where the real fun happens. But it does cost a bit more.

General performance in Win8.1 is much better that i expected, BUT there is still one major issue which is unresolved by Intel. I can't make 5.1 work in Netflix, or get DTS-HD to work under windows at all. Surfing some forums (I believe it was mentioned earlier in this thread as well) revealed that the unit is missing some "Protected Audio Path" driver stuff.

I was the one who contacted Netflix and got the confirmation on the Metro apps requirement of PAP. Now, hopefully we'll see that Intel Management Engine driver soon (or they figured another way to do this and will fix that, as if they did - its not working). Be noted - This issue happens with Netflix Metro app, bitstreaming Dolby Digital Plus (DD+ / E-AC3). DD+ doesn't require PAP in principle, its a requirement for bitstreaming with the Netflix Metro app. XBMC Gotham Beta2 or newer should transcode DD+ to "regular DD or PCM - depending on your setup.

Netflix Metro app is currently the only way to get SuperHD/UltraHD and 5.1 audio on a computer platform. No Win8(.1), No SuperHD / 5.1 audio.

If you have an external (usb) soundcard with analog outputs (and your AVR has analog inputs of course), you can go around this - Intel GFX drivers and Win8 can also decode DD+ to PCM. Tried and working.

I believe XBMC does pull the DTS core from DTS-HD if you set it up right. For now, you won't enjoy the DTS-HD part, but you can still get the DTS core from DTS-HD soundtracks.