Short/general answer, not so much, but it depends on the usage, for SSD's the main performance difference is felt from the far faster access times (no need to wait for read head to move to multiple regions of the platter, particularly noticable when doing many things simultaneously). So from that perspective you will feel the benefits of an SSD even if you dont have the highest read/write speeds.
If you are manipulating large files such as in video or photo editing (or loading times eg gaming) then the 500MB/s read will be regularly handy, but for a typical user only occasionally might they move large amounts of data to take significant benefit from the throughput.
In the case of iops, the closet most home users will get to taking advantage is probably during the windows startup but thats probably pushing the definition. Its not worth paying a premium for.
What particular drive where you looking at or is it a hypothetical? At 1/4 the throughput its not particularly better than modern mechanical drives although the access speed should still be a lot faster.
Thank you very much for replying.
I would be using the SSD for photos and video editing, but not running games.
At the moment I have a Crucial M4 64GB as mentioned
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18417848
It does feel slow and I thought I'd upgrade and I might as well get a larger capacity, either 90 or 120 GB's.
At first I thought of upgrading to the Kingston HyperX 3k 90GB, but the lifespan isn't rated as highly as the none 3k version (I'm not sure if that would be a problem or not).
Which meant I'd have to get the 120GB version.
Then, I wondered if I should stick with Crucial and get the 120GB version of the drive I already have, but there's not much performance increase.
So, I've been looking at the Corsair 128GB Performance Pro SSD. And Mushkin Chronos drives, never heard of these drives before though.
Basically, I can't decide which would be best for me.
I'm going to avoid OCZ drives, because of my experiences in the past.
But, your info about high reads speeds as been helpful.
Ideally, I plan to buy one this afternoon, if I can make my mind up.
