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

[splinterpc]

Good info, but how much it will cost? Vertex 3 is a beast in every mean

[Tomy B.]

Is this good or bad? Greek to me.

It's good! It's 400 MB/s per chip or channel. If I get it wright.

[Jayayess1190]

TechReport Intel 510 Review

[HTWingNut]

TechReport Intel 510 Review

Thanks for the link.

But bah, nothing interesting. All sequential brew ha ha. G3 should be awesome, although Vertex 3 also looks good. Come the end of this year I should have a nice assortment to choose from.

[James832001]

TechReport Intel 510 Review

Good review. I just wish the 510 had better random read/write though.

[Tsunade_Hime]

Good review. I just wish the 510 had better random read/write though.

Had they included better random read/write then there would be no point in buying G3 SSD. Intel wouldn't shoot themselves in the foot. Basically 510 will be high end SSD while G3 will be mainstream.

[James832001]

Had they included better random read/write then there would be no point in buying G3 SSD. Intel wouldn't shoot themselves in the foot. Basically 510 will be high end SSD while G3 will be mainstream.

Yup, another good and valid point :-P. It was just wishful thinking on my part.

[ccarollo]

Intel's real problem is that the Vertex 3 doesn't appear to have any of the (hardware) downsides the 510 does, and it's going to be cheaper. I had a 510 ordered, but for upwards of $500 I didn't think I'd be happy with something that has such a performance hole, even if I wouldn't likely run into it in real-world situations. It'd be bugging me -- every time anything hitched, I'd be wondering if it was due to the relatively poor random access performance.

So now I'm waiting on the Vertex 3 and trying to decide if the great across-the-board performance is worth purchasing from OCZ.

[HTWingNut]

I just think Intel wanted to cater to those that wanted to take advantage of the SATA III speeds. Partially for marketing too. Probably didn't want to look bad because they didn't use the full potential of the new SATA III.

G3 seems like a more well rounded product though.

[splinterpc]

IMHO this 510 is mainly an upgrade for systems with sata III; sequential read are the best improvement, but i think/hope the big bang will come with G3...intel don't dream on your glories, crush the market again