Help choosing SSDs for new build

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Hello. I am building a new Sandy Bridge system. I have not narrowed down the exact, specific components, but I know I will be on the P67 chipset, overclocked 2500K, approximately 8 GB of memory. Where I'm struggling is with my SSD purchase. Right now, I'm looking at getting 2 64GB C300s and putting them in Raid 0 on the Intel SATAIII ports. There is a great deal of information on this forum regarding garbage collection, which I have looked at since I know TRIM won't pass to a raid array. This is a work computer, so I can't afford to reinstall frequently if performance degrades. However, from most of what I'm reading, garbage collection on these drives does a good job of keeping performance up, is that correct? Also, this is a computer on a domain, so most of my saved files will be direct to the network and not local. Does this sound like the correct way to go, or should I pursue another avenue? Thanks in advance for your help.
 
Intel Elm Crest or Crucial C400s are the best choices IMO. Stay far far away from Sandforce controllers IMO
 
jrobvanatta said:
Would the C300 still be a good choice, or is there something better?
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The 128GB or 256GB C300 is a good SSD. Also the Intel 510 SSDs are pretty good.

It sounds like you want to push the performance pretty high, otherwise I would recommend the Intel 320 SSDs, which are not the highest performance (but still good), but are reliable and compatible.
 
The specs on the 120GB Intel 510 look pretty good. Is it worth the price premium over the C300? By the way, thanks to everyone for the advice.
 
The C300 seems to be one of the favorites atm, specially since its been out for some time, its not the fastest, but seems to have decent performance and good value, amazon/newegg C300 128gb user reviews are pretty favorable, this would be my choice for a sandy bridge 2500k build, but the fastest is the OCZ Vertex 3, but i would not risk it in terms of shaddy stuff lately on ssds with OCZ. Even Crucial officially said new firmware at ends of april, so seems like a good bet. The new verson is coming on april 26 (c400/M4), but doesnt seem much of an upgrade, you could go for it or wait to be released and see if the c300 goes on clearance.
 
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