Need a backup SSD HD. Can you recc one?

[GoodEnough]

UPDATE: I got this for $140
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Samsung...?pt=US_Solid_State_Drives&hash=item54031353f3


http://www.newegg.com/Internal-SSDs/SubCategory/ID-636

My main Win7 C-drive is SSD 180GB (Intel 330)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820167122

I'd like to mirror my current HD onto a spare physical SSD.
I don't trust Acronis, et al and want a physical backup again.

Which one should I get?
http://www.newegg.com/Internal-SSDs/SubCategory/ID-636

 

[Blain]

Need a backup SSD HD. Can you recc one?

My main Win7 C-drive is SSD 180GB (Intel 330)

I'd like to mirror my current HD onto a spare physical SSD.
I don't trust Acronis, et al and want a physical backup again.

Which one should I get?

The Plextor 256GB M5P

 

[Cerb]

At $160, I'd have to go for the Crucial M500 240GB.

 

[GoodEnough]

Yea, that's a lot cheaper than $225.

 

[Blain]

240GB @ $53.33 per warrantied year doesn't sound cheaper than 256GB @ $45 per.

Value and worth are in the eye of the beholder.

 

[GoodEnough]

Who uses a warranty?
Easier to just click "Buy now", instead of dealing with RMA bullshit.
Stuff barely ever breaks anyway, this busted DVD is a freak occurrence.
Last time hardware died was a power supply back in 2005.

 

[0roo0roo]

You should just get a couple regular harddrives and keep multiple copies of stuff that way, its cheaper ...and safer.

 

[GoodEnough]

Yea, good call.
That way if the image was corrupt, but the SSD was fine,
I can just copy back the HS to SSD.

No need to have an SSD just sitting there.

Cool. I can just dig up a spare HD

 

[Blain]

Who uses a warranty?
Easier to just click "Buy now", instead of dealing with RMA bullshit.

Cool, I get where you're coming from.
In that case you want the Corsair F180 @ $130 shipped.

 

[T9D]

I bought a SSD for my system a couple weeks ago. But started running out of room with just a few large games. I decided to buy a regular spinning drive too the other day. Got a western digital caviar black 2TB drive for $149. Thing is way faster than I thought it would be (hits 250 mb/s transfers sometimes). And I gotta say it's nice having all that extra space. You can still backup the important things. I don't care about reinstalling games and such. So it's a little extra work if it goes if it's not mirrored, ah well, no big deal.

 

[GoodEnough]

Yea, I only use the 180GB SSD for my OS install.
I keep all my docs, media, etc on old school HD's.
I am just going to keep my spare Image on a 900GB HD I dug up.

 

[GoodEnough]

Is this a good deal?
Kingston 240GB for $129

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-20721108-L01A

 

[infoiltrator]

Read the comments. This has been a frequent topic on line, though usually 120GB drives are mentioned.
Apparently Kingston has managed to produce drives which benchmark (and some say run) slow. There are statements that Sandforce has a software fix (the 521 firmware mentioned?) that others have used/adapted.
No way to tell if this ships with new firmware or when it will appear on Kingston website.
Kingston, last I knew will not RMA for slow performance. Not sure if newegg will exchange.

 

[GoodEnough]

Ended up getting this just now
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Samsung...?pt=US_Solid_State_Drives&hash=item54031353f3