So who's going SSD this year?

inogen

inogen

inogen

Soldato
Joined
19 Jul 2009
Posts
7,413
I want a good 100GB SATA III SSD for less than <£100.

I reckon there's quite a few people holding out for this sort of product.

Is 2011 the year?
 
I'll be getting one as soon as i get the new macbook pro's which should be out in a few months and sticking it in there, unless the new MBP's come with the same blade type drives of the airs anyway.
 
I'm holding out fot the next wave of SSD's in the hope they will be cheaper. I too want at least 100GB for around £100. I have 2 SATA 6GB/s ports sat here waiting!
 
The new 22nm NAND chips should be bringing it closer to £1/GB, I dont think it will dip below the magical marker just yet but it's going to be getting close over this next 6 months/year.
 
I'm keeping a keen eye on prices, but I'm still a bit concerned about the longevity of these drives. I guess for a simple system install without much write activity it would be good, but things like pagefile, game installs/uninstalls/saves, work documents that constantly change, and so on I would be worried that the NAND memory life-cycle might be disappointingly short.

When the new drives come out I'll also be watching to see any news of the projected life-expectancy of their memory. Hasn't this issue in itself put anyone else off yet?
 
I'm finding it a chore to not order a Sandforce 1200 based SSD at the moment.
It's not really an area I know much about but it's something I need to get up to speed on.

Edit: Thought about it for a little longer... Purchased 50gb OCZ Vertex. Might as well have something new in the PC for 2011...
 
Last edited:
Bit the bullet and after what seemed an age of forum research, bought the 120gb Vertex 2.
For the wife.

......
She has the handed down skt 939 AMD 3800x2 pc, 64 bit, 4gb ram Win 7 with a nvidia 9800gt on a asus 32n deluxe mb (can't remember exact name). It has been creaking for a while now, but didn't want to go whole system route just yet which would need to do as case is rubbish, psu underpowered etc. Plan on getting another 2 years out of it yet.

She plays mainly LOTRO on a 24'' samsung at 1980x1200, and does the usual browsing and printing stuff. Nothing too major.

As we live a stone's throw from the exchange we have about 19.5 connection speed on a 20gb line :) so level loading speed for LOTRO was a huge plus.
Granted that would be an expensive USP, but the system has just supernaturally sped up all round, even though the chip and board are the WEI bottlenecks now. Firing up windows, programs etc is virtually instantaneuos. Lovely.

Certainly my work pc just feels like an old dog now, and it is as big a change to her as when i got my first voodoo gfx card :) That was a jaw/floor moment!

For my 1own personal 1st gen i7 rig, i`m waiting for the revos (or equivalent) to come down a bit before i splurge, given i haven't got sata3. I did originally build the rig with one of the 1st gen SSDs, but that drive lasted < a month, and when i RMA'd it, there was no replacement stock for it, it was next gen stuff only. Went for the refund as got fingers burnt!

So there we are, a potted history.
Are SSDs expensive? Yep. Is anything under 120gb too small? Yep. Are they too faffy? Yep. Do i want one? Yep. Am i/wife glad i got it instead of new shoes for the kiddiwinks? Yep.

Roll on mass production, VAT drop and plug and play. Then HDDs will be turning up in the next Indiana Jones adventure....
 
SSD is next on the upgrade hitlist but not for a little while - maybe march/april when i SHOULD get my bonus :)
Prob be looking to get Vertex 3....
 
Just ordered a 128GB Kingston SSD for my laptop. I suppose I'm a bit paranoid about damaging a mechanical drive by accidentally knocking it about. Not interested in SSDs for my desktop machines.
 
Will be dropping in a small ssd in my new build in a couple of months but just for the OS and apps I use every day. No point running games from one as it doesn't improve fps, just load times.
 
I will possibly go for one when the Intel G3 drives come out. Apparently Feb is being touted as a release date, so will need to check the bank balance when that rolls around. My current HDD is really annoying me. My drives are getting quite old now, and not doing so well, I need a refresh on the hard drive front I think.
 
Im the same

the time is drawing near for me to go SSD and im just trying to holf of until a better value point is reached

My drives are also old and occasionally make a noise i think just to remind me they are tired
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom