ssd choices...

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bobstone

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hey all.

I am planing on seting up my home gaming / school work system on a SSD finally.

I have a 10tb WHS that I will use as a mapped user directory for my docs, downloads, ect...

I want in the 100-200 gb range and have read a bit about SSD's and raids.

here is my question.

should I get the revo drive, 2 SSD's and a decent raid controller, or just a good solid single SSD.

I want to get the best bang for the buck. my price range is UNDER 400.

anyways could ya all recommend me a good setup, I kinda like the idea of 2 ssd's if only because when I upgrade a year down the road ( and I will :p ) I will have 2 ssd's instead of only one, that I can place in my different computers, other then that I have no real preference other then speed :p.

lastly does the newer garbage collection on SSD's make it so I really dont have to worry about trim, or if I choose the revo or 2 raid0 SSD's will I have to run a manual trim every now and then.

Thanks for any help.
Bob
 
isn't the new 22nm SSD coming out soon with sandforce? I'll definitely reccomand waiting to see how those will fare.
 
I don't have any personal experience with the Revo, but if you go on Newegg, the reviews sound scary for a product that costs that much.

I don't know what's 100% best for you, but it sounds like the upcoming G3 Intel drives might be what you're looking for. Supposedly there will be options for up to 600gb and they'll be out soon (Q1 2011).

The reason I say Intel is because they're rock solid and have a great utility that comes with them (that only works for Intel SSDs). Keep in mind that they don't have the fastest raw read/write speeds, but most reviews put them towards the top for real world experience. ...and you don't hear many bad experiences with them.

I bought my 2nd 80gb G2 on eBay and I'm really happy with them. I paid $100 and $120. I just checked Newegg and Amazon and they both just raised their prices so you might want to wait for that reason alone (unless you're buying off of eBay).

To give you an idea of the durability of Intel's drives. The one I bought was new, but the other has 8tb worth of writes on it and the "Wearout Indicator" has only dropped to 96 (from 100).

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by manual TRIM? Do you mean like performing a secure erase to "reset" the drive?

This review says that the Intel drive suffered no performance loss after 1TB:

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/storage/2010/02/04/windows-7-ssd-performance-and-trim/14

I can tell you that the Intel SSD Toolbox run an "Optimizer" and performs scheduled maintenance though.

I think a lot of other people here will say "Intel" also...
 
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