Payday what to get

I joined the SSD club last week and can thoroughly recommend it!:) I have been telling myself for ages I'd get an SSD when they are £1/GB for a decent one, so I picked up an OCZ vertex 120GB on last weeks offer for £120. Back up to £130 now but still an excellent price for the capacity (and cheaper than the slower agility??). It's not the fastest out there, but my mobo is only SATA2 anyway and I'd still describe the speed as blistering! Cant imagine wanting anything faster at all. I didn't want to join the club with only a 60GB either - Win7 updated and service packed, plus video drivers etc is 20GB already, so it was a 120 minimum for me to make it worthwhile!
 
Liampope said:
I joined the SSD club last week and can thoroughly recommend it!:) I have been telling myself for ages I'd get an SSD when they are £1/GB for a decent one, so I picked up an OCZ vertex 120GB on last weeks offer for £120. Back up to £130 now but still an excellent price for the capacity (and cheaper than the slower agility??). It's not the fastest out there, but my mobo is only SATA2 anyway and I'd still describe the speed as blistering! Cant imagine wanting anything faster at all. I didn't want to join the club with only a 60GB either - Win7 updated and service packed, plus video drivers etc is 20GB already, so it was a 120 minimum for me to make it worthwhile!
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OCZ Agility 3:

apacity: 120GB
- Controller: SandForce SF-2281
- Maximum Read: 525MB/sec
- Maximum Write: 500MB/sec
- Max I/O Per Second (IOPS): 50,000 IOPS (4KB File)
- NAND Flash: Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
- Interface: SATA-III / 6Gbps (Backwards compatible with SATA-II / 3Gbps)
- TRIM Support (Requires Windows 7)
- Warranty: 3 Years

OCZ Vertex:

Capacity: 120GB
- Cache: 64MB
- Controller: Indilinx Barefoot
- Read: Up to 250MB/sec
- Write: Up to 180MB/sec
- NAND Flash: Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
- Interface: SATA-II
- Low Power Consumption
- Lightweight (77g)
- Shock Resistant
- OCZ Garbage Collection
- RAID Support
- TRIM Support
- Warranty: 3 Years

The Agility is a lot faster but it costs a lot more.
 
gilljoy said:
Looks like its an SSD and or a heatsink to do abit of overclocking.

Now to decide which SSD and heatsink.

M4 looks good but 64gb mite be too small
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How much you looking to spend on a heatsink?

Cheap and cheerful:

Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £23.99

Corsair A50 High-Performance CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.98

Or the best of the best:

Noctua NH-D14 Dual Radiator CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA775/AM2/AM2) £69.98

Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3) £56.99
 
gilljoy said:
Mid-rang so nothing too expensive for a heatsink.

Hmmh mite just order an M4 this weekend. 64gb should be plently?
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Can I ask why M4 over the OCZ Agility 3 when for only £5 more you get an extra 110Mb/s Read speed and an extra 375Mb/s write speed?
 
sk82jack said:
OCZ Agility 3:

apacity: 120GB
- Controller: SandForce SF-2281
- Maximum Read: 525MB/sec
- Maximum Write: 500MB/sec
- Max I/O Per Second (IOPS): 50,000 IOPS (4KB File)
- NAND Flash: Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
- Interface: SATA-III / 6Gbps (Backwards compatible with SATA-II / 3Gbps)
- TRIM Support (Requires Windows 7)
- Warranty: 3 Years

OCZ Vertex:

Capacity: 120GB
- Cache: 64MB
- Controller: Indilinx Barefoot
- Read: Up to 250MB/sec
- Write: Up to 180MB/sec
- NAND Flash: Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
- Interface: SATA-II
- Low Power Consumption
- Lightweight (77g)
- Shock Resistant
- OCZ Garbage Collection
- RAID Support
- TRIM Support
- Warranty: 3 Years

The Agility is a lot faster but it costs a lot more.
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You're comparing a first generation Vertex against a 3rd Generation Agility.

I think the original comment was relating to the older Agility drives that were on offer recently.
 
Krislord said:
You're comparing a first generation Vertex against a 3rd Generation Agility.

I think the original comment was relating to the older Agility drives that were on offer recently.
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I see :) I assumed it was aimed at me as no one else has mentioned an Agility series SSD.

Oh well. No harm done.
 
sk82jack said:
I see :) I assumed it was aimed at me as no one else has mentioned an Agility series SSD.

Oh well. No harm done.
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I think your comparison shows how far the drives have progressed recently :)

I wonder how many who bought in the last month wish they had waited until the Agility 3 was announced!
 
Yeah I was talking about the old agility - not the new version. Agility is supposedly a slightly slower/cheaper line than vertex, and the other week the agilities were on offer just over £120 with vertex out of stock. So not sure why the one remaining agility is now £140 when vertex is cheaper. I guess they got a great deal on a batch of vertexes.

@Krislord - I personally have no regrets about going for an older gen drive. I only paid £1/GB* which is pretty sweet and the performance is stunning (win7 loading screens gone almost as soon as they appear!) so it's a happy purchase for me. I never thought the 2nd gen drives seemed good value as they are a lot more cash for not much more read speed - most gains in write which isn't important for most usage. These 3rd gen drives have incredible speeds and are great value if you think in speed/£, however I dont have SATA3 so cant fully benefit from such speed.

Edit: * now chuckling slightly at saying 'only' £1/GB if I think about a HDD!!:)
 
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ended up going for a 64gb M4 to try out an SSD seems a very very good price for my first drive and am I right in thinking SSD's seem to hold onto their value quite well?
 
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