Which cheap SSD?

[linkin]

I'm looking at getting a cheap SSD for my birthday, but I don't know which one. I've found this one to start:

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=210_902_909&products_id=15295

It's $99 australian for 32gb, but is the drive itself any good?

Cheers CF :good:

 

[funkysnair]

well in my opinion its going to be a low end ssd, if i was you i would hold out until you can get another $100 and put $200 towards say a 60gig drive

read/write speeds of 125MB/s and 70MB/s isnt fast for ssd's really, but you could always buy one then save up for another and go raid0.

 

[linkin]

Thought so. Speeds didn't seem impressive for an SSD.

 

[funkysnair]

still nothing to be sniffed at, its going to be faster than a normal hard drive - just if your going to jump into the world of ssd's you wanna get a nice and fast drive

i notice the place you where going to buy from doesnt have much choice really??

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=210_902_909&products_id=14819

i like the look of that one -----/\

 

[linkin]

Not really, they are an online only store and don't really have too much choice. They do have some nice speicals and deals usually.

If i can get it cheaper on ebay, i probably will because they take paypal (even though paypal are stuffing me around again)

 

[diduknowthat]

Don't get cheap SSDs. You're going to regret the purchase cause it won't be as fast as main stream ones and they're not "cheap" by mechanical hard drive standards. I got a 60GB OCZ Agility drive for $160 and I'm absolutely satisfied with my purchase.

Here are some benchmarks for popular drives. You can see that the Onyx lags well behind all other drives.

http://www.techspot.com/review/313-budget-ssd-roundup/page10.html

 

[Twist86]

Well to be fair I wouldn't buy any SSD less $200 atm. Intel X25-m and the Vertex Series are the only drives id buy for myself. Intel for reliability and Vertex 2 for speed. I personally am waiting for the 25nm Intel Drives as if rumors are true this will drop SSD prices and increase performance and its date is Q4/Q1.

 

[tech savvy]

the 60GB OCZ Agility 2 and 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 are pretty fast, read/write at 285MB/s-275MB/s. they run around $140-$160 USD.

 

[salvage-this]

^that's what I am looking at for my next upgrade

 

[JakeMFBacon]

are the corsair forces good drives?

 

[Shane]

Save up a bit more linkin and get a 60Gb Ocz or 80Gb intel,Like mentioned those speeds are very slow on that SSD and its only 32gb :/

60Gb is just a nice size imo,allows you to install windows,a few apps and i still have 30 odd gb left.

 

[Twist86]

60Gb is just a nice size imo,allows you to install windows,a few apps and i still have 30 odd gb left.

You can cut some of that dead weight by using vlite and editing a ISO of your LEGAL Windows 7 Disc and free up valuable space. I took my OS down to like 5GBs installed using this guide.
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/137163-windows-7-ultimate-x8664-not-so-extreme-removal/
Just use the very bottom Update (13/09/10) files and it cuts so much crap out.


Even if you just do a simple vlite gut you can disable bunch of stuff and inject updates (most alterations = no automatic updates)

 

[Shane]

You can cut some of that dead weight by using vlite and editing a ISO of your LEGAL Windows 7 Disc and free up valuable space. I took my OS down to like 5GBs installed using this guide.
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/137163-windows-7-ultimate-x8664-not-so-extreme-removal/
Just use the very bottom Update (13/09/10) files and it cuts so much crap out.


Even if you just do a simple vlite gut you can disable bunch of stuff and inject updates (most alterations = no automatic updates)

Thanks for that il take a look :good: