Vertex 2 VS Vertex 3

[kwantz]

For a notebook is there that much of a difference in performance? Would it be noticeable?

I am looking for a 120gb SSD.. the price differnce between these two, is $100.00

Vertex 2 120gb- $190.00
Vertex 3 120gb -$299.00

Is the 100 dollar price difference worth it for a notebook? would I even see the difference in performance? since im sure most laptops are only sataII and not sata III to even take advantage of the extra performance?

[Honzik1]

Buy newer generations of SSDs, they will have longer support

[Cloudfire]

You should pick the cheapest because they will both fail anyways

[KillerBunny]

I wouldn't buy the vertex 2. It has a remarkable history of failure. The vertex 3 seems to have a better record. Also, take into account if your laptop is sata II or III. No point in getting a sata III ssd without a sata III compatible laptop. Only new sandy bridge laptops are sata III compatible.

[kwantz]

so are all sandy bridge lappys sata 3? or only some of them?

[Cloudfire]

All of them are SATA 3 because they use Chipset 6 series, which all have 2 x SATA 3.

[grassysparkie]

I have the Vertex 2 120gb version. I have had it for 4 months 4 days and 17 hours.

You gotta love SSDlife, nice program (if it can be trusted?)

No problems so far. No drop in performance and I have treated it with a distinct lack of respect. I was worried for a while when it was unsure who had the 32nm and who had the 25nm versions, but all was good for me anyway.

Having read all the horror stories neither version is consistently good. With ocz I'm of the mind it's hit or miss.

[Peon]

The vast majority of people will never see their SSD fail. If the French hardware site (which I can never remember the link to) is correct, both average and max SSD failure rates are well below those of traditional HDDs, and people don't exactly have HDDs dying on them left and right.

Remember, it's always the vocal minority who do experience an SSD failure that skew perceptions

[Harleyquin07]

Hold off on the Vertex 3 drives now as there's a reported incompatibility between the drives and 6-series chipsets (Sandy Bridge processors). Until the problem is resolved, neither drive is a good choice if the aim is for reliable performance without severe system crashing.

[Phil]

I haven't noticed anything of incompatibility. Running Vertex 3 with HM67 chipset.

If people experience freezing it's probably because of LPM. This can easily be disabled.

The differences between Vertex 3 and Vertex 3 are well shown in Hardwareheaven.com's review of the Vertex 3.