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    120Gig SSD

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by ChessPlayer2486, Dec 16, 2009.

  1. ChessPlayer2486

    ChessPlayer2486 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Whats the best bang for buck on the market now for one of these guys. Thanks for any postings.
     
    ChessPlayer2486, Dec 16, 2009
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    mesarmath Notebook Geek

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    Intel SSD's are one of the best SSDs now on the market. There are some new candidates which have not proved their quality yet.

    Are you looking especially for 120GB?
     
    mesarmath, Dec 17, 2009
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  3. ChessPlayer2486

    ChessPlayer2486 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm looking for something preferably 60 gigs or larger. Enough for my *ahem *orrented movies to stay on standby before being transferred to another source.
     
    ChessPlayer2486, Dec 17, 2009
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    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    80gb intel ssd then. get the gen2, and use win7 for trim. should be useful in the long run in your case (downloading a big movie, shifting it off. downloading another one. shifting it off.. trim takes care to "free" the cells from the movie file once it's moved away).


    but if you would have enough money, i'd get the 160gb one anyways. just because..
     
    davepermen, Dec 17, 2009
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  5. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    Intel SSD for sure... It more expensive but will last longer... also has TRIM support.. worth every penny..
     
    sean473, Dec 17, 2009
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    ChessPlayer2486, Dec 18, 2009
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    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    I haven't been following OCZ SSD's for a while, but considering I bought and returned a Torqx 64GB for almost $400 about a month? ago, this seems fine at $189 after the MIR.

    To me, the 'non-deal' part is the capacity. Lower capacity SSD's will have lower performance to begin with. This performance will also decrease more as the drive is filled up over time. Which of course is much too easy to do with the smaller capacity drives.

    How do you think you'll use this? More importantly, how much capacity do you think you need as a minimum when you count O/S, Apps and your data into your calculation?
     
    tilleroftheearth, Dec 18, 2009
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    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    try not to get the vertex.. they seem to fail more likely... if u can get an intel one... worth every extra cent...
     
    sean473, Dec 18, 2009
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