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Corsair F240 or Intel X25-M G2 120GB?

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yaogzhan

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I'm thinking adding an SSD to my Unibody MacBook. It will replace the CD drive. The original HDD will stay to provide more storage capacity. I run Mac OS X, so no trim.

I've read countless reviews and discussions, but still cannot make up my mind. Anyone have experience with these two drives can shed some light please? Thanks!
 
yaogzhan said:
I'm thinking adding an SSD to my Unibody MacBook. It will replace the CD drive. The original HDD will stay to provide more storage capacity. I run Mac OS X, so no trim.

I've read countless reviews and discussions, but still cannot make up my mind. Anyone have experience with these two drives can shed some light please? Thanks!
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First, I admit I'm prejustice cause I have one. If you can get a good deal on the Intel, you really can't go wrong (got a 3 year warranty). If you've never had an SSD in your system, you'll be impressed no matter what.
 
hal2kilo said:
If you can get a good deal on the Intel, you really can't go wrong (got a 3 year warranty).
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That's actually the problem part: both are basically the same price now at around CA$1.7~1.8/GB. Of coz F240 has double the capacity of X25-M 120G, which is a bonus considering the limited slots in laptops.

All benchmarks I saw showed SF-1200 has much better performance, but the quality of NAND from Corsair is kinda untested. X25-M seems to have mediocre performance (compared to SF-1200), but it has a good track record.

Both drives come with 3-yr warranty, so this is a non-issue.
 
x25-m 80gb G2 seems just as fast in my usage as the SF-1200 based drives. only in benchmarks where compression is applied does it seem faster.

the constant sandforce firmware issues are a problem. having to upgrade firmware several times - not cool - having your drive not show up randomly on boots - not cool.

none of this on intel X25 G2
 
yaogzhan said:
That's actually the problem part: both are basically the same price now at around CA$1.7~1.8/GB. Of coz F240 has double the capacity of X25-M 120G, which is a bonus considering the limited slots in laptops.

All benchmarks I saw showed SF-1200 has much better performance, but the quality of NAND from Corsair is kinda untested. X25-M seems to have mediocre performance (compared to SF-1200), but it has a good track record.

Both drives come with 3-yr warranty, so this is a non-issue.
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I think alot of people are overly obsessed with benchmarks, but as you can see by my sig, we all have to show off.
 
Eventually decided to play safe and ordered X25-M G2 120G. After rebate it costs CA$200. Best price I can get. Let's see how it performs when it comes.
 
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