What's a good SSD to use on the Alienware M15x?

My m15x will be arriving next week or 2 and I intend to buy an 32-64 GB SSD to use on it, and since I already spent alot of my budget on the m15x money is limited. This is going to be an huge upgrade for me just getting the m15x, so I thought why not order a better drive aswell.


I'll be using it to play games mostly and with an SSD this will surely save me alot of time having to wait for games to save/load compared to my 5 years old 60 GB HD.

The most I'm willing to spend is 150, these are the 2 I have in mind atm, if anyone knows a better/cheaper drive free feel to post it :S

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227393
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139006

 

This might be helpful http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3667&p=9

"The easiest way to decide continues to be to buy the largest drive you can afford. 64GB? Indilinx. 80GB? Intel? 128GB? Indilinx and 160GB Intel. If you're buying an Indilinx drive the rate of firmware releases pretty much dictates that you'll want to buy from OCZ or SuperTalent. None of the other Indilinx manufacturers have Windows 7 TRIM support yet (Crucial has now posted a firmware update with TRIM support). The additional testing and exclusive agreements that OCZ/ST have with Indilinx provide their customers a tangible advantage in this case."

 

Skip the V series by Kingston since it's JMicron. At your budget and if you're lucky you can find a deal on the 60GB Agility which is based on Indilinx's controller for under $150, but it's pretty rare nowadays. You might have to stick w/ 30GB.

 

Whew I was bought to order that one, any thoughts on this one ?

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusearch_v3.asp?scriteria=ba36252#aShoppingCart

 

The Intel is great but it was much higher than your initial budget, hence I didn't bring it up. The only drives under $150 worth it would be 30GB Indilinx and Samsung based MLC SSDs.

Indilinx drives:
OCZ Agility and Vertex
G.Skill Falcon and Falcon II*
Corsair Extreme
RunCore Pro IV
CrucialM225
Patriot Torqx
Super Talent UltraDrive GX and GX2*

* use the newest Indilinx ECO controller - might not be available yet

Samsung drives:
OCZ Summit
Corsair Performance
Patriot Torqx M28
Super Talent MasterDrive SX
Kingston V+

 

If you can afford that its at great bargain price, apart from relatively lower write speeds

Might want to consider this for $120 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227393

 

I can bump up my budget next week, If my budget is 250-270, which would you recommend?

 

If you can live with 80GB, then go with the Intel, else look at Indilinx for 120GB. The Intel will have better performance but the Indilinx has 50% more capacity... I'd only recommend the Samsung for their 256GB drive or if you got it preconfigured from Dell or Lenovo at a cheap price.

 

Thanks I'll look into that, the 80 intel was on sale for $218 a few days ago, too bad I was too stupid to realize how crazy fast they are, since my current desktop HD is only 60 GB I can probably live off using an 64-120 GB SSD for a few years. Since the m15x only has one drive space I can't go with the 30 GB, since I can still wait another week before i start buying I'll wait and see if they get cheaper.

 

yeah, go intel. if you can afford around 200 - 250$, it's the best choice.