Another Solid state question..

[NICKSTAR]

for the price is THIS a decent deal? I did the research to make sure it had TRIM support. Is there any better ones out there in the price range? ($150 max). I'm going to use it to replace my 36gb raptor as my OS HDD

 

[NICKSTAR]

Actually.. Im looking at a few on Amazon. Let me know which would be best if possible ^_^

http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-Technolog...f=sr_1_21?ie=UTF8&s=pc&qid=1265777493&sr=1-21
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Value-R...f=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&s=pc&qid=1265777493&sr=1-20
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Legac...f=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&s=pc&qid=1265777493&sr=1-24

 

[Damar]

Also check some of the resellers on Amazon.com for good SSD prices.

They don't tend to gouge as much as NewEgg and others do.

For example, NewEgg has the Intel 160GB for $599, but through some companies on Amazon.com you can get it for about $480. Worth it I'd say.

 

[l00segravel]

I just ordered one of the Intel X-25v for 129.99 from Newegg and look forward to the performance increase. Benchmarked faster than RAID 0 Velociraptors.

 

[Impulse]

The 40GB X25-V and the 30GB OCZ Vertex are both pretty good values... The Vertex has much faster sequential write speeds, but the Intel drive is still faster at random writes and it's obviously 10GB larger. If you shop around you can probably find a 30GB OCZ Agility for $100 AR, it was actually going for $95 AR on Newegg when I bought my X25-V but in the end I decided to go with the X25-V because of the extra storage space... It's bound to make more of a difference than the sequential writes (which for most people would only matter when installing stuff initially), also gives me more leeway to keep some space empty to insure it's performance remains in top shape.