G73JH Purchase SSD (UK)

Well I have come to the conclusion that I cannot be losing my save games because of my dodgy hard drive in my JH any longer so im gonna go for an SSD instead of forking out for a 920XM. I think the gains from it will be more worthwhile as well and sell off my 500GB sata.

Im in the UK and struggling to find a good price deal on an SSD. I also do not have enough knowledge on what im looking for so could someone in the UK recommend me a good deal I would be happy with 64-96GB but would rather have 128GB so that I can use it for gaming as well.

I dont have a budget but the lower the better to achieve the above. Anything around or below the £100 mark would be tidy.

 

Dallers, i posted in the other thread but i will post here too...
IMHO a ssd is wanted for its speed not for its reliability. I think it is still a way to young tech.

I never used to backup my things so often as I do it now with a SSD in my laptop

 

I think, SSDs are more reliable.
Think about shock resistance and no mechanical parts. The wear of the flash cells isn't a problem in the newer generation.

Intel is known to be the most reliable of all. They recently extended the warranty to 5 years!
You don't make a failure if you buy one of the last Intel 320 (G3). A G2 (Postville) is still a good choice, if you can get one for good price.
Substained read/write speed isn't all!

I also have a Crucial C300 in my desktop rig.

 

Good points gents good points.

It would appear the seller consumer advice from my UK brethren is lacking mind!

 

Well, on paper indeed it should be that way since there are no moving parts.
But since the SSD tech is rather new compared with HDD tech, I'm not so sure regarding the reliability.
IF you also check the manufacturer forums and read about the problems that some people have... OMG

Regarding the wear of the flash cells, on the contrary... it is even worse for the new generation. IIRC it was about 3000-5000 writes cycles for 34nm and around 1000 for the new tech (25nm). I cant remember where i read that, but one of the proofs is the smaller usable capacity that all manufacturers employ to reserve more "spare" space. See Corsair F120 (34nm) vs F115 (25nm).

But enough of that.
It is not in my intention to scare anyone, I'm a SSD user myself, but if you acknowledge a potential problem, you can prepare yourself to deal with it.

 

Therefore I recommend Intel
Not Corsair Force (standby bug, bluescreens) or OCZ with the 25nm dilemma (smaller usable capacity for 60-120GB, slower than 34nm).
I saw an Intel X-25E (yes, it's SLC) with 74TB hostwrites and still running full speed.
Also a X-25M (Postville G2) with 6TB hostwrites has a wearlevel of 1-2%. So you can calc how long they will last. It's all about a good controller, which let your SSD live longer than others.
Maybe we should talk about it later (10 years?)

 

Just a little bump here - My local PC store is clearing off all 120GB OCZ Vertex 2's for about $190, i guess they're making room for the next gen stock.

Would it be worth picking up one? How are the controllers in the Vertex 2 120GB?

Considering that I'm on a 5400RPM 640GB Momentus atm, I'm thinking the performance gains will be quite nice. Had a G.Skill Phoenix PRO in my desktop several months ago and i was very happy.

 

As models go, it's one of the more popular ones with happy customers.