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Intel 510 or OCZ RevoDrive X2
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If someone with a 160gb drive (Intel g2) can be of help here - I've several rather large IDEs with servers/dbs on it as well as a VM and my steam folder (only games I'm playing or are likely to play in the next time; other games are copied on the hard drive and just copied back when necessary) and it's just nice to not have to worry about a few gig here or a few gig there. And all in all a SSD isn't that expensive when compared to other hobbies and it's not something you've got to replace every year.
b2t:I'd personally either wait for some new SF drives or try find some cheap last gen drives - the 510 really isn't that amazing. But then it depends on your needs..
Money isn't really a concern for me but rather performance. I want the 250gb because I tend to install a lot of games and do a lot with VMs, and I want to reduce load times.
Another reason for a SSD larger than just what's needed for OS & apps is to put one in a notebook. Cannot carry around lots of data files, much less movies or games, on a 60GB SSD. For the record, I still use a 500GB 7200 rpm HDD in my notebook, but would love to be able to "upgrade" to an SSD for even half that size. At current prices, that is not even a remote possibility.
TemjinGold
Diamond Member
Crucial C300 256gb, and call it a day.
Seriously speaking... i was in your shoes, and thats the route i did and called it a day.
You can get the C300's for a good price right now if you look around.
And there not that much slower then the 25nm SSD's.
Areca SAS controller + C300's on Raid.
What did i do?
I have 3 intel's in Raid0 for OS, and the C300 256gb to hold all my games in a nice little rack like this:
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i'm not sure why anyone buys the revodrive over a raid controller and some drives. the drives will be much easier to move down the line if anything happens. the revodrive is guaranteed to work and may require less fiddling than a DIY solution. that's literally the only thing it has going for it. revodrive is a lot less impressive when you realize it's just a raid connecting to some sata controllers running off a pcie slot (with pcix in between). not a native pcie ssd controller.
Baasha
Golden Member
Crucial C300 256gb, and call it a day.
Seriously speaking... i was in your shoes, and thats the route i did and called it a day.
You can get the C300's for a good price right now if you look around.
And there not that much slower then the 25nm SSD's.
Areca SAS controller + C300's on Raid.
What did i do?
I have 3 intel's in Raid0 for OS, and the C300 256gb to hold all my games in a nice little rack like this:
nice... what size are the Intel SSDs?
taltamir
Lifer
he is saying money is not that big of an issue and he likes not worrying about every gig. plus the bigger the SSD the faster it is. Very few people NEED an SSD (military/financial/medical uses)... most of us WANT an SSD and are willing & able to pay the premium... for many a 300$ difference for a few percent performance delta is a big deal, for many it isn't.
op: did you read the anandtech review of both of these drives?
op: did you read the anandtech review of both of these drives?
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Old Hippie
Diamond Member
:thumbsup:
I am having tough time deciding now and I am in exact same profile as the OP: not really needing 240-256 - but kinda wanting it mostly for steam folder..😉
I suppose i could do ok with a 160... but I digress.
As I'm reading through all these reviews I kinda came to the C300 call myself:
-Intel 510 has that reliability thing going for it. I feel "safer" about the SSD. Read performance not really all that different from previous gen though so, I dunno, is it worth it? Its also like, 30 bones more expensive than the preorder price for Vertex 3s, and over 100 on the C300/
- Vertex 3. To be honest I am strongly considering this. My aim for the SSD purchase was to connect it at 3gbps now, but when I go to new intel architecture in 2012, have this latent performance sitting there that will "turn on" when I hook it up to the new mobo. Seems like top performer and right now, only 60 bones more expensive than C300 on NCIX. But. I do have a little bit of a worry of jumping in on first batch.
-C300. When i went back through anandtech reviews I saw this guy sitting there in 2nd or 3rd place all over the benches. And I thought to myself. Shit, am I really going to be able to tell the difference between the C300 and the vertex 3 when I use my computer? Probably not. It has the Sata 3 for a little boost next year, and its been out a while. I heard of issues with first batch, but I expect the product is pretty damn solid now.
Im looking to make the jump int he next 2-3 weeks. And its the only slightly less performance for cheaper and the "not first batch of new product line" thing thats having me thinking of jumping on that.
But i see it at 514 on NCIX right now... im hoping there might be some kind of deal soon...
(PS those are canadian $$)
I suppose i could do ok with a 160... but I digress.
As I'm reading through all these reviews I kinda came to the C300 call myself:
-Intel 510 has that reliability thing going for it. I feel "safer" about the SSD. Read performance not really all that different from previous gen though so, I dunno, is it worth it? Its also like, 30 bones more expensive than the preorder price for Vertex 3s, and over 100 on the C300/
- Vertex 3. To be honest I am strongly considering this. My aim for the SSD purchase was to connect it at 3gbps now, but when I go to new intel architecture in 2012, have this latent performance sitting there that will "turn on" when I hook it up to the new mobo. Seems like top performer and right now, only 60 bones more expensive than C300 on NCIX. But. I do have a little bit of a worry of jumping in on first batch.
-C300. When i went back through anandtech reviews I saw this guy sitting there in 2nd or 3rd place all over the benches. And I thought to myself. Shit, am I really going to be able to tell the difference between the C300 and the vertex 3 when I use my computer? Probably not. It has the Sata 3 for a little boost next year, and its been out a while. I heard of issues with first batch, but I expect the product is pretty damn solid now.
Im looking to make the jump int he next 2-3 weeks. And its the only slightly less performance for cheaper and the "not first batch of new product line" thing thats having me thinking of jumping on that.
But i see it at 514 on NCIX right now... im hoping there might be some kind of deal soon...
(PS those are canadian $$)
I know... The Revo is just easier to set up, and you don't have to take up 4 drive bays.
deimos3428
Senior member
You can do that with an on-board RAID for that matter..but it chews up your available SATA ports and drive bays. Of the two options in the OP, I'd go for the single larger drive. C300 might well be enough performance-wise too.
Edrick
Golden Member
If money is no object, get this: http://www.fusionio.com/products/iodriveoctal/
The fastest SSD ever made, as far as I can tell.
-1.19 million IOPS
-6.0GB/s read
-4.4GB/s write
- PCIe x16 2.0
The fastest SSD ever made, as far as I can tell.
-1.19 million IOPS
-6.0GB/s read
-4.4GB/s write
- PCIe x16 2.0
taltamir
Lifer
5.12tb - or about 20 256gb drives if they just raided them together. I think we're more in the ballpark of two or three fortunes there 😉
Hardly. First we have to consider overprovisioning, they surely have about 30%, while consumer ssds have about 7%. So that alone brings us to ~25 256gb SSDs.
Newegg prices for the c300 256gb goes for about 500$, so that alone brings us to 12.5k$. But then they're hopefully using SLC which inflates the price a good bit more (hard to say how much). And now we've still got to include the premium for business users and world class performance.
You could be happy if you get one for 30k$ I'd wager.
Old Hippie
Diamond Member
Can I RAID those? 🙂
LokutusofBorg
Golden Member
They have SLC and MLC models in just about everything they offer. The smaller sizes in the DUO line are in the $10k range, so you can bet those Octals are close to 6 figures each.
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