Cheapest SSD thats worth buying?

[Rifter]

Hey guys, ive been paying attention to the high end drives but not the low end. Im building a silent HTPC so am going SSD. Size smallest possible, ill be installing ubuntu so only will need 3.5GB or so for the installation, would be fine with 10-20GB but i dont think i can buy one that small. So whats the cheapest 32GB drive thats at least as fast as a 5400rpm spindle?

 

[superccs]

i have an agility 60gb thats very quick. they are around $100 or so.

I would also be interested to see if there are actually quick drives in the 10-30gb capacity.

 

[gevorg]

intel 40gb

 

[Rifter]

intel drive is not cheap, want to keep it under $100 if possible. That agility looks good too bad i cant find one for sale, think the agility 2's have taken over. Im thinking the 32GB OCZ Onyx is looking good.

 

[Terzo]

intel drive is not cheap, want to keep it under $100 if possible. That agility looks good too bad i cant find one for sale, think the agility 2's have taken over. Im thinking the 32GB OCZ Onyx is looking good.

Intel x25-V 40 GB SSD
$99.99 at Newegg
$99.99 at Ewiz after code
$97.95 from Buy through Amazon
$99.99 at Best Buy

All under $100, if only by a hair. I'm no ssd guru but I believe the intel would outperform the ocz. Then again, given your use, I'm not sure if the difference would be significant. Especially if you're comparing to a 5400 RPM low-power/notebook drive.

 

[Rifter]

yeah speed is not super important to me, just dont want it to be slower than a spindle drive. And im going to try and find that intel drive in canada for $100, probably the best option.

 

[TheTony]

Corsair Force F40. Not quite the read performance of the X-25V but much better write performance. Probably a more balanced SSD. At $100 (not including S&H from Newegg.ca)

 

[fuzzymath10]

yeah speed is not super important to me, just dont want it to be slower than a spindle drive. And im going to try and find that intel drive in canada for $100, probably the best option.

At Canada Computers there were a bunch on sale recently. Kingston V series G2 and OCZ Solid 2 are not the fastest out there but miles better than the original crappy Jmicron SSDs. Onyx is on sale there too I think. Check it out. You'll have to factor GST/PST/HST and shipping possibly.

I was going to pull the trigger but then if I kept adding $20 at a time a few times I was up to a 60GB Vertex 2 which just sounded like a better investment but I will hold off

If your HTPC needs local space for media, consider the Seagate Momentus XT hybrids.

 

[Rifter]

At Canada Computers there were a bunch on sale recently. Kingston V series G2 and OCZ Solid 2 are not the fastest out there but miles better than the original crappy Jmicron SSDs. Onyx is on sale there too I think. Check it out. You'll have to factor GST/PST/HST and shipping possibly.

I was going to pull the trigger but then if I kept adding $20 at a time a few times I was up to a 60GB Vertex 2 which just sounded like a better investment but I will hold off

If your HTPC needs local space for media, consider the Seagate Momentus XT hybrids.

It will require 0 local space, will be reading off my servers 4.5TB RAID 5 array.

 

[billyb0b]

Corsair Force 60gb is about $160 and super speedy with sandforce controller

 

[coolVariable]

30GB Vertex 1 for $60+ (depending on current deals)

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

kingston v series.

 

[Sahakiel]

You could try a USB flash drive. Not sure if the access latency will make up for lower sustained transfers. I sometimes run a few programs (mainly browsers) off USB and don't really notice a performance hit.
The primary advantage is it's cheaper. Secondary is the ability to add more data in the same physical space. Also related, you have can more USB ports than SATA, especially with hubs.

 

[Rifter]

never thought about USB, but most of my flash drives only hit around 30MB/sec and i wanted better performance than that if possible.

 

[Zargon]

30GB Vertex 1 for $60+ (depending on current deals)

yup that is a great drive and a good deal!