SSD Recommendations for ~ £200?

Bradmax57

Bradmax57

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So far im looking at the intel X25-M SSD, for not too many pennies more you can get a OCZ Solid 2 Series drive which is 120gb, the specs don't seem to dissimilar, i know it probably wont be as fast on the random read writes but is the extra capacity worth a slight decrease in performance?
 
If you going to use the Intel as an OS drive then its ideal and there is no point in spending any more money. Here's mine running Windows 7:

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droyden said:
There doesnt seem to be any benchmarks for the Solid 2 any where yet, atleast the Intel is a known solid performer

Edit!! Found! http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...ormance-review&p=485297&viewfull=1#post485297

Edit2: wow, the 120GB looks good against the 60GB vertex :o
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Yeah id seen that, gone and ordered myself a 80gb intel now..... hmmmm problem is i dont understand what is good and what is bad for a ssd

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To me looks like the intel is better as smaller (burst?) files?
 
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I would go for the Samsung 64GB... I have two and they are mental fast. Just one is good enough though.

230~ Read & 140~ Write using Atto
 
hmmm I had thought about that but tbh 180 del for the intel seemed ok with the idea that if prices drop i can get another or should i send this back and get something else, the ocz 120 was only £30 more
 
One thing i dont understand is that on several sites selling the ocz they state # Read: Up to 125MB/s
# Write: Up to 100MB/s but on ocz its like 220 and 130 with sustained 100mb .......... or thereabouts
 
hi

i'm thinking about getting this intel 80 gig ssd too but i also like the look of that ocz at 169.99 as it looks to have faster write speeds and is cheaper, and will hopefully support trim without having to flash it? anything else i should know about these drives?

thanks
 
These OCZ drives have both TRIM+GC already, just waiting on a few more benchmarks to confirm the ones posted on OCZ (preferably 60GB ones)
 
I think performance wise the intel is the clear winner, it doesnt look as tho the ocz is that far behind but has 50% more capacity hmmmm :(
 
jamiehavok said:
hi

i'm thinking about getting this intel 80 gig ssd too but i also like the look of that ocz at 169.99 as it looks to have faster write speeds and is cheaper, and will hopefully support trim without having to flash it? anything else i should know about these drives?

thanks
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The small file write performance is far more important than the peak write speed, the time the computer will feel slowest is normally when it has dozens if not hundreds of tiny writes in a queue. Normally its pretty rare to write huge files, even when patching games, encoding media etc, small writes are appended to the end of existing files, which grow over time, its rare that an entire file is re-written except if you are copying a file from one disk to another, or installing a new program. Appending data to the end of the file is more like the 4k random write scenario, than the full on sustained write speed.

End result, the intel drives feel faster in use than just about anything, as they combine a great read speed, with a stunningly good random write speed, with an "acceptable" if not earth shattering sustained write speed.
 
Corasik said:
The small file write performance is far more important than the peak write speed, the time the computer will feel slowest is normally when it has dozens if not hundreds of tiny writes in a queue. Normally its pretty rare to write huge files, even when patching games, encoding media etc, small writes are appended to the end of existing files, which grow over time, its rare that an entire file is re-written except if you are copying a file from one disk to another, or installing a new program. Appending data to the end of the file is more like the 4k random write scenario, than the full on sustained write speed.

End result, the intel drives feel faster in use than just about anything, as they combine a great read speed, with a stunningly good random write speed, with an "acceptable" if not earth shattering sustained write speed.
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Thanks for that, well the ocz arrived, the intel hasnt, if it arrives ill be keeping the intel :) she's out tonight so i can have some fun if it doesnt arrive i may keep the ocz as i want something to play with........ (yeah im impatient)
 
Bradmax57 said:
Thanks for that, well the ocz arrived, the intel hasnt, if it arrives ill be keeping the intel :) she's out tonight so i can have some fun if it doesnt arrive i may keep the ocz as i want something to play with........ (yeah im impatient)
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The ocz's are still pretty good, they certaintly arnt the stuttery drives of old, I think the random write speed on those benchy's is still a little worse than the vertex series, and certainly intels... but if your coming from a hard disk, its still very good.

Anything without the Jmicon controller is pretty good :)
 
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