Sandforce vs. C300 - Degradation?

[SamurAchzar]

My G1 160GB Intel has started dying on me (not recognized by the BIOS, then works for a minute or two, then fails, activity LED stays on... etc). Anyway, I'm looking for a replacement, either Sandforce (G. Skill Phoenix Pro 120GB) or a Crucial/Micron C300.

This is a laptop (Sony VGN-Z590) which serves strictly as a work machine. It runs no games and has no media (no fun). It does run VMware machines sometimes, but most of the time it spends compiling stuff. Running Win7 and has at least 30% free space at all times.

Sequential performance is meaningless, IOPs and random data are important but most important to me is performance degradation over time. While, in general, the C300 and SF tie on the first two, the latter is unknown.

So what should I get?

 

[Campy]

SF is best for this but since you have win7 (TRIM) and arent going to fill the drive to the brim it doesnt really matter which you choose. I'd personally get the SF drive but that's just me being a bit of a fanboy in this matter 😛 I guess i just like the idea of a company with 80 employees(Sandforce) making such an impact.

 

[Infrnl]

from the anandtech article i read; it states that the Sf drive will degrade a lot slower than C300 if doing a lot of writing. Also from what I have read; you should be happy either way you go.
Comes down to what you can get the best deal on; which would have been the Phoenix, but I believe the promo might not be valid anymore too. I ordered one last night for $198 shipped

 

[fffblackmage]

My vote goes to Sandforce with "Durawrite". So I guess theoretically, the Sandforce SSD should last longer right?

 

[Campy]

My vote goes to Sandforce with "Durawrite". So I guess theoretically, the Sandforce SSD should last longer right?

Well the sandforce drive writes much less to NAND than other SSDs so yes it should last longer providing the NAND is of the same quality.