What SSD are you upgrading to?

I'm just curious on what everyone is upgrading to. I have my "G73SW XN2" arriving in a couple of days and haven't decided which Sata III drive to get. I know these are dual SATA III's. I was looking at:

OCZ Vertex 3 120GB and the INTEL 510 series 120GB.

 

Kevy8up, Congrats on your purchase. Please see this thread, especially Phil's post and the excellent info in his his signature.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/sol...0-worth-upgrading-my-intel-x-25m-2nd-gen.html
One Q are you looking for performance above all else, best battery life, or ultimate reliability - I do not think any brand combines all attributes.

 

I think i'm looking for performance for the time being. this laptop will go with me for a Month to the Philipines and will be used for Gaming, browsing and skype. I have a work laptop for work. thanks for the thread. I did use the search but no specific thread named SSD came up.

 

I have old OCZ Vertex 60GB which I use in my previous laptop.It's enought for my programs.All games and other stuff I keep on HDD.

 

I think Intel will be great! MUCH less problems

 

I upgraded mine to a G.skill Phoenix Evo 115GB.

 

Oy fellow pinoy! i suggest intel 320 120gb. they are of the same price range as the ones you mentioned. but alot are claiming vertex 3 is buggy and intel ssd's are more reliable. if youre gonna stay in p'nas it would take a long time to get your item replaced. so if youre gonna spend that much i suggest buying an item that would last longer. ^^

 

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!1 intel 510 SATA III

 

Aye, get an intel one. IF you have the cash go for a intel 320 160GB, as it performs better than 120Gb counterpart
I personally got a good deal on my Corsair F120, but i wouldn't recommend it unless similar circumstances aka a very good deal

 

I have a Intel G2 in my laptop, completely satisfied, except for the capacity.
It is never ever a performance bottleneck for me.

My next purchase will be SATA 4 (1200MB/s capable) and can mostly fill that pipe.. then I'll put it in my SATA 2 laptop for laughs! I don't know, SSD performance(Sandforce 2xxx) is far beyond what most users could take advantage of. My next purchase will happen when capacities are a lot cheaper and SSDs are crazy super duper awesome 300K Iops faaaaszzt.

 

intel 510 is great. but its on the high priced SSD bracket. for moderate budget ssd's the 320 would be a great buy.

 

having a Crucial C300 and no complains, just be sure to not run any intel rapid storage tecnology tool, since they tend to freeze the c300.

Anyway I would suggest INTEL, even some retailed suggested they are the best and most reliable.

 

thanks for the suggestions guys. I got my G73SWxn2 today and this thing is freaking SEEXXXCCC.. Burning a backup copy for now. Gonna clean some bloatware off of it for now till I decide on the SSD.

 

What about the OCZ Agility 3?
NCIX.com - Buy OCZ Agility 3 120GB 2.5IN SATA3 Sandforce SF-2281 SSD Solid State Disk Flash Drive - OCZ Technology - AGT3-25SAT3-120G - in Canada
Any comments on this SSD? I was thinking of purchasing this one.

 

IMO, would not spend my money on OCZ. There are many threads on this in the SSD subforum. Stick with Intel, Samsung, or Crucial/Marvell controller. Better price and reliability with the same real life performance.

 

The link above regarding 3rd gen vs 2nd Gen SSDs is very good. Here is more good info...

AnandTech - The 2011 Mid-Range SSD Roundup: 120GB Agility 3, Intel 510 and More Compared

In short, the Intel 510 is the way to go. The Vertex 3 is fast, but reliability is an issue. The Crucial C300 has the best reliability according to a forum audit here... http://forum.notebookreview.com/sol...tomer-reviews-current-ssds-who-will-help.html Also according to anandtech the C300 outperforms the M4 sometimes, so if the M4 is more $$$, get a C300.

My advice, get a 510 if you can afford it, if you can't, get a Crucial C300.

 

I also had the c300 in my g73. It was great. Moved it to the new M17xR3 and its still great. Is this intel RST issue related to Asus and c300? I ask beacause the M17xR3 does have an issue using both.

Cheers,

 

Yup I put a Vertex 2 in mine. SSDs of just about any kind are so fast that the CPU is the bottleneck. They complete IO operations so fast that you can't really hope to saturate them unless you just play benchmarks. It's amazing really. Finally, hard drives are done with.

 

It's the LPM-Feature of the driver.
You may read this.
Solution: C300 Disk Freeze-ups in Windows 7 solved... - Crucial Community