Choice in SSD

nate42nd · 07 Oct 2009

Brink said:

Hello Alex,

I think the Patriot Torqx 128GB SSD drive has the best performance vs price vs size than most of them.

It also allows you to do firmware updates on the drive, and has the TRIM software to install with it.

Patriot Memory - Support

This IS a good choice. It's the same drive as the OCZ vertex but has a 10 year warranty. I have one. I would not change the decision.

pparks1 · 07 Oct 2009

I'm running the Intel X25-M 80GB Gen2. While that seems small to most people, I also have a 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black in the box for storage. With hibernation disabled, my pagefile on the WD and system recovery set to only consume 2% of my drive, after installing Win7 64-bit Ultimate, with all apps that I use and a couple of games (Wolfenstein and Crysis), I have more than 50GB free.

I love my Intel drive and would recommend it to anyone. I see they are down to $249 in many places now...so getting more affordable everyday.

AlexRD · 07 Oct 2009

pparks1 said:

I'm running the Intel X25-M 80GB Gen2. While that seems small to most people, I also have a 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black in the box for storage. With hibernation disabled, my pagefile on the WD and system recovery set to only consume 2% of my drive, after installing Win7 64-bit Ultimate, with all apps that I use and a couple of games (Wolfenstein and Crysis), I have more than 50GB free.

I love my Intel drive and would recommend it to anyone. I see they are down to $249 in many places now...so getting more affordable everyday.

where did u find for 250 bucks? does it ships internationally?
Also, i wanted a 256 drive :)

pparks1 · 07 Oct 2009

AlexRD said:

where did u find for 250 bucks? does it ships internationally?
Also, i wanted a 256 drive :)

toshibadirect.com, mwave.com

Do you actually need a 256GB drive? You aren't going to find one of the higher performing drives at t his capacity on your budget.

These drives are great for high performance, but too costly for data storage. So, why not go with a smaller OS and app drive and use a standard hard drive for data storage?

whs · 08 Oct 2009

AlexRD said:

pparks1 said:

I'm running the Intel X25-M 80GB Gen2. While that seems small to most people, I also have a 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black in the box for storage. With hibernation disabled, my pagefile on the WD and system recovery set to only consume 2% of my drive, after installing Win7 64-bit Ultimate, with all apps that I use and a couple of games (Wolfenstein and Crysis), I have more than 50GB free.

I love my Intel drive and would recommend it to anyone. I see they are down to $249 in many places now...so getting more affordable everyday.

where did u find for 250 bucks? does it ships internationally?
Also, i wanted a 256 drive :)

Check this: Intel X25-M 80GB 2.5" SATA SSD Solid State Drive - Toshiba -- but I don't know about the international shipping.