indilinx controller ok?

i have an intel in my timeline and love it. but its pricy. im looking for a cheaper ssd for my 17" acer aspire. are the ssds with indilinx as buggy as sandforce?

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Do you mean the old Indilinx Barefoot like the Crucial M225 and OCZ Vertex? My M225 is still alive and kicking, just there was a certain firmware revision that seemed to make the drive wear quite quickly.

That said, the 4k random write speeds are something like only 10MB/s. It feels snappy enough though.

 

ok,

wear quickly, like how quickly? Im under the understanding that my intel will last aprox 20 years.

 

I can't comment on the new ones as they were acquired by OCZ while back, but my Vertex 1 32 GB was pretty good, no major issues.

 

The old M225's are still solid. I still get around 23MB/s in 4k reads, its only around 10MB/s in writes for 4k though.

In terms of wear, around 2 1/4 years of usage for my 256GB, it reads 77% so it's still slated for about 7-8 years.

 

should still blow away the 320 gb hd in my acer 7720 in terms of speed.

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I've been hearing good things about the new OCZ Octane with the newest indilinx controller and the price is reasonable

 

Good to know, i'm on the fence as to which SSD to get to replace my 64GB M4, there's a good chance i'll go with Intel, but i like to keep my options open and the octane did look decently priced.

 

Prices are dropping on the M4's...256gig M4 for $325 shipped recently, and 128gig M4 for $159. THe M4's are probably getting tough competition from Samsung and OCZ Octane. Intel always seemed like a premuim product. They have to drop their prices before i look at an Intel drive again

I've seen the 128gig Octane on sale for $139 though

 

i went intel as i want maximum reliability as that notebook is my work notebook.

the 7720 is the family machine and its not as important to have maximum reliability.

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