SSD purchase help/input required

[wez3570]

I can't make my mind up, got £200-£250 (or a little over) to spend on an SSD...

Intel

Vertex

SuperTalent ME

Are there any other contenders?

It's for OS, I got 2 750GB F1's for storage

[koc]

well , intel ssd is better than the vertex and super talent , but you not notice the different
and super talent ME and vertex are equals in performance
and super talent ME in cheaper than vertex
So. super talent ME is the better choice

[genec57]

I just this afternoon setup and tested my new Intel X25-M. My prior OS drive was a 2X128 G.Skill Titan Raid0 array. The Intel absolutely kills the old raid array which was pretty fast in its own right. For instance with the Titan array Windows 7 loaded in about 18 secs from the "starting windows" splash. The Intel loads Win 7 in less than 10 sec. With the Titan Photoshop cs4 loaded in about 4 sec. The intel loads in 3 sec.
Intel is quite simply the best that is presently available.

[wez3570]

Thanks guys...

The Intels are tempting but I just found a review pitting a G Skill Falcon 128gb against an X25-m and I have to say it was almost neck and neck!

I've found a place selling the 128gb Falcon for £247, think I might go for that...

Are there any others with the indilinx controller worth considering?

[ExodusC]

I went with an OCZ Vertex 60GB over the G.Skill Falcon 64GB, as I love the support OCZ offers, and they're on the front line of any releases Indilinx makes (they've already released a TRIM tool).

I don't think it really matters too much, but I prefer to have the great customer support from OCZ (I've heard SuperTalent and G.Skill are pretty much non-existent in that department).

Really though, it's up to you.

[Rhys]

Thanks guys...

The Intels are tempting but I just found a review pitting a G Skill Falcon 128gb against an X25-m and I have to say it was almost neck and neck!

I've found a place selling the 128gb Falcon for £247, think I might go for that...

Are there any others with the indilinx controller worth considering?

They are neck and neck from my experience also, but I would actually wait for the sata 6.0 standard before purchasing a SSD.

[wez3570]

I didn't want to wait before getting my first SSD.

I have all my other parts now and am ready to start assembling.

I agree about OCZ support, they are the best in my experience, RMA turnaround in under 7 days! Wow

Asus on the otherhand

When I decided to go i7, I RMA'd my maximus formula SE because the LCD poster stopped working. I want to sell it on, fully working.
That was 4 weeks ago...

BTW, despite my love for OCZ support, I couldn't resist the price of the 128gb Falcon(£250 delivered), should be here by Wednesday

I've since been trawling the reviews and the Falcon comes out above the Vertex in tests.
Although in the real world I know I would never be able to tell any diff. It was the price really that won me over.

I wonder what GSkill support is like?

If I ever need it, good I hope!

[genec57]

Hope you don't need support - G.Skill has got to be about the worst though their products are good.

[wez3570]

Hope you don't need support - G.Skill has got to be about the worst though their products are good.

oops! I hope I don't then!

[Rhys]

I didn't want to wait before getting my first SSD.

I have all my other parts now and am ready to start assembling.

I agree about OCZ support, they are the best in my experience, RMA turnaround in under 7 days! Wow

Asus on the otherhand

When I decided to go i7, I RMA'd my maximus formula SE because the LCD poster stopped working. I want to sell it on, fully working.
That was 4 weeks ago...

BTW, despite my love for OCZ support, I couldn't resist the price of the 128gb Falcon(£250 delivered), should be here by Wednesday

I've since been trawling the reviews and the Falcon comes out above the Vertex in tests.
Although in the real world I know I would never be able to tell any diff. It was the price really that won me over.

I wonder what GSkill support is like?

If I ever need it, good I hope!

Good choice, however just to let others know that particular review you read is bs, as it appears the drives have the same firmware and perform the same!


Any way, it's a good drive I hope you like it!

[zanzabar]

i would get the corsair, the samsung controller works better with small reads and writes than the indilinx. and its cheaper

edit wanted indilinx not invotec

[Rhys]

i would get the corsair, the samsung controller works better with small reads and writes than the invotec. and its cheaper

What's the invotec?

[wez3570]

What's the invotec?

Does he mean indilinx?

[wez3570]

This a great review of the Falcon...

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...sd-review.html

I think from a reliable source! lol

[SoulsCollective]

Corsair offering seem pretty good.

[One_Hertz]

This a great review of the Falcon...

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...sd-review.html

I think from a reliable source! lol

lol @ that review. Everything is just wrong there. X25-M a lot slower than JMicron in real world tests? lol.

[wez3570]

lol @ that review. Everything is just wrong there. X25-M a lot slower than JMicron in real world tests? lol.

JMicron?

I think you've mis-interpreted it.

X25-m is faster than Jmicron in real world test.

Lower is better

http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/im..._copy_self.jpg

[One_Hertz]

JMicron?

I think you've mis-interpreted it.

X25-m is faster than Jmicron in real world test.

Lower is better

http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/im..._copy_self.jpg

Look @ XP and Adobe load times. OCZ Apex is JMicron.

[SKYMTL]

Look @ XP and Adobe load times. OCZ Apex is JMicron.

I have an Apex and an X-25M right here and experience the same thing. No idea why the JMicron controller units perform so well in this particular test but our reviewer tested and retested after seeing those figures.

[Rhys]

The Apex, Titan etc are not just ordinary J-microns as they have two controllers and are internally set in raid 0. J-microns week point was only lack of cache and VERY slow 4k writes that caused perceptible slowdowns mainly when multitasking, I think because of this people now place a little too much importance with 4k writes on newer drives.

When the drive is not doing lots of small writes, then I would have thought it would perform very well indeed, just would never have thought it would out-perform the x25-m, particularly if the M was in a fresh state.

Even though I find it hard to believe, I also find it hard to believe a reviewer could make such a mistake more than once especially after checking the results more than once!
Perhaps it's actually true?

[Rhys]

Does he mean indilinx?

If he does, then he needs to check his facts.

[One_Hertz]

Perhaps it's actually true?

No... Everywhere else showed X25-M to be faster, as expected.

[zanzabar]

Does he mean indilinx?

yah sorry, invotec is not what i meant, meant indilinx

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/sto...b-ssd-review/9
http://techreport.com/articles.x/16848/10

[Rhys]

yah sorry, invotec is not what i meant, meant indilinx

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/sto...b-ssd-review/9
http://techreport.com/articles.x/16848/10

The tech report times are mainly sequential, but I have found from previous experience that are often FOS or are just crappy with a stop watch.
And so it seems is bit-tech!

I looked at a review yesterday J-microns are the fasted of them all! Some of these reviewers are not worth their salt it seems at times.

These IOmeter benchmarks tell a different story with regards to small files.
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/sto...b-ssd-review/8

And so does this review.
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.ph...=18468&page=12
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...&limitstart=12

[zanzabar]

yah i know that i picked some, but i like the corsair