SSD - What to get?

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So I have some money to spend and since I recently installed Windows 7 I have been really wanting to obtain one of these. There are a lot to chose from, and it seems that there are new versions coming out every month. I am having trouble deciding on which to buy. I would prefer to get one in the ~120gb range and I would not like to spend more then 400$.

I would appreciate anyone's opinion as to which to get, or maybe point me in the direction of some very recent reviews of multiple SSDs.

Thanks
 
If getting a single SSD, the Intel X25-M's would be your best choice. A single Indilinx drive would have much lower random write speed, so it would be best to get two for RAID0, which greatly improves the random write speed. Of course, the best choice would be at least two Intel's in RAID0, hehe.

Anyhow, performance difference from G1 and G2 of the Intels is negligible.

You'll probably want one of the Indilinx based drives. The 120GB+ versions are about 15% faster than the 30GB and 60GB versions:
OCZ Vertex (Agility uses cheaper/slower chips, so its got great value; Turbo is just OC'd chips)
SuperTalent UltraDrive ME (along with OCZ, gets the latest firmware first)
Patriot TorqX (has the best warranty, 10yr)
G.Skill Falcon (typically the cheapest)

There's some good links at the top of my screenshot page, most notably the Anandtech articles:
http://alphaq.org/enginurd/hdd/ocz_vertex.html
 
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After reading some of the anandtech links in your article enginurd I am thinking of getting this. Think its worth it to wait for a batch of G2 to come in though? I am guessing its impossible to tell when that will be.
 
Hm... they're supposed to be $225. :mad: Wait for the prices to come back down to where they should be, lol. Like I said, according to that last AT article, performance difference between G1 and G2 is negligible, so it really shouldn't matter much -- just don't pay a huge premium for G2. Alternatively, the Indilinx-based drives in RAID0 are awesome. :D
 
Yea I saw that same thing on the anandtech articles. I hate having to wait though! haha
 
Eh, they were $230 last week, lol, but I guess since stock is low they raised prices. :(
 
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