Opinions on a Corsair SSD with a Precision M90

Was planning on upgrading my Precision M90 to a SSD, and I was just wondering if anyone had any views on a SSD which I'm getting for approximately US $180 on Ebay. The item description is "Corsair 128 GB Extreme Series Indilinx Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CMFSSD-128D1". The idea is to use it as a primary drive for the OS, and I'm going to convert my existing 500GB HDD into a secondary disk with a caddy in the DVD bay.

Anyone know of any issues with this drive, or the way I'm intending to use it? Would appreciate your inputs.

Thanks

 

Is this drive used? If so, buying an used SSD on eBay is going to be a hit or miss since the user who is selling the SSD could have abused it before selling, causing severe wearing on the SSD's lifespan. Definitely ask them for a SSD Health report before you bid.

Otherwise, I could suggest the Intel 320 Series. For a couple of dollars more, you get a new, reliable SSD with a stellar warranty from one of the best SSD OEM's out there. Furthermore it uses one of the best SSD controllers out there that isn't bug-ridden like the ones used from SandForce or at times, Indilinx. Plus your M90 won't be able to utilize SATA III, so the SATA II should be aplenty.

Amazon.com: Intel 320 Series 120 GB SATA 2.5-Inch Solid-State Drive Brown Box: Electronics

 

Would recommend Intel 320 as well. I just feel that, in general, Intel has one of the best records with respect to reliability.

 

Thanks for the responses. it's listed as a brand new drive with a two year warranty. Don't know how the warranty'll actually work out, since the products is listed by an importer on Ebay who specially imports from the USA to India (so one is basically limited to what he's listing).

Would prefer to go with the Intel product myself, but given the fact that it's a seller's (or, rather the aforementioned importer's) market...

 

The problem is Indilinx has had issues back in its hey-day. In fact, OCZ has brought all of Indilinx for themselves and are using Indilinx to build their SSD's with in-house controllers just to avoid the notorious SandForce controllers. Therefore a Corsair with an Indilinx could spell trouble in the long-run on support and its already potential problems since Indilinx is now going to be refined in-house by OCZ for their new controllers.

 

Thanks...more to think about before plonking down the money

 

From what I understand most Computer & Electronic items sold on Ebay do not have manufacter's warranty coverage as many sellers are not authorized dealers, and do not provide a proper invoice for warranty proof of purchase.

 

I'd recommend the Crucial M4. It is one of the best and most reliable drives on the market right now. It's cheaper than Intel and Samsung and has only marginally less performance. You can get it for $165 from Newegg right now with free shipping.

 

Thanks for all the input.

I'm getting the following drive at a really good price: "Intel 320 Series 80 GB SATA 3.0 Gb-s 2.5-Inch Solid-State Drive Retail Box". Any views on this product?

 

Intel's SSDs are one of, if not the most reliable SSDs on the market. They were one of the first to release them and have gotten all of the problems out in the earlier versions. They don't come as recommended because they tend to be very expensive, but if you're getting a really good price then I'm sure you'll be happy with it. Personally, I don't think I could live with 80GB in a notebook, but if you can then it should be good. Please do note that the performance increase of SSDs decreases when the drive is nearing capacity.