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Re: Time for an SSD!

Unread postby Pixie » 9 May 12, 7:39 am

My research a few months ago led me to OCZ 120Gb and have not had the problems some of my friends have had.
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Re: Time for an SSD!

Unread postby Bicketybam » 9 May 12, 11:55 am

Otto-matic wrote:That price is pretty good - how much do they charge to ship to Australia?

Actually NM "This item cannot be shipped to the address you selected."


Yeah in that link they won't ship to AUS either but I found another one on there that does and only a few $$$ more.

http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch- ... 025&sr=1-1
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Re: Time for an SSD!

Unread postby Omni » 9 May 12, 12:57 pm

Shinanigans wrote:Where are these figures coming from?


I should have included the references. Here was a couple of the pages from my browsing history I was looking at when deciding...

http://www.behardware.com/articles/843-7/components-returns-rates-5.html

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-reliability-failure-rate,2923-3.html (this one is a little old, may not refer to current models of the vertex/agility)

http://www.anandtech.com/show/2738/19

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4316/ocz-vertex-3-240gb-review/9

...there are plenty more to be found with a Google on SSD return rates. Note that it can vary a bit between different models, but in general the Intel reliability stats appear far better than OCZ.
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Re: Time for an SSD!

Unread postby steve_rogers42 » 9 May 12, 1:28 pm

for Reliability, from best to worse for sata6 SSD's

Intel
Samsung
crucial
corsair
kingston
OCZ

For speed from best to worse,

OCZ
Intel
Corsair
Crucial
Samsung
Kingston


for firmware updates/stability,

Intel
Samsung
Crucial
OCZ
Corsair
Kingston

Its rough but generally what i have come across from reading and looking at release reviews. For Intel, whilst i like the all intel drives, the new ones (520 and 330) use sandforce controllers so should be faster and more reliable, but from a few features it was having similar issues to the rest of the released sandforce drives.

Intel's are generally most reliable but slower, Samsungs are bullet proof but might not have the firmware upgradability of the other drives, but performance is good, Crucial is the sweet spot between intel and OCZ. OCZ is high speed but instable/relies heavily on firmware updates, corsair is less updated than crucial drives but performance just under them also, and kingston.... well, budget.
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Re: Time for an SSD!

Unread postby Shinanigans » 9 May 12, 6:41 pm

Interesting, thanks guys :)

Purely anecdotal but i've used/had:

1x OCZ Summit 60GB
2x OCZ Vertex 2 120GB
1x OCZ Vertex 3 120GB
1x OCZ Vertex 3 MaxIOPS 120GB

Not an issue on one of them :)
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Re: Time for an SSD!

Unread postby Treloar » 9 May 12, 8:53 pm

Is there anything wrong with the SanDisk Extreme Solid State Drive 240GB :?:

As far as SSD's go in comparison to the other SSD's mentioned in this thread so far :?:
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Re: Time for an SSD!

Unread postby GoToadGo » 9 May 12, 9:07 pm

Treloar wrote:Is there anything wrong with the SanDisk Extreme Solid State Drive 240GB :?:

As far as SSD's go in comparison to the other SSD's mentioned in this thread so far :?:

I've had a SanDisk and wasn't all that impressed with it. As stated earlier, get an Intel/OCZ/Samsung drive if you want top quality.
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Re: Time for an SSD!

Unread postby Treloar » 10 May 12, 12:34 am

GoToadGo wrote:
Treloar wrote:Is there anything wrong with the SanDisk Extreme Solid State Drive 240GB :?:

As far as SSD's go in comparison to the other SSD's mentioned in this thread so far :?:

I've had a SanDisk and wasn't all that impressed with it. As stated earlier, get an Intel/OCZ/Samsung drive if you want top quality.


I thought there was some problem with OCZ SSD, has that been sorted :?:
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Re: Time for an SSD!

Unread postby ChainsawMcP » 10 May 12, 11:25 am

Corsair 120Gb in both desktop and laptop - neither of them being stretched to their max (SATA 3Gb controllers in both cases) - no problems with either.

Laptop boots from scratch as fast as it used to resume with the old platter drive - and battery life is WAY better.

I'm now one of the first to play after a BF3 map change rather than one of the last...
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Re: Time for an SSD!

Unread postby steve_rogers42 » 10 May 12, 2:32 pm

Ah i have been reading up on the Vertex 4's, they are supposed to now be fine, without the issues that plagued the vertex3 and about the same speed and possibly price.

Thats what i'd look for if i was going an OCZ
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Re: Time for an SSD!

Unread postby 10dollars » 10 May 12, 6:59 pm

I only chose Crucial because it was cheap, and from Amazon.
I would have gone Intel, but I couldn't justify the increase in price.

In all honesty, I'm very happy with my buy. It's definitely a performance increase, and for what I paid... Well, it's super.

Make sure when buying from Amazon, there's no P.O Box address or anything like that. Also, do the math with the USD - AUD. If you can save money by buying in USD go for it. But check if you're still saving that money AFTER you crunch the numbers on what your bank/cc will charge for currency conversion (usually 5% or there-a-bouts).

If I wanted performance, I would probably have gone with a Corsair or Patriot. Not sure on the Patriot reliability though. They are bloody fast though.
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Re: Time for an SSD!

Unread postby ashman1991 » 12 May 12, 11:59 am

I've just purchased all new parts for my own computer for the first time since the end of 2007.

Old: Dual Core Intel (E6600), 4GB, 500GB HDD for OS.

New: i7-2600K, 16GB, and an Intel 520 180GB SSD.

The jump in performance is going to be amazeballs compared to what I had before. Looking forward to this SSD goodness...
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