Best ssd for around 250-300

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I currently have 2 30gb vertex's and would like to change to one bigger one so i can fit my games and everything on. I havnt really been keeping up with ssds since the vertexs and i know how much tech can change. I was looking at the 120gb ocz summit but have also noticed the 160gb intel. The intels are a bit more and have less performance but i know that they are supposed to be superior ssds.

So if you were in my situation which ssd would you choose? Any opinions welcome!
 
Crucial M225/Intel, Intel is better performance, apart from sequential writes (really not an issue for anyone who doesn't copy large files to their boot drive) but more expensive
 
miniyazz said:
Crucial M225/Intel, Intel is better performance, apart from sequential writes (really not an issue for anyone who doesn't copy large files to their boot drive) but more expensive
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So the Crucial is better than the Summit?

Zarf said:
A couple of 80GB Intels in RAID0 would be my choice.
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Yeah but wont this be more expensive and not really worth it in real world usage!
 
mpj88 said:
Yeah but wont this be more expensive and not really worth it in real world usage!
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Well, with the way SSD's are currently priced, two 80GB's are almost the same price as the single 160GB that you mentioned in the OP, so with RAID0 you are effectively getting double the performance for free.

You could alternatively get three 64GB m225's for the same money.

I mainly suggested the Intels because I have more faith in their long term performance than with Indilinx designs, plus they are far superior when it comes to small file random reads and writes.
 
Zarf said:
I mainly suggested the Intels because I have more faith in their long term performance than with Indilinx designs, plus they are far superior when it comes to small file random reads and writes.
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+1

Me? I'll go for Intel 160G for my second build.:D(For my brother)
 
I have a Corsair Performance P128 SSD which cost around £270. The read and write speed are both pretty nippy and once I set my SATA option to AHCI in BIOS it sped up even more than when in IDE mode.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-001-CS&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1427

However the Crucial M25s look pretty good also, if you can wait until they come into stock.

Something I would recommend doing however is buying a data/storage drive, using a conventional mechanical hard drive to store files and programs which either load pretty quickly anyway (MS Word for example) or that you do not use very often as well as using it to store media files and installation files. Example of a good hard disk for this would be a Western Digital Caviar Green: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-246-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1279 which are on offer this week...
 
Theres also the Samsung PB22-J, which I believe the Corsair P128 is based on so there performance is near identical.

Although Corsair support trim I think or a least a verison of it, need confirmation, that however this will reduce the performance loss over time.
 
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The reason im more leaning towards the summit is i have had very good support with the vertexs and the new wiper function is benefitial. After having 2 raids fail on me i cant really be botherd to try again! So will most likely go for the intel 120gb summit.

Thanks guys
 
mpj88 said:
The reason im more leaning towards the summit is i have had very good support with the vertexs and the new wiper function is benefitial. After having 2 raids fail on me i cant really be botherd to try again! So will most likely go for the intel 120gb summit.

Thanks guys
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There's a Wiper for Summit?
Summit is Samsung pb22-j based, like the Corsair pxxx range, AFAIK Wiper is for Indilinx based only.

Intel == Kingston SSDNOW M
OCZ Summit == Corsair pxxx == Samsung PB22-J
OCZ Vertex == Crucial mxxx == G.Skill Falcon == Supertalent Ultradrive ME == OCZ Agility (slower NAND, same controller)

For drives based on the same controllers the main things to look at are price and warranty.

You should be much better off reliability wise with SSD's in RAID than with mechanical drives, as there's no wear and tear.
 
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