Anvil, I don't really know what to expect. It's not like there are any reviews floating around out there. I wasn't even sure the 60GB Mushkin was for real, which is why I didn't really want to say what it was before I got some hard confirmation that it indeed exists. I figure it's somewhere between a 120 async and a 120 sync, but even that may be far too optimistic. I think it would be a killer drive for many applications, maybe just not this one. The only reason I got the 60GB over the 120GB version is that I was expecting higher sustained writes vs capacity. A 120GB mushkin chronos deluxe is still a great deal cheaper than the 510 at 120 GB, and the 60GB is comparatively not such a good buy. We'll see on Tuesday. Also, this gives me a chance to see if the SF 2281 BSoD bug is as rare as they say it is. There's now one in the test, and you own a GT as well. You've never seen the bug, right? SF and OCZ say that you must use a SATA bus probe to get the diagnostic data you need, but that putting the analyzer in the chain actually stops the BSoD from happening.

Kamikaze is the right word for the Samsungs, writing themselves to death with little regard for the future. I kinda like that -- Imagine that philosophy but with Sata III speeds. You'd be murdering the drive at like 400MB/s.

I expect the Samsung 800 series to really shake up the standings among drive performance. They're out now for Dell's Precision laptop line, but should be a while longer for retail availability. Intel's claiming they'll have the fastest drives on the market in the 4th quarter, but I'll believe it when I see it (not the speed, but actual release in the 4th quarter -- that would be surprising).