Looking for SSD for X200 Tablet

I want to install SSD for X200 Tablet but I don't know which model is compatible?

- Max range: 400$
- Capacity: 128MB atleast
- MLC
- Torrent Friendly

Please suggest couple of models. Nice speed would be a plus. Some people say that SSD dont sustain advertised speed.
In general any known issues with current SSD's, I have not used SSD before.

Anyone has used these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233087
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226106
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820250002

 

For capacity, I think you mean 128 GB minimum

In the <$400 range, I would suggest the Intel X-25M 160GB G2 drive (or the X-18M 160GB G2 with an adapter). It's a widely adopted drive, and I've heard of virtually 0 failures, and few users have any problems at all with them. It has TRIM support, and is blazing fast. In regards to sustained speed, SSDs actually have better sustained read/write speed than HDDs as a whole, because they do not speed up/slow down depending on whether data is on the outside/inside rim of the platter, so I wouldn't worry about that.

Really the major problems with current SSDs are price and capacity (I guess they go hand in hand), but if you can deal with those, they can really boost your system performance.

 

Yes its GB. Intel X-25M 160 GB G2, G2 marks a revision, generation number?

 

What is TRIM?

 

Do I need any mounting?

 

For the X-25 (2.5") you can reuse the same bracket and rails on your HDD now. For the X-18 (1.8") you'll need an adapter (details in the SSD effects link in my sig).

G2 means second generation. It's built on a smaller process (slightly improved performance) and supports TRIM (minimizes long term performance concerns).

 

Where does the X-25 fall performance wise these days? I'm also thinking of getting an SSD upgrade for my still new X201t. Is the Intel just a nice safe middle of the road choice now? I've been reading reviews of models from smaller manufacturers that are faster, are they worth the extra cash or is it like going from 6gb of Ram to 8gb of ram, ie not terribly noticeable? I've never had an SSD apart from the cheapo thing that was in my eeepc. I'll be happy to get a speed boost but essentially I'd like to get rid of the paranoia of knocking my hard disk about.

 

Check out the 'What TRIM Does' section here - http://www.anandtech.com/show/2865

In short, to write to an SSD, the SSD needs to find an empty cell to write to. When you delete something, the cell is marked for deletion, but not actually deleted. This is because deletion needs to happen for an entire block of cells and it takes time. So at some point, your SSD will run out of empty cells to write to. At this point, it will be forced to empty blocks, slowing down performance (especially if your SSD is nearing full capacity), and possibly causing stuttering.

This is where TRIM comes in - it tells the drive to rearrange data and empty blocks at opportune moments (low I/O or during the actual deletion process; dependent on the OS). Some of the drives now come with automatic garbage collection as well which is performed at non I/O intensive periods.

I'm also looking for an SSD for my x201t. I'm thinking of either an OCZ Vertex (about US$350), or the Crucial RealSSD C300 (about US$449). The latter is based on the newest, fastest, but unproven controller; the former is based on the slower but proven Indilinx Barefoot controller.