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Will OCUK be getting these in stock as i think it may be a better purchase than the Crucial RealSSD
OCZ Vertex II Pro?
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Last I heard the Vertex 2 Pro is canned as the SF1500 is just too expensive to produce. Lots of links on web about it.
Instead OCZ are bringing out the Vertex 2 with the SF1200 controller. However the Vertex LE which is out now in 100gb and 200gb flavours is more or less the same thing just with a hybrid SF1500 controller on it. Both are probably faster than the RealSSD in random read/writes but the controller speed on the RealSSD should give it the edge in sequential reads.
Instead OCZ are bringing out the Vertex 2 with the SF1200 controller. However the Vertex LE which is out now in 100gb and 200gb flavours is more or less the same thing just with a hybrid SF1500 controller on it. Both are probably faster than the RealSSD in random read/writes but the controller speed on the RealSSD should give it the edge in sequential reads.
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So would you recommend going for the vertex 2 (SATA2) or getting the Crucial RealSSD +SATA3 card?
The SSD will just be used for Windows
thanks
The SSD will just be used for Windows
thanks
It really depends on what you want with your SSD. On paper the SF-1200 looks more stable with its DuraClass technology (RAISE and DuraWrite) features not available to other SSDs while the RealSSD controller is not such "new high tech" but more raw muscle power 
Currently the Sandforce SF-1200 SSD thats out are the Corsair Force (limited availability still) and the Vertex 2 that shows some shops getting this on Friday and next week. Between these two I see basically only the warranty thats different. 2 years for the Force and 3 years for the Vertex 2 so I would recommend Vertex 2 if we talk about these SSD but prices is another thing that might prove deciding in the end.
For RealSSD C300, this will need SATA 6Gb/s or else it will run slower both on R/W, around 265MB/s Read and 215MB/s Write according to the Micron site for 256GB model, however RealSSD C300 is usually cheaper and offers 3 years warranty, extra 56GB space with 256GB model compared to the Force 200GB model, however prices might change as the various Sandforce brands comes onto the market. It should be noted that RealSSD C300 has a bug with trim affecting speed over time but fix should be out via firmware upgrade this month.
Crucial RealSSD C300 - 355MB/215MB sec Read/Write (on SATA 6Gb)
Corsair Force SF-1200 - 285MB/275MB/sec Read/Write
ADATA S599 SF-1200 - 280/270/sec Read/Write (286/287/sec R/W speed with ATTO on benchmarkreviews.com)
Personally I have my eyes on a Sandforce SF-1200 SSD but others might choose a RealSSD C300 instead
Currently the Sandforce SF-1200 SSD thats out are the Corsair Force (limited availability still) and the Vertex 2 that shows some shops getting this on Friday and next week. Between these two I see basically only the warranty thats different. 2 years for the Force and 3 years for the Vertex 2 so I would recommend Vertex 2 if we talk about these SSD but prices is another thing that might prove deciding in the end.
For RealSSD C300, this will need SATA 6Gb/s or else it will run slower both on R/W, around 265MB/s Read and 215MB/s Write according to the Micron site for 256GB model, however RealSSD C300 is usually cheaper and offers 3 years warranty, extra 56GB space with 256GB model compared to the Force 200GB model, however prices might change as the various Sandforce brands comes onto the market. It should be noted that RealSSD C300 has a bug with trim affecting speed over time but fix should be out via firmware upgrade this month.
Crucial RealSSD C300 - 355MB/215MB sec Read/Write (on SATA 6Gb)
Corsair Force SF-1200 - 285MB/275MB/sec Read/Write
ADATA S599 SF-1200 - 280/270/sec Read/Write (286/287/sec R/W speed with ATTO on benchmarkreviews.com)
Personally I have my eyes on a Sandforce SF-1200 SSD but others might choose a RealSSD C300 instead
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Interesting stuff Ninja. One thing though. I saw benches on Anand and they showed the C300 doing a lot better off the native Intel SATA 3 GB/s controller than the Marvel 6 GB/s which makes me think 1st gen SATGA 6GB SSD's are not good enough yet to make use of the extra bandwidth or we need to wait for Intel to bring out native SATA6 controller.