Advise on 1st SSD?

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1_legged_sheep

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Getting ready to get my first SSD for a new SFF system I'm building. I need a 64gb SSD. I'm fairly knowledgeable about almost all PC hardware except SSDs, they've always been my Achilles heel.

Kingston SSDNow V Series SNV425-S2BD/64GB
NewEgg Link

or

OCZ Agility Series OCZSSD2-1AGT60G 2.5" 60GB
NewEgg Link

Or should I go with something completely different, if so please provide a link.
 
Intel X25-V 40GB or X25-M 80GB G2 is my recommendation.

Intel has quite low sequential write speeds; but that's not really what you need on a system drive, especially a tiny one only storing your OS + installed apps + couple other things. For that you need random I/O performance; Intel is king here, and if you calculate the cost per GB they are not more expensive at all than the relatively slower Indilinx-based lineup of mostly OCZ branded SSDs.
 
Recent deals making you jump 'eh?

The old V is a dog in all the benchmarks, avoid it.
 
Nothing wrong with X25-V; its random read/write IOps is still very high, higher than any Indilnix based SSD. The 40MB/s sequential write is somehow low, though. But the 4K random write performance is barely any lower than the sequential speeds. It's still one of the fastest SSDs out there; just with half the channels the X25-M has.
 
Couple things I should have mentioned:

Primary use will be some pretty hardcore 1920x1080 gaming.
Need to keep it between $160 to $200 if possible. (Lower the price the less the wife will complain.)
 
sub.mesa said:
Nothing wrong with X25-V; its random read/write IOps is still very high, higher than any Indilnix based SSD. The 40MB/s sequential write is somehow low, though. But the 4K random write performance is barely any lower than the sequential speeds. It's still one of the fastest SSDs out there; just with half the channels the X25-M has.
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i was referring the op's post "Kingston SSDNow V" - it's garbage.
 
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