What SSD to get ?

Slackworth · 10 Jul 2009 at 23:24

JeremyW said:
Has anyone found a review of Corsair P128 yet?

It is totally identical to the PB22-J Samsung with a sticker on the top.

karlos103 · 10 Jul 2009 at 23:27

mr_x_plosion said:
Mine is the 128mb and it's not running the latest firmware.

so if i did get one should i flash it with latest firmware before using it ?

hawker1986 · 10 Jul 2009 at 23:43

karlos103 said:
so if i did get one should i flash it with latest firmware before using it ?

I would.

Hawker

karlos103 · 10 Jul 2009 at 23:45

ok sound

Stuarts · 10 Jul 2009 at 23:48

I have the Corsair P256.

Its very good. Very fast. Would definitely recommend this family of drives.

pengjn · 10 Jul 2009 at 23:49

I just got my Sammy 128GB and can confirm that it blazes. Installed W7 64b in a very few mins. Programs load in a flash - it's very, very good.

Soldier786 · 11 Jul 2009 at 00:05

Hmmm... what to chose now :rolleyes:

still thinking...... G.Skill

karlos103 · 11 Jul 2009 at 00:23

yes g-skill for me too by looks of it

bluesouljah · 11 Jul 2009 at 00:37

Got a G.Skill 128 GB Falcon and just run atto, get 201831 read and 272800 write, so not a bad buy. I put the latest firmware on 1571, I believe, when I bought it.

karlos103 · 11 Jul 2009 at 13:41

does sound like G-Skill is the one to go for ....by what people say on here and reviews i have read

HazardO · 11 Jul 2009 at 13:56

I've got the 256G PB22-J Samsung, when I try to extract an archive, or install a game, it appears to hang momantarily, but then it kicks in, and it's very fast (compared to my old 150G raptors anyway). It never appears to hang any other time, and windows loads quickly. Even without TRIM support, this drive is very fast indeed.
If you are running a database server, you want the intels, but for day to day use, the Sammy (or identical Corsair) is faster.

explicit4u · 11 Jul 2009 at 18:40

HazardO said:
I've got the 256G PB22-J Samsung, when I try to extract an archive, or install a game, it appears to hang momantarily, but then it kicks in, and it's very fast (compared to my old 150G raptors anyway). It never appears to hang any other time, and windows loads quickly. Even without TRIM support, this drive is very fast indeed.
If you are running a database server, you want the intels, but for day to day use, the Sammy (or identical Corsair) is faster.

The need for TRIM will kick in sooner or later. From what i've read the samsungs dont suffer from slowdowns as much as other drives, but then again those other drives support TRIM.

karlos103 · 11 Jul 2009 at 19:02

all this info is very helpfull so many thanks

got till morrow night to make my mind up so can order one ...but looking like the G-Skill at the mo

karlos103 · 11 Jul 2009 at 19:50

Anyone else have any info ??

Ben M · 11 Jul 2009 at 20:05

G Skill Falcon 128gb: £270
G Skill Falcon 64gb: £150

For an extra £30, you'd be mad to not buy two 64gb and RAID0 them.

karlos103 · 11 Jul 2009 at 20:09

i know what you mean about having 2 in raid ....im want to get rid of the raid startup ...takes a while to boot up as takes 10 seconds just for raid controller to start ...so thats why i wanted an SSD so could remove raid making the system boot quicker .
have not really noticed that much difference between my system before raid ...and now with raid .

But do get your drift ...lol

Sparx · 11 Jul 2009 at 20:11

Go for the OCZ Vertex personally..

karlos103 · 11 Jul 2009 at 20:12

i will take a look at that ...read some review about it ...cheers

Soldier786 · 11 Jul 2009 at 20:27

karlos103 said:
well just looked at a review of the summit drive , i know its the 250 gb version but seems like the g-skill beats it on most thinks
http://www.guru3d.com/article/ocz-summit-250gb-ssd-review/1

From looking at this, and the other reviews on GURU3D about SSDs... my mind is still set on the G.Skill

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JeremyW · 11 Jul 2009 at 22:41

Soldier786 said:
From looking at this, and the other reviews on GURU3D about SSDs... my mind is still set on the G.Skill .

I'd rather take the Torqx with the *10* year guarantee! Performance for the best SSDs seems to be levelling out but as far as guarantees go 10 years is exceptional!!