Which SSD?

MasterPlan1 · 23 Nov 2010 at 11:15

I've asked the missus for 2 things this Christmas, a non-geeky present, Skagen watch, and a geeky present.. a SSD.

But I'm undecided as which to get, do I go for a OCZ Vertex 2E 60Gb\Patriot Inferno 60Gb (which ever is cheapest at the time) or a Crucial RealSSD C300?

I know that the RealSSD has blisteringly fast read speeds and not so fast write, but how does it perform on SATA2? Does it need SATA3 to perform as well? The Patriot and Vertex are pretty much the same, they only differ in XX22 of the SandForce processors. The Crucial has top ended on reads, but the Vert\Inferno are balanced in R/W performance. But which will give me better overall performance in boot times, and games, I'd assume tine C300, but the installation of things would be slower, non?

I'm slightly edging towards the C300... But I'd like some input from the rest of my peers first.

Thanks

mikeo · 23 Nov 2010 at 13:15

Not long been through the same thing.

OCZ Vertex 2E in my opinion. Slightly faster write speeds than the Patriot and the ability to upgrade the firmware (don't think you can on the Patriot). Unless you have SATA3 I can't personally see the point of the Crucial at the moment.

To be totally honest, I doubt very much if you would notice much (any???) difference between any of the 3 drives you mention.

Brabbinho · 23 Nov 2010 at 21:29

I have the Crucial and its blindingly fast but I have a 6gb/s MB. Without that they are all prob equally good. though special offer on crucial today...

Schoieuk · 23 Nov 2010 at 21:49

If you have SATA3 then c300 if not then OCZ

lukext · 23 Nov 2010 at 23:05

I have the C300 on sata II. It doesnt handle incompressible data at lower speeds than advertised unlike the vertex due to its on the fly compression techniques. C300 is faster at reading overall even on sata II. If you use ur ssd like me, 95% of the time you read, eg load your operating system, game, firefox, office etc. You only write when you install. However if your photo editing etc, write is more important.

Nonetheless, Im probably gonna pull the trigger on a vertex 2 myself tonite as I can get it for 87 quid delivered, and for a games drive (FSX for me), it should be good.

Overall, both are great drives.

edit, trigger pulled

MasterPlan1 · 24 Nov 2010 at 09:57

Yeah - I think I'll go for the OCZ or the Patriot, as the next system upgrade I'm going to do will most likely be a H55 and i3 540... That is when I even have any money to spare.

reygjabla · 24 Nov 2010 at 11:30

MasterPlan1 said:
I've asked the missus for 2 things this Christmas, a non-geeky present, Skagen watch, and a geeky present.. a SSD.

But I'm undecided as which to get, do I go for a OCZ Vertex 2E 60Gb\Patriot Inferno 60Gb (which ever is cheapest at the time) or a Crucial RealSSD C300?

I know that the RealSSD has blisteringly fast read speeds and not so fast write, but how does it perform on SATA2? Does it need SATA3 to perform as well? The Patriot and Vertex are pretty much the same, they only differ in XX22 of the SandForce processors. The Crucial has top ended on reads, but the Vert\Inferno are balanced in R/W performance. But which will give me better overall performance in boot times, and games, I'd assume tine C300, but the installation of things would be slower, non?

I'm slightly edging towards the C300... But I'd like some input from the rest of my peers first.

Thanks

Between Patriot and Vertex 2, they might be having the same controller but they differ on firmware thats why they have different benchmark output, though not by much. Another thing to consider is, OCZ release SSD firmware update more often than Patriot.

If you have a sata III board, C300 offers only a higher sequential read speed and nothing else plus there's a grey area on TRIM support when using marvel board controller thats why some users including me opted to use the Sata II port instead using Intels driver.

SoildSnake · 24 Nov 2010 at 16:03