Intel X25-V vs OCZ Vertex Turbo?

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Contemplating getting an SSD to use as my main OS drive. I may even get two and run a RAID setup, but I haven't decided for sure about that yet. The two drives I'm looking at are the Intel X25-V 40GB or the OCZ Vertex Turbo 30GB. Which would you recommend? While the extra 10GB form the Intel one is nice, I care most about performance. I'd much rather give up 10GB if it means a faster drive.
 
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Emulex

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be careful running a drive at near full capacity may not be the best move
 
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The OCZ is generally faster than the X25-V but I'd rather have the extra 10gb than the added performance which probably wouldn't even be noticeable.
 
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schneiderguy said:
The OCZ is generally faster than the X25-V but I'd rather have the extra 10gb than the added performance which probably wouldn't even be noticeable.
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Agreed. 30GB is kinda barely enough. I've no junk software, just MS Office, Photoshop and Acrobat. That has almost filled 30GB. If you're a graphic design student and installed the whole CS Suite, that would take up a large chunk of your space.
 
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I think I've settled on one Intel X25-M 80GB drive instead of either of those two. It's cheaper than buying two of either of those.
 
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Everything I've read indicates that for typical use on an OS drive, the x25-v is better.

Yes vertex smokes 25-v for sustained writes, but that's irrelevant for most usage patterns.
An example for a home user where it becomes useful, is if you're regularly installing large programs or games.

Random small r/w usually happen far more often and in that area the Intel is much faster.
And it's decent at sustained reads...

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http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3667&p=6

Not sure if Kingston supports TRIM now, but I know X25-V does.
It may even be a bit cheaper than the X25-V, assuming they still sell the 40GB SSDNow.
But if the difference isn't much I'd prolly stick with the Intel...
 
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Depends on what exactly you mean by video processing....
If one is often writing files larger than 10mb then you may notice a difference.
But an oss/app drive typically has far more reading & small random r/w going on.
 
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smurray said:
I think I've settled on one Intel X25-M 80GB drive instead of either of those two. It's cheaper than buying two of either of those.
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Good choice. For $50 more, you'll be getting 2.67x the space and better performance compared to the Vertex.
 
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MrK6 said:
Good choice. For $50 more, you'll be getting 2.67x the space and better performance compared to the Vertex.
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that might be the case in NA, it's certainly not just $50 more in Australasia.
 
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+1 to everything here.

And you'll need a pretty fast PC to make use of the sequential speeds difference.

jalyst said:
Everything I've read indicates that for typical use on an OS drive, the x25-v is better.

Yes vertex smokes 25-v for sustained writes, but that's irrelevant for most usage patterns.
An example for a home user where it becomes useful, is if you're regularly installing large programs or games.

Random small r/w usually happen far more often and in that area the Intel is much faster.
And it's decent at sustained reads...

5-9 most interesting...
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3667&p=6

Not sure if Kingston supports TRIM now, but I know X25-V does.
It may even be a bit cheaper than the X25-V, assuming they still sell the 40GB SSDNow.
But if the difference isn't much I'd prolly stick with the Intel...
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For a HTPC, if you already have storage drives, & if it's to be an AIO...
(i.e. back-end tuner/storage + front-end media player)
Then the X25-V already performs more than well enough, & is plenty of space for OS and core apps.

But if you feel you can afford the X25-M, it's mildly faster in all other areas, and significantly faster in sequential writes.
Not that that necessarily matters.....

See the anandtech review I linked to...
 
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we saw tremendous speed gains with a p4-3.0ghz (ancient) - and a SL 1.86ghz laptop (low power core 2 duo) - insane speedups.

anything with sata-II probably is going to haul butt with x25-v
 
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that $150 dane-elec 80gb x18-m G1 seems about the right price for me! gb/$

by the time you roast that one you can probably get 320gb for $150
 
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jalyst said:
Yeah $/GB is still quite a bit higher than the Intel 80GB G2...
And considering in real world terms it's only slightly faster, I think it needs to come down a little more 1st.

Not sure if I can wait around for that....
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Actually, I had a closer look at actual prices and it's pretty damn good.
$263.55 AUD for the 50GB OWC (only available os, this price inc. shipping)
$345 AUD for the 80GB X25-M G2 (best aussie price, can prolly be bought os for markedly less)

OWC don't rape you with shipping/insurance (very cheap) otherwise it'd be substantially higher.

That works out to approx 5.27/GB Vs $4.31/GB for the Intel drive...
I'd prolly still put the better value stamp of approval on the Intel drive.

But if one doesn't need the extra space, the cheaper 50GB OWC is looking pretty damn hot to me! :D
Aside from the Anandtech one, there's some other impressive reviews around:

This one sounds a tad biased...
http://macperformanceguide.com/Reviews-SSD-OWC-Mercury_Extreme.html
then again the conclusion doesn't seem to reflect that
http://macperformanceguide.com/Reviews-SSDMacPro.html

Another one...
http://www.barefeats.com/hard130.html

A thread has kicked-off, rocky start for the 1st owner thus far:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/255302-32-mercury-extreme
 
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