High Capacity SSD Roundup: What's The Best SSD For Your Laptop? Discussion

[Jerry Jackson]

If you're looking for a 240+ GB solid state drive for your notebook then we've got four contenders from OCZ, HyperX, and Verbatim that deserve your consideration.

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nice review but +240gb? high capacity? O_o

[ZaZ]

It's the latency, how fast data can be found and read, that makes SSD much faster than conventional platter drives. The throughput, how much data can pass through the controller in a given moment in time, which is often used as a benchmark for SSDs, has little effect on how fast your system is as typical PC usage doesn't put much of a load on the controller. Since all SSDs have a latency of like .1ms, I'd buy on price.

[Jerry Jackson]

nice review but +240gb? high capacity? O_o

If you're looking for SSDs that are still reasonably affordable ... yes. You can buy 512GB consumer-oriented SSDs but at a retail price between $400 and $550. I think it's safe to say "most" people who want the best performance aren't going to spend $400+ for just a drive. Most people looking to upgrade an existing system or build a new one will either settle for a 240-256GB SSD or get a traditional HDD if they want extremely high capacity and pair it with either a much lower capacity SATA SSD or mSATA SSD for the Windows boot drive.

However, if flash prices continue to trend downward then even budget-minded people will laugh at the idea of 256GB being "high capacity" in a 2-3 years tops.

[hfm]

However, if flash prices continue to trend downward then even budget-minded people will laugh at the idea of 256GB being "high capacity" in a 2-3 years tops.

I would consider 240-256GB to be mid-range capacity NOW. Look to the SanDisk 480GB and Crucial m4 512GB for affordable high-capacity SSD solutions.

[Jerry Jackson]

I would consider 240-256GB to be mid-range capacity NOW. Look to the SanDisk 480GB and Crucial m4 512GB for affordable high-capacity SSD solutions.

I think we'll have to agree that "affordable" has a different meaning for different people. I don't know many people outside of the NBR forum who are willing to drop $380+ on a drive for their notebook.

[sinrtb]

I think we'll have to agree that "affordable" has a different meaning for different people. I don't know many people outside of the NBR forum who are willing to drop $380+ on a drive for their notebook.

High capacity would I think imply high price.

[John Ratsey]

High capacity would I think imply high price.

Except they are typically half as expensive as 18 months ago.

John