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Gaming SSD: Intel 510 120, Corsair P3-128, Cruical C300-128
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I'm trying to decide between an Intel 510 and a Corsair Force Series 3 (no reviews yet, just recently available). I think those will be the best choices between value and reliability.
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You don't know that yet, there are no reviews.
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I like the op's three choices as far as brands go. The Intel ssd toolbox is handy and Intel's ssd reliability track record is solid. The Corsair and Cruicial are probably better performers in many benchmarks, but for most scenarios, I'm not sure if that matters all that much.
If I were to buy one today, it would be the 510.
If I were to buy one today, it would be the 510.
And where in there is the Force 3 benchmark?
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Corsair Force 3 review:
http://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/zardon/corsair-force-3-120gb-ssd-review/8/
http://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/zardon/corsair-force-3-120gb-ssd-review/8/
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I bought a Corsair Force 3, review tipped the scales for me
I think that review is riding someones dick.
See the "5 reviews" here: http://translate.google.com/transla...=en&sa=N&biw=1440&bih=783&tbs=qdr:d&prmd=ivns
more bad benches and issues can be found on Corsair forums and German forums.
See the "5 reviews" here: http://translate.google.com/transla...=en&sa=N&biw=1440&bih=783&tbs=qdr:d&prmd=ivns
more bad benches and issues can be found on Corsair forums and German forums.
I decided to postpone my buying decisions for a couple of weeks.
The main reason is price adjustment as the new SSDs from Crucial, Corsair, OCZ and Intel reached the market the other players must adjust prices.
The "best SSD for the money" in Toms's hardware has a range of suggestions from $100 up to $400
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-ssd-price-per-gb-ssd-performance,2942-4.html
From this list these drives grab my attention:
Kingston 96 GB SSDNow V+ 100, and the 128 GB, both also found on the V100 variation. These are the cost/Gb king, today reaching $1.6/GB given or taken a few bucks. These drives have TRIM support but none or poor idle garbage collection. They are not trustworthy, but are not plaged by RMAs as the OCZ Vertex. one can find the 96Gb for $130 and the 128Gb for $170.
Vertex 2 and Agility 2. The 120Gb versions of these drives are on the next price step from the Kingstons, but miles ahead in performance, not to mention the features. The 120Gb Agility 2 start at $180 and the Vertex 2 at $200. I would say that the higher random write performance of the Vertex is worth the $20 price gap.
At $220 finally appears the one i believe is the best 3 gen SSD, the 120Gb Intel 320. This drive the the ONLY consumer SSD with data protection hardware features, like an array of capacitors to prevent data loss during power failures. There are 4 capacitors, in stark contrast with the "supercap" that SF1500 and SF2500 had for entreprise SSD, costing more than $1000
This drive does not excell at anything, is a bit faster than the SF1200 based ones, but what it lacks in random write performance it compensates in price and safety. Remenber that most of the performance gains comes from write amplification, that in the means that your SDD will die sooner. With the 320 series Intel is offering enterprise features for a consumer SSD, and is not charging an arm and a leg for it.
I do not buy a drive looking at benchmarks: 30k+ IOPs? I am not running a web-based file server!
Oh, i want to break the Sata3 roof. Put these drives in RAID0, dont pay an arm and leg for Sata3 controlers that have high RMA rates
PS; My Vertex bricked last month, that is why i value soo much data safety now and a reliable brand .
The main reason is price adjustment as the new SSDs from Crucial, Corsair, OCZ and Intel reached the market the other players must adjust prices.
The "best SSD for the money" in Toms's hardware has a range of suggestions from $100 up to $400
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-ssd-price-per-gb-ssd-performance,2942-4.html
From this list these drives grab my attention:
Kingston 96 GB SSDNow V+ 100, and the 128 GB, both also found on the V100 variation. These are the cost/Gb king, today reaching $1.6/GB given or taken a few bucks. These drives have TRIM support but none or poor idle garbage collection. They are not trustworthy, but are not plaged by RMAs as the OCZ Vertex. one can find the 96Gb for $130 and the 128Gb for $170.
Vertex 2 and Agility 2. The 120Gb versions of these drives are on the next price step from the Kingstons, but miles ahead in performance, not to mention the features. The 120Gb Agility 2 start at $180 and the Vertex 2 at $200. I would say that the higher random write performance of the Vertex is worth the $20 price gap.
At $220 finally appears the one i believe is the best 3 gen SSD, the 120Gb Intel 320. This drive the the ONLY consumer SSD with data protection hardware features, like an array of capacitors to prevent data loss during power failures. There are 4 capacitors, in stark contrast with the "supercap" that SF1500 and SF2500 had for entreprise SSD, costing more than $1000
This drive does not excell at anything, is a bit faster than the SF1200 based ones, but what it lacks in random write performance it compensates in price and safety. Remenber that most of the performance gains comes from write amplification, that in the means that your SDD will die sooner. With the 320 series Intel is offering enterprise features for a consumer SSD, and is not charging an arm and a leg for it.I do not buy a drive looking at benchmarks: 30k+ IOPs? I am not running a web-based file server!
Oh, i want to break the Sata3 roof
. Put these drives in RAID0, dont pay an arm and leg for Sata3 controlers that have high RMA ratesPS; My Vertex bricked last month, that is why i value soo much data safety now and a reliable brand .