WTB: SSD >= 120gb

kobaj

kobaj

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Title says it all, I'm looking to get my hands on an SSD that is 120GB or bigger. SATA 3 preferred.

Let me know what you guys got.
 
The_Other_One

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I personally don't have one for sale, but I'd highly recommend the Sandisk Ultra or Extreme series. They are quite inexpensive (nearly $1/1GB) with very good performance. I've got a 120GB Ultra in my desktop and 120GB Extreme in my new laptop.
 
kobaj

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The_Other_One said:
I personally don't have one for sale, but I'd highly recommend the Sandisk Ultra or Extreme series. They are quite inexpensive (nearly $1/1GB) with very good performance. I've got a 120GB Ultra in my desktop and 120GB Extreme in my new laptop.
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Thanks for your input. Those do look like slick drives especially with the new sandforce 2281 controller in them. :D I'll probably order one from newegg if I don't get any offers on here for something.
 
Perkomate

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Drive in sig is amazing. Not a single problem, ludicriously fast. Comes with the legendary Kingston support/warranty. Not much more I could ask for here.
 
Perkomate

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dunno about the agility. Don't they have problems with reliability? OCZ Sandforce Roulette, i think it was called.
 
Benny Boy

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I'd get it over a similarly priced used one. The issue was with a certain Sandforce controller that many manuf's used, not OCZ per se. FW updates have helped.
 
kobaj

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slipx44 said:
How much would you pay for a 160 gig?
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Without knowing more information than just the size of the drive, probably 1$/gb so 160$. That would heavily depend on how long it has been used, which sata it is, what nand it houses, and the controller.

Perkomate said:
Drive in sig is amazing. Not a single problem, ludicriously fast. Comes with the legendary Kingston support/warranty. Not much more I could ask for here.
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Very nice drive, but I'm afraid its price per gb ratio is too high for my likeing.

Benny Boy said:
If you can buy from there, this one is like, $90.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227726
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I may be looking at this incorrectly, but that drive is 150$? After the 15% coupon 130$. Even rebate only drops it to 100$. How did you come out with 90$?

Beyond that, the OCZ agility 3 has asynchronous (read: the slowest) nand, so it is out of the question.

Now, the OCZ vertex 3 also has that 15% off deal though, and synchronus nand with a sandforce 2281 controller.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227706

For those keeping score at home, if I don't receive any more offers I'm torn between
Sandisk Extreme - sandforce 2281 - toggle nand - speed - 140$
Crucial M4 - Marvel 9174 - ONFi 2 nand - reliability - 144$
OCZ vertex 3 - sandforce 2281 - synch nand - speed - 136$

Tough choices.
 
kobaj

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Benny Boy said:
I think Chronos Deluxe is one of the best but it's $200.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233191
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Yeah, I did have my eye on the Chronos series for a little bit, but the Deluxe is the one with synchronous and as you pointed out, is a bit high in price.

Also your link to the corsair is the same situation for me.

FuryRosewood said:
If the Agility III is slow, im not noticing it, just sayin~
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Hehe, true true, I do know that the speed differences between asynch and synch is less than a few mb/s. But just /knowing/ that sets me on edge.

If the drive were for my current system (SATA2) I wouldn't care in the world, but its for SATA3, and I want the fastest!
 
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