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I am looking to buy my first ssd, minimum 80 gig, would prefer more, want good value for money, which is shit because i liv ein australia, do i get dad to pick one up in the us while he is over there for the next to weeks? i heard the intel g2 ones are good, where would he by one of these ofver there, do they even have stock? Australia has NO stock of these. thanks in advance for any advice, im also getting new cpu/ram/mobo, would it be worth getting them over there too? thanks.

i intend to upgrade to core i7/p6t/any 1600mhz good o/c ram :) aswell as the ssd.
 
It depends. Does Australia charge any sort of duty or tax on items being brought over from the U.S? If so, how much is it?

Depending on what the dutie fees are, it might not be worth it.

However putting away that question aside, yes have your father get the parts from the U.S. I've seen your prices and you guys are getting raped on them. $343 USD for the Core i7 that costs $280 over here. Even $200 if you live near a Microcenter. Speaking of which, where is your father staying while he's in the U.S?

If your father is in Southern California, he can buy from Fry's or Microcenter. If your father is in Florida, Tigerdirect is decent enough.
 
thanks for that, yep we get raped big time, well he goes around to all the fertilizer/nitrate plants, his a mechanical engineer, but i know he is in heuston a lot, so i think theres a microcentre there, not that i know how big houston is lol, really i have no idea, here its a mater of driving down the road into the city (15 minutes) lol.

il double check, but he is usually west coast and inland.
 
There's no huge difference between G1 and G2 as far as performance goes with the X25-M. Intel recently lowered their prices to $225 for the 80GB model, but demand is higher than supply, so this price hasn't trickled down to retailers yet. An alternative would be to get a couple Indilinx-based drives and throw them in RAID0 (OCZ Vertex/Agility/etc, SuperTalent UltraDrive ME, G.Skill Falcon, and Patriot TorqX).

http://www.alphaq.org/enginurd/hdd/ocz_vertex.htmll
 
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TRIM is new and will be added to newer firmwares for existing [indilinx] drives. Win.7 supports TRIM natively, and there are workarounds for XP and Vista to trigger the TRIM command. I believe Indilinx based drives have TRIM starting with FW version 1370, but they're still working out the issues. Current garbage collection (GC) works well enough, btw; its just not a standard command/process, so everyone would like to see TRIM implemented across the board.
 
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enginurd said:
TRIM is new and will be added to newer firmwares for existing drives. Win.7 supports TRIM natively, and there are workarounds for XP and Vista to trigger the TRIM command. I believe Indilinx based drives have TRIM starting with FW version 1370, but they're still working out the issues. Current garbage collection (GC) works well enough, btw; its just not a standard command/process, so everyone would like to see TRIM implemented across the board.
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IIRC, the G1s weren't getting a TRIM update.
 
Danny Bui said:
IIRC, the G1s weren't getting a TRIM update.
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Yah, unfortunately, but its still possible (though highly unlikely, since G2 is now out). Despite that, G1 performance is still good even without TRIM support.
 
is there anywhere in dallas or houston, or calgury my dad gould get me a g2 drive from a shopfront, not online? :) i appreciate all the help guys
 
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is there anywhere in dallas or houston, or calgury my dad gould get me a g2 drive from a shopfront, not online? :) i appreciate all the help guys
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I doubt it, but good luck! Hopefully someone knows of a place, but since they were just released, I believe they're very limited in terms of availability.
 
ok, it looks like the ocz drives support trim, or will very shortly, tohught on the vertex 128?
 
you mean 120GB. Vertex drives are the best option out there aside from the X25-M. Since all Indilinx drives are similar, you can also get a Super Talent UltraDrive ME, Patriot TorqX, or G.Skill Falcon. The OCZ Agility is slightly slower than the others, but its a nice cheap option.
 
yer, i can get the g1 x25, but it wont ever get TRIM where indillinx ones will? sorry its quite confusing, especially in the mix that dad is getting these for me, now the brutal decision of socke 1156 or 1333
 
Yes, I don't think Intel plans on releasing a firmware for the G1 X25-M. Yes, Indilinx is working on a new FW with TRIM support for all existing drives that use its Barefoot controller.

Read the reviews on the new LGA1156 chips and see if their performance is enough for your needs.
 
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