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    SSD time!

    Now the prices of SSD's have come down to a more acceptable level (in my mind anyway) i've decided to take the plunge. i've narrowed it down to the OCZ vertex 2e 60gb or the corsair f60. they both seem very similar in performance and price. any recommendations on these (or others for similar money?)

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    Re: SSD time!

    The Vertex 2E is vastly superior in regard to IOPS - 50K vs. 15K, however this will only translate into a noticeable benefit when virtualizing or similar disk intensive activities involving lots of random writes.

    I seem to recall that Corsair SSDs don't always get detected by BIOSs easily and so it can be difficult to get them to initially boot.

    OCZ is also seems to get Sandforce firmware updates sooner.

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    Re: SSD time!

    Quote Originally Posted by Skulltrail View Post
    The Vertex 2E is vastly superior in regard to IOPS - 50K vs. 15K
    Is it? The spec for the Vertex 2E 60GB is as good as identical to the Corsair Force 60GB, Unless the Corsair site is wrong of course.

    I bought the Vertex 2E 60GB last week but, I cannot really comment too much as it is the only SSD I've had any experience with.

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    Re: SSD time!

    i have to say i'm leaning towards the ocz, read a few things about the bios detection problems that they currently have and the problems in getting support from corsair. got until around lunchtime tomorrow to decide so no rush lol!

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    Re: SSD time!

    The 3 I was looking at in the end was the Kingston, Crucial c300 and the Vertex.

    The IOPS looked low on the kingston but, It was cheap at about £80.

    The Crucial looked good but, the 64GB write speed was low.

    The Vertex read and write speed on the specs looked almost Symetrical but, it reality it appears not to be.

    With that said, I'm far from an expert on SSD's.

    This is the results I got with mine.

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    Re: SSD time!

    Would probably steer clear of the Corsair atm, even though on paper it looks to be identical spec to the OCZ with the same sf1200 controller, the Corsair forums are full of people with problems at the moment (probably down to firmware). Went OCZ myself recently and had no probs.

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    Re: SSD time!

    Quote Originally Posted by marktime View Post
    Would probably steer clear of the Corsair atm, even though on paper it looks to be identical spec to the OCZ with the same sf1200 controller, the Corsair forums are full of people with problems at the moment (probably down to firmware). Went OCZ myself recently and had no probs.
    i'm starting to think that now as well. still tempted by the crucial c300 64gb as well as it seems to have supreme read performance and is available pretty cheap direct from crucial (especially with quidco) for £110, however the supreme performance of the sandforce controller seems to be winning me over currently.

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    Re: SSD time!

    Quote Originally Posted by marshalex View Post
    i'm starting to think that now as well. still tempted by the crucial c300 64gb as well as it seems to have supreme read performance and is available pretty cheap direct from crucial (especially with quidco) for £110, however the supreme performance of the sandforce controller seems to be winning me over currently.
    That is exactly where I was, I was interested in the fast reads of the C300 but, put off by the low write speed and the Marvell controller. At the end of the day I only paid about £15 more for the OCZ and it came with the mounting bracket.
    Last edited by Sputnik; 17-08-2010 at 06:50 PM.

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    Re: SSD time!

    Also, you need to take into consideration the main use of the drive - the Sandforce controller gets its ability to write so quickly because it assumes it can compress the data it is writing. If you're doing a lot of work with files that are already compressed - mp3, various video formats, etc. it won't be able to write anywhere near as fast.

    I would say if your using it as a boot drive and you already have SATA3 go with the Crucial, otherwise you can't really go wrong with the Vertex 2 atm, especially as the price has come down in the last week or so and, as has been pointed out, you do get the mounting bracket bundled - not a deal breaker but it will add another fiver to the bill if you have to buy one.

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    Re: SSD time!

    Quote Originally Posted by Sputnik View Post
    That is exactly where I was, I was interested in the fast reads of the C300 but, put off by the low write speed and the jmicron controller.
    It doesn't have a jmicron controller.

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    Re: SSD time!

    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    It doesn't have a jmicron controller.
    I stand corrected - Marvell controller.

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    Re: SSD time!

    If you look well (Scan when on offer) you can sometimes get the OCZ for 122 quid and that is with the bracket. I reckon if you have a SATA II mobo that is the way forward!

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    Re: SSD time!

    Quote Originally Posted by EzyRyder View Post
    If you look well (Scan when on offer) you can sometimes get the OCZ for 122 quid and that is with the bracket. I reckon if you have a SATA II mobo that is the way forward!
    That is exactly where and why I bought mine. I figured I'd rather spend the little bit extra and have the sandforce controller as it gets good reviews.

    I suppose they all have good points - Kingston is cheap, Crucial has Sata3 and the highest read speed.

    I still remember looking at the Hyperos Hyperdrives some years ago and their huge price tag at the time.

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    Re: SSD time!

    think i'll grab one of the vertex drives next time scan has them on today only with the akasa bracket bundled as it looks like you can put 2 2.5" discs on it. hopefully that will be towards the end of this week!

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    Re: SSD time!

    Quote Originally Posted by marshalex View Post
    think i'll grab one of the vertex drives next time scan has them on today only with the akasa bracket bundled as it looks like you can put 2 2.5" discs on it. hopefully that will be towards the end of this week!
    I don't think you'll be disappointed

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    Re: SSD time!

    Quote Originally Posted by marktime View Post
    I don't think you'll be disappointed
    hope not, the boss has been rubbing his in at work for months and after seeing the supreme speeds that vmware runs at and the general responsiveness of the system is great. been holding off for so long finally decided that am going to take the plunge

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