The new SSD Thread (Benchmarks, Brands, News and Advice)

[davepermen]

hm.. as i payed 489$ for my 64gb slc mtron, <1000$ is doable for 1000$..

actually, i've done just that by buying two and raid0ing them..

i've got a next gen 2009 ssd!!!

[Jackboot]

64GB = $152 (G.SKILL FM-25S2S-64)
128GB = $278 (G.SKILL FM-25S2S-128)

Someone in this thread mentioned this new drive by G.Skill that is very reasonably priced but it was quickly dismissed due to being MLC. Well at least one review has pegged this MLC drive as having faster read rates than G.Skill's own SLC drives.

Anyway, user jonlumpkin wrote an informative post so I'll just link it. Read the linked review and see what you think:

I can't decide.... x200/s/t

[sgogeta4]

Just because the read and write speeds are higher doesn't mean it is any good. It still uses the Jmicron controller which has a whole host of problems.

[Cape Consultant]

I could do with 32 for the laptop, but I would like 128 for desktop. I could do and am ready to do 64GB with a nice Seagate freeagent Go for storage.

Looks like the intelligent thing to do is wait till Q1 2009.

[John Kotches]

CES will be interesting this year with the storage and memory vendors

[iaTa]

Would either of these work in a full size laptop:

http://jkkmobile.blogspot.com/2008/1...m-up-high.html

Pretty good performance and price.

[monakh]

Has anyone purchased the new Mtron 64GB that's $389 at RocketDisk? Any feedback?

[Cape Consultant]

Good question! That looks like the best/price value for a SLC drive, but it really needs to be compared to the Samsung in a subjective test, not a laboratory. I will be happy to clone my current install to each and give a detailed report if someone would send me one of each drive

[davepermen]

I have the Mtron 64GB (but 3.5") and the Mtron 32GB but 1.8". they all perform similar (while raw read/write performance is slower on the 1.8" due to limits of my notebook, this difference is not really noticable.. )

i'd need a samsung to test

and, well, the 2.5" will perform equal to the 3.5" ones (as well as the 1.8" ones, which are identical in speed, too).

[davepermen]

Would either of these work in a full size laptop:

http://jkkmobile.blogspot.com/2008/1...m-up-high.html

Pretty good performance and price.

hm.. i guess i should try one of those on my hp 2710p.. happily, i have an asus eee 900, too (my gf has one.. ), so if it doesn't work, i can put it into her notebook

now the big question.. should i go straight to 128gb.. a bit much for her eee

...

if those **** ssd's wouldn't exist, i would not have spent nearly as much money for pc stuff the last months..


.. ordering ..

edit: ordered