Thinking about SSD

Boozebeard · 15 Jun 2010 at 22:24

Hello, I'm thinking of getting an ssd for my system. I would probably go with one of the smaller ones and just use it for my OS, applications and maybe a couple of my most played games.

Which is the best drive for around £100-£150 and what should I know about them before I buy?

I was looking at this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-036-OC&groupid=1657&catid=1660&subcat=1668

Maybe I would get a second one later and raid 0 them.

Or maybe I could stretch to this which seems a lot faster:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-043-OC&groupid=1657&catid=1660&subcat=1668

Mr Paul · 15 Jun 2010 at 22:52

The second one without a doubt!

Boozebeard · 15 Jun 2010 at 22:55

Do you say that from experience?

Mr Paul · 15 Jun 2010 at 22:55

Nope, it's just a hell of a lot faster

jbloggs · 15 Jun 2010 at 23:04

OCZ Vertex Limited Edition 50GB

Maximum Read: 270MB/sec
Maximum Write: 250MB/sec
Sustained Write: 235MB/sec
Max I/O Per Second (IOPS): 50000 IOPS (4KB File)

OCZ Onyx 32GB

Read: Up to 125MB/sec
Write: Up to 70MB/sec

The figures speak for themselves...

Boozebeard · 15 Jun 2010 at 23:09

Yes I suppose they do. Anything better than the OCZ limited edition in that price range though? Does trim and raid and all that jazz work properly on them?