Just order this ...

yep

RAID for the most part on SSD is pointless just to get high benchmark numbers that do not translate into real world use
Buy an 128gb or 256gb SSD on its own (intel 160 looks nice thay could do with an 320 version),

if you wait it will not matter, an SSD you buy now or in 2 years will perform the same as its the IOPS that makes the SSD fast not the Data rate (not completely any way but currant SSDs are at 160-200mb/s thats still 2-3x faster then hdd due to the access times as well)
 
leexgx said:
yep

RAID for the most part on SSD is pointless just to get high benchmark numbers that do not translate into real world use
Buy an 128gb or 256gb SSD on its own (intel 160 looks nice thay could do with an 320 version),

if you wait it will not matter, an SSD you buy now or in 2 years will perform the same as its the IOPS that makes the SSD fast not the Data rate (not completely any way but currant SSDs are at 160-200mb/s thats still 2-3x faster then hdd due to the access times as well)
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How do you know the Intel 160 looks nice ?
 
just does :) , we do not need faster SSD just need cheaper SSDs @ 256gb and lower the Price war will most likely happen when JMicron bring the Proper fixed controller that supports cache so it be in the same league as samsung and Indilinx barefoot drives

when you move to SSD its all about with Drive has good Write access times , on reads Any SSD will do as it always be very low access times and high IOPS for reads why you should just aim for cheap SSD you can, it still be 2-10x faster then an HDD as long as you avoided any SSD that lacks cache you be stutter free

only thing that can get better is Random access times on reads (where the P128 is good at) on the newer drives that come out (intels new drives are 2x faster on IOPS) but in the end if you open 1 program it will open the same if it was an ocz Agility or an intel SSD when in RAID you find that your system or the program that is loading is CPU/ram limited when using SSD in RAID if it is not all ready with 1 SSD

the intel one bit better due to it been 160gb so bit harder to run out free space (the IOPS are higher as well but you only really notice that under server loads) but the drive is £100 more then then OCZ agility and only get 40gb more
 
So is the 120GB OCZ Agility a good upgrade then?

Looking at one today on OCUK it seems ocuk have the cheapest price at £229 for the 120GB model too and reviews put it inline with the Summit series!

I've currently got a 320GB Samsung F1 which I will relocate to being a bank for games/large app installs only as my current fully set up Win7 install consumes 60GB with STEAM but that will soon reach the 80-100GB marker as the next gen of games get installed.

Heck maybe I won't even need to relocate the F1 at all but instead use it as a backup drive for the SSD using Win7's system backup tools just incase something happens to the SSD...a much more pleasing option as I don't intend on keeping games installed after I complete them and all my apps are not very big anyway. All other data is stored on media/document drives too so they are well catered for so the SSD will just be for OS, Apps and Games.

I was going to wait but as mentioned above, you wait for prices to drop then even faster ones come out and you want them instead and then you want the ones faster that....

If you guys give the OCZ 120GB Agility the nod then i'll order today or tomorrow as I have Wednesday off to install it all (will be using True Image to clone Win7 to the SSD, I assume this will work fine?)

Thanks!
 
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I would advise spending £30 extra and getting the G.Skill Falcon or the OCZ Summit or the Corsair rather than the Agility. The G.Skill Falcon is nothing more than a rebranded OCZ Vertex (Indilinx), the OCZ Summit and Corsair are more or less the same drive too as I understand it, the new Samsung model.

I did a lot of reading on the subject and just recently purchased the G.Skill Falcon, I'm very pleased with it so far, very fast, silent, cool and silent ...did I mention silent :D ...no more vibrations! (that'll upset the Beach Boys) ...it makes Windows 7 incredibly snappy, as you would expect.

As I understand it, the main differance between the Agility and the Vertex, which both use the Indilinx controller is that the Vertex always uses Samsung Nand Flash Cells, the Agility can use anything really, so it's cheaper due to this. So it might be a blindingly good buy, on the other hand, you might wish you had spent an extra few £'s and got a 100% known quantity.

However, if you stretched all the way to within a hair of £300 for the OCZ Vertex it's self (rather than the G.Skill Falcon) ...I'd say you might aswell just go the rest of the way and buy an Intel G2, at which point you just spent a cool £100 more than the Agility you originally proposed. So I suppose it's upto you to set that hard and fast limit somewhere :)

I personally set out with a figure of around £250 in mind for a 128GB ssd, I spent £268.99 in the end, but after doing a lot of research I believe that it was ultimately worth it over the £254 OCZ Summit, basically it came down to £15 more for something which consistently benches faster than everything except the Intel and is firmware upgradeable and is said to be able to support TRIM in the future, although weather Indilinx actually do come up with some Firmware to support this automatically under Windows 7, no one is quite sure yet. The Indilinx based G.Skill Falcon and OCZ Vertex (presumably the Agility) can use a tool called 'Wiper.exe' though, which basically runs a manual TRIM command on the drive. I have not heard of the Samsung based drives having a similar tool to be honest.
 
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Well £300 would be pushing my limits really but that's useful info thanks!

I will look at the G.Skill Falcon though, I assume the Corsair is similar in price? (not checked yet).

I don't however want to order one only to see Winter roll by and 256GB versions are £250 for example because then I'd be kicking myself perhaps!
 
Well the prices and sizes are going to alter rapidly over the next few years I'm sure. The SSD market is altering faster than just about anything else is computer tech right now. Whatever you do, you won't be at the front of the curve for very long.

As for a 64GB SSD raptormonkey, I'd say the new Intel G2's, the 80GB X25M is probably the best buy you could make at the minute. You get the best current tech (the best remotely affordable at least) and a little more space for only a little more money than most of the 64GB ones. If you were going to buy another and spend a bit less, I'd recommend the G.Skill Falcon 64GB.
 
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