(SOLD OUT!!!!!!!!)**ANOTHER CRAZY SSD DEAL IS HERE: OCZ VERTEX 2E 60GB ONLY £29.99!!**

The RAID benchmarks from a pair in RAID 0:-

I've placed these results next to single drive results for easy comparison. The only difference is the single drive had zero data on it. In RAID 0 the drives had Win7 Pro loaded onto them. :)




SINGLE DRIVE (NO DATA)-------------------------------- TWO DRIVES - RAID 0 (OPERATING SYSTEM / BOOT DRIVE)
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SINGLE DRIVE (NO DATA)-------------------------------- TWO DRIVES - RAID 0 (OPERATING SYSTEM / BOOT DRIVE)
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SINGLE DRIVE (NO DATA)-------------------------------- TWO DRIVES - RAID 0 (OPERATING SYSTEM / BOOT DRIVE)
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SINGLE DRIVE (NO DATA)------------------- TWO DRIVES - RAID 0 (OPERATING SYSTEM / BOOT DRIVE)
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Ordered.

£30 to convert my occasionally used Sempron + XP based laptop from a slightly frustrating machine into something that I don't have to power up a couple of days in advance.

Sweet.

No TRIM ? I doubt I'll notice.
 
PapaLazaru said:
Anyone who states that 60GB is not big enough for a boot drive are talking total rubbish. I have Win7, all my drivers, plus my browser on mine and I still have over 25GB spare. At what point are updates/drivers ever going to go past 25GB? Never.

Stonking deal even for a little games drive. Just move games on and off it as you please.
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To see maximal benefit you want enough room to install *all* your productivity apps and a game or two.

That's why I personally consider 128gb to be the smallest practical size. YMMV.
 
DennisMenace said:
That's what warranties (and backups) are for.

Admittedly, it's a right PITA to RMA your OS/boot drive (particularly on your main PC/laptop), but no SSD has a 0% fail rate. If it's that important, put 2+ enterprise SSDs in RAID to minimise (but not eliminate) potential failures, for the small price of 10-20x this offer's £/GB.

With the latest firmware, there shouldn't be any issues with a Sata2 SSD. If there are you've got 14 days DSR with OcUK and 3 years warranty too. What do you expect for £30?
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Good points thanks!

It says it supports RAID, does that mean it supports TRIM with RAID? Or does the RAID controller have to support SSDs and TRIM?


Dervious said:
Ordered.

£30 to convert my occasionally used Sempron + XP based laptop from a slightly frustrating machine into something that I don't have to power up a couple of days in advance.

Sweet.

No TRIM ? I doubt I'll notice.
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It does have TRIM support, at least that's what the spec says.
 
simonprr said:
It does have TRIM support, at least that's what the spec says.
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I might be mistaken, but XP doesn't support TRIM, or does it ?

I also believe that certain SATA controllers don't support TRIM, and with a 5 year old laptop (or is it 6 ?) with an AMD chipset, I doubt that TRIM will be on the menu.
 
I've decided I'm going to cancel my order as I am going to get another 120GB of the same model when they go up to £50. I assume, Gibbo that the 120GB will still be sold by yourselves? Or are they totally sold out from the pre-orders? I have created a post in the Customer Service thread.

Thanks.

Knew I should have gotten two of the 120GB at the time. But hindsight and all that. And after carefully assessing both of my machines, I can now say that 120GB would be sufficient for them both.
 
CK61938 said:
I've decided I'm going to cancel my order as I am going to get another 120GB of the same model when they go up to £50. I assume, Gibbo that the 120GB will still be sold by yourselves? Or are they totally sold out from the pre-orders? I have created a post in the Customer Service thread.

Thanks.

Knew I should have gotten two of the 120GB at the time. But hindsight and all that. And after carefully assessing both of my machines, I can now say that 120GB would be sufficient for them both.
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The 120GB sold out but a few people cancelled and went with the 60GB, but due to so few the price is £59.99, in we get a few more spare we will do a TODAY ONLY at £49.99 so well keep checking the daily deals everyday at 9am :)
 
Gibbo said:
The 120GB sold out but a few people cancelled and went with the 60GB, but due to so few the price is £59.99, in we get a few more spare we will do a TODAY ONLY at £49.99 so well keep checking the daily deals everyday at 9am :)
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Awesome stuff. I shall indeed keep an eye out. £50 is better than £60 lol. :p :D Thanks dude.
 
I'd not swap a 120GB for a 60GB for a £15 saving, even if the 60GB was SATA III.
Not even for my lappy.
Looking forward to my 2*120GB 2e drives landing. :D
 
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