Need some help on SSD

[punkymt1]

Hi I'm a bit new to SSD drives and so would like some help on buying one which has 128GB but is not extremely expensive. Thus I'm ruling out the Intel ones.

Basically I've rounded up to these:

1) OCZ Agility
2) OCZ Summit
3) Corsair P128 Gen 2

The Agility has 64MB cache. Should that affect performance?

I will be putting my OS on the drive along with all the programs.

Thanks

 

[Hamakua]

OCZ Agility 120GB $299 -Newegg $2.49/GB
OCZ Summit 120GB $369 -Newegg $3.06/GB
Corsair P128 Gen 2 128GB $345 -Newegg $2.70/GB
The Intel X25-M 80GB Gen 2 MSRP is $225. $2.81/GB
The Intel X25-M160GB Gen 2 MSRP is $440. $2.75/GB

While SSD's in general are expensive, you are ruling out the company that is actually pressuring the other companies to lower their prices. And of course Intel has not yet released their drives (recall fiasco) and there will probably be a small to large premium on them when they are finally available for a while, my suggestion would be to wait on ssd's in general until everyone has made their pricing move.

AnandTech Pricing chart: Intel Forces OCZ's Hand

Personally I am going to wait until the new Intel Gen2's come out and prices stabalize AND the 320 is about to ship. Then I will see where everyone else price-wise will be an probably bite on a purchase. I hope I helped.

 

[punkymt1]

Thanks for the numbers Hamakua.

I will consider opting for Intel then after they fix their problem and re-release them.