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Ocz Vertex 2 or Intel G2 120GB?

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yeah intel if you don't want to worry about it.

if you want to have mad super high benchmarks when you use Zero (0) fill mode benchmarks - then get the sandforce. it will impress everyone with amazing numbers that don't know better.
 
Diogenes2 said:
That wasn't verified failure rates, it was return rates, which don't always equal failure..
It could have easily been operator failure or buyer remorse..
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The return rate could be due to anything - OCZ buyers tend to be enthusiasts (thus stressing out hardware more, more likely to return if dissatisfied, more likely to pocket the cash and try something else). Or it could be that the Intel drive is actually more reliable. Can't tell.
 
I went with Intel for reliability - no problems so far. I think there was a firmware update problem with Sandforce.
 
My 120 GB Intel came in today, and I'm getting ready to install it and put W64 on it.

See everyone in 8 minutes.
 
Mfusick said:
How do you like it ?
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It's not the second coming of Christ, IMO. Then again, it's not all that bad. For most things like web browsing and just general use it's not heads and shoulders above a spindle drive...but I expected that.

But I'll say this, when it blows you away, it REALLY blows you away. It makes short work of expanding large compressed files (1GB+) which my spindle drives positively dink around on, and it's just completely savage in ripping through my photo directories which is a huge failure of any spindle I've ever used.



Here's the one bench that I ran on it after a clean install of Windows 7 64-bit. Proper drivers installed and all apps on:

(Samsung F3 vs Intel 120 GB)

 
Tsavo said:
It's not the second coming of Christ, IMO. Then again, it's not all that bad. For most things like web browsing and just general use it's not heads and shoulders above a spindle drive...but I expected that.

But I'll say this, when it blows you away, it REALLY blows you away. It makes short work of expanding large compressed files (1GB+) which my spindle drives positively dink around on, and it's just completely savage in ripping through my photo directories which is a huge failure of any spindle I've ever used.



Here's the one bench that I ran on it after a clean install of Windows 7 64-bit. Proper drivers installed and all apps on:

(Samsung F3 vs Intel 120 GB)

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Here are my numbers from my 160GB G2 its about 50% full



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Your write numbers are very high. Infact higher than I think i've ever seen on a intel drive. which Firmware is on that drive and which RST drivers are you using?
 
Makaveli said:
Your write numbers are very high. Infact higher than I think i've ever seen on a intel drive. which Firmware is on that drive and which RST drivers are you using?
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Firmware is 2CV102HD. RST drivers are whatever I pulled off of Intel's website yesterday.
 
Emulex said:
yeah intel if you don't want to worry about it.

if you want to have mad super high benchmarks when you use Zero (0) fill mode benchmarks - then get the sandforce. it will impress everyone with amazing numbers that don't know better.
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Yep.

SSD benchmarks aren't yet representative of real world yet. The current SSD benches that are all over the web are representative of the days when Dhrystone and Whetstone were used for CPUs. Those benchmarks merely take a snapshot of what's happening in an instant.
 
i'm on the same firware and using the newest RST's aswell I guess the difference is due to the amount of free space.
 
Makaveli said:
Your write numbers are very high. Infact higher than I think i've ever seen on a intel drive. which Firmware is on that drive and which RST drivers are you using?
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Fluctuations can happen. My highest CDM random write 4K on my G1 drive was 55MB and the lowest was 40MB, the latter being the average for most tests.
 
Mfusick said:
cliff notes?
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Here is the thing, if you hammer the driver with say enough writes that the drive would under normal use/see in 7 days within a few hrs, the drive will slow down for 7 days, maybe longer. It does this to protect the nand life. So your guys seeing a 50% drop may actually see 30% which is the normal drop, then a further 20% because at some stage they have hammered the drive and then not realised its going to take 5 days or longer for the speed to creep back up. Also remember this write quantity slowdown is further impacted by how you use the drive after you have hammered it.
 
I went with the 120GB Intel drive. Did a fresh Win7 install on it and man oh man, it's crazy fast. I click and stuff happens immediately. Did reboots due to driver installs and Windows updates and everything is so fast! Also, whatever I do, the system is still very responsive.

But the best thing for me is the other drives power down (regular spindles) when I'm browsing the net for example = the computer is even quieter than before! The Samsung HDDs are amongst the quietest ones, but there's still a definite noise difference when they're off and power up.

Another great thing is the price. A month ago the 80GB was going for the same amount! The 160GB one hardly moved, so the 120GB drive has a very good value compared to the other 2 right now.

All in all, I'm very happy :thumbsup:
 
Glad you like the drive its quite the experience the first time you boot up windows on the SSD you just get this "why did I wait so long to do this feeling" 🙂
 
Ran CrystalDiskMark (just downloaded it) and this is my score:



I think all's good 🙂 I definitely feel the results are well worth the purchase :thumbsup:
 
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Ok here's something new. I got a $200 gift card to a local computer shop. I want to get either the Intel 120GB G2 or the Crucial 128GB C300 for my main system now. Both are about the same price with the crucial only being about $40 more. Which one would you get? This again is for gaming and for internet email and some transferring of files...
 
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