kingston ssdnow v series 40gb raid 0

[songokussm]

My plan was to buy the 25-m g2, however then kingston released his 40gb version. So i am thinking about getting 2 of them, and save 40 bucks and raiding them.

after reading this-
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/storage/2009/10/27/kingston-ssd-now-v-series-40gb-intel-x25-x/3

it seems like its a bad idea. So i would like to ask you all. What is the best/cheapest ssd thats at least 80gb? my max is 250ish (the intel x25-m g2 is 260.)

Secondly would it be more beneficial to just save up a few months and blow around 350 ?
to me the cost just doesn't justifiy the minor performance increase.
I am a student/gamer.

 

[n7]

I'd say stick with the 80 GB Intel G2 plan, or perhaps a 120 GB Indilinx if you want to spend a bit more.

 

[songokussm]

any reason why?

 

[n7]

Not a RAID fan.
Write speeds are too crippled for my tastes.
That'd be why for me.

You'll find any Intel/Indilinx SSD a huge improvement from regular old HDDs

Anand basically recommends buying the size you need, & i agree.

Indilinx for 60/64 GB, Intel for 80 GB, Indilinx for 120/128 GB, Intel for 160 GB, Indilinx for 256 GB.

I suppose you could add the Kingstons @ the 40 GB size point.

 

[robertk2012]

If you can get by with 60 get the OCZ agility. I just got mine for $159.

 

[DukeN]

If you can get by with 60 get the OCZ agility. I just got mine for $159.

Where, if you don't mind me asking?

Thanks

 

[jjmIII]

If you can get by with 60 get the OCZ agility. I just got mine for $159.

that was a good price...

 

[pjkenned]

That's pretty good! Mine was 188 - $12.22 bing - $30 rebate at circuit city a few weeks ago. Now they are more expensive.

 

[songokussm]

80 is my minimum, however 400 bucks for 120 just seems outrageous.

 

[pcslookout]

80 is my minimum, however 400 bucks for 120 just seems outrageous.

For the space maybe but once you feel the speed difference you will forget about the price tag. It is not that bad either. More than enough for the OS, Applications, and all the current games your playing. If your not a gamer even better!

 

[robertk2012]

Where, if you don't mind me asking?

Thanks

ZipZoomFly.com Its not 219 with a $20 rebate which is still better than newegg.

 

[Zap]

My plan was to buy the 25-m g2, however then kingston released his 40gb version. So i am thinking about getting 2 of them, and save 40 bucks and raiding them.

I actually had the same thought, but decided against that. The reason is based on the design of the controller you get lower performance per drive, thus you would almost have to RAID them to get the performance of one bigger drive.

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3667&p=4

Only 5 devices means the Intel controller works in 5-channel mode, instead of 10-channel like the X25-M G2
...
With only half the NAND flash of an 80GB X25-M (only five NAND devices on board), its sequential write speeds are cut in half

Basically these SSD controllers run the NAND in parallel - in RAID, if you want to think of it that way. Thus, cutting the number of channels in half just means you have to RAID two drives to get the same performance as with the full number of channels.

 

[slayer202]

write speeds cut in half aren't too bad IMO. the read speeds are the real reason I am deciding to jump into SSD. for the price, the 40g kingston is good enough for me to start with. plus, hopefully TRIM support not too long from now.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Whats the difference between the vertex and agility?

 

[n7]

Whats the difference between the vertex and agility?

The Vertex uses Samsung chips; the Agility uses [slightly slower] Intel or Toshiba chips.

Difference is pretty minor, which is why i'd not get the Vertex unless it was only only a tiny bit more $$$ than the Agility.

 

[Akino]

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[slayer202]

I came here to make exactly the same thread. In my mind 2 Kingston 40s in Raid 0 mean an 80GB SSD with double the typical read speed and a regular write speed, is that correct? Because that seems like a hell of an SSD for $200 or so.

If there's a problem with that, what would you say is the cheapest SSD that's at least 60 GB that does not suck? This bit is kind of tricky to figure out.

I think the cheapest decent ones would be OCZ and supertalent, not sure exactly which models, but those brands have drives that will support TRIM I believe.

 

[Zap]

In my mind 2 Kingston 40s in Raid 0 mean an 80GB SSD with double the typical read speed and a regular write speed, is that correct? Because that seems like a hell of an SSD for $200 or so.

A hell of 80GB of SSD for $180 at Buy.com if you can catch them in stock. I just did a few hours ago. ^_^

Two in RAID 0 is double... two Kingston 40GB. Two Intel 80/160GB drives doubled would still be faster than the two 40GB doubled, however the two 40GB doubled is a bit faster than a single 80GB for less money.

The other thing to consider is that except for sequential writes, the 40GB Kingston beats a VelociRaptor in everything else by quite a bit. This is sequential reads, plus any type of random read/write. Sequential write performance is probably the least useful to a normal desktop system, while everything that it beats the VelociRaptor in is more useful to a normal desktop system.

 

[Engineer]

A hell of 80GB of SSD for $180 at Buy.com if you can catch them in stock. I just did a few hours ago. ^_^

As of this post, they are back in stock!