Which is the best SSD for between £70 to £100??

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 11 Apr 2011 at 12:56

With the price of SSDs dropping I am thinking in investing in one for my new build. My H67 motherboard has SATA 3.0(Gigabyte GA-H67N-USB3).

The drives I am looking at are:
1.)OCZ Vertex 60GB which is around £74 on OcUK
2.)OCZ Vertex 2E which is around £90 to £100
3.)Crucial C300 64GB which is around £80 to £90
4.)Crucial C400 64GB which is around £100

The Crucial drives seem to have decent read speeds but write speeds look a tad "slow" when compared to the competition. OTH,the Crucial drives are meant to be more reliable from what I read.

Also,I have heard that the newer 25NM flash modules are less reliable than the older ones so it is better to go with an older drive??

I am also using Vista 64 bit ATM.

|Thomas| · 11 Apr 2011 at 16:11

For the record, the only difference between the vertex 60GB and this ssd:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-031-OC

Is that the warranty is one year shorter for the agility. So if you're interested in saving a few pennies I'd get that one over the vertex. In fact, that's exactly what I did

ahenners · 11 Apr 2011 at 18:56

Out of those the Vertex is probably the best value, although as mentioned the Agility is very similar for less if you aren't bothered about the extra year warranty.

The C300 is pretty well regarded but £35 more than the Agility. C400/M4 is on pre-order at same price as C300 for better specs. The C400/M4 is probably the best out of those although its arguable whether you would notice a difference in normal usage over say a Vertex or Agility.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 11 Apr 2011 at 20:51

Thanks for the replies!