Velociraptor or OCZ 64Gb SSD?

[chrisf6969]

My 74Gb Raptor is getting a little old, so I'm considering making it a secondary backup drive instead of my main drive as it is now.

I was considering the Velociraptor $300 for 300Gb or the OCZ 64Gb SSD.

Space isn't a big issue for me. As I only use about 40Gb of my Raptor now. And I'll be using it as a 2nd drive in the system.

Which would you get ?

I was also thinking about getting 2 of the 32Gb OCZ SSD's and Raid 0'ing them. Or maybe just getting a good big drive like the WD 640GB.

I wish I could edit a poll. I think I'd have added 2x WD 640Gb in Raid 0.

edit: If you pick Other: you're supposed to explain your choice!

[Deviationer]

SSD are still a long way off from becoming the performance leaders. Heck even hard posted a story a couple months back of another site doing a benchmark off a bunch of SSD, most performed slower than 7200 rpm drives in almost all situations.

SSD might have a better read, but they still lack in write.

[CedarScott]

I prefer the VelociRaptor because SDDs are such a new technology. SSDs will be much cheaper next year as well and this poll will completely change in results then.

Of course, I've just read that WD is developing a 20,000RPM drive to compete with SSDs.

[Brahmzy]

My VRaptors kick ass. SSD is till at least a year away from being realistic.

[Peteman100]

I dunno. The OCZ Core V2 series is looking pretty nice. Plus, Intel is supposedly releasing SSDs with a read speed of 250 MB/s in a matter of weeks. Thats crazy talk!

[GLSauron]

SSDs are just the raptor on steroids, low seek, great speeds, small space. Its like the original 36GB raptor all over again. I had one of those raptors :D
Long as you have a seperate drive to store data on, get the SSD.

[Joe Average]

Instead of a 64GB SSD, get 4 16GB drives and RAID 'em... even the Velociraptor won't be able to touch that. :)

[standardics]

Similar situation for me. I'd opt for VelociRaptors, maybe 150GBs in RAID0. It seems the OCZ Core SSDs have some teething (compatibility) problems notably with AHCI and certain chipsets/motherboards. Some others on forums have reported them mysteriously dropping-out (disconnecting). I don't have the patience for hardware problems with my data. No doubt these drives have a great future, but I wanted something I could hand-me-down without worrying about compatibility.