SanDisk 120gb SSD for $125 (no mail in rebates needed)

[Roland00Address]

SanDisk Ultra SDSSDH-120G-G25 2.5" 120GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171545

Now: $124.99+Free Shipping (restrictions apply)
Was: $199.99, Save: $75.00

SanDisk Series Ultra
Model: SDSSDH-120G-G25
Physical Form Factor: 2.5"
Capacity: 120GB
Interface: SATA II
Width: 100.58mm
Depth: 70.61mm
Height: 9.91mm
Weight: 96.4g
Sustained Sequential Read: Up to 280 MB/s
Sustained Sequential Write: Up to 270 MB/s
4KB Random Read: Up to 30,000 IOPS
4KB Random Write: Up to 50,000 IOPS
Long-term endurance - the 60GB SanDisk Ultra SSD can withstand at least 40 terabytes of data written to it over lifetime, while the 120GB and 240GB drives can withstand at least 80 terabytes and 120 terabytes of data written, respectively
Power Consumption (Active): 0.43W
Operating Temperature: 0°C ~ +60°C
Max Shock Resistance: 1500G

Now this drive is using the sandforce SF 1222 controller (1st gen), it is still a great deal for it is $1 a GB with no MIR.

 

[cmaMath13]

That's a great deal! Thanks for posting.

 

[Mitch101]

Any sandforce controller SSD to me is a Risk. Either Intel or the Latest Marvell chip is the way to go. You might lose a little performance but thats better than losing your data.

 

[Engineer]

LOL @ some of the reviews on Newegg:

This is incorrectly labeled as a SATA II drive. It's actually a SATA at 3 Gb/s

:hmm:

 

[Zap]

LOL @ some of the reviews on Newegg:

AHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHH!!!1111!!!

That's why I always correct people here at the forums. I want our members to at least sound more intelligent than that.

FWIW it is SATA II and SATA 6G (AKA SATA 6Gbps or more properly SATA 6 Gb/s. There is no such thing as SATA III or SATA 3Gbps. SATA II has a data rate of SATA 3Gbps, but it is called SATA II. I don't think Newegg is doing anyone any favors by calling SATA 6Gbps as SATA III. Technically it is Serial ATA Revision 3, but it is officially called SATA 6 Gb/s.

source

Using the terms SATA III or SATA 3.0 to refer to a SATA 6 Gbit/s product is unclear and not preferred.

 

[bankster55]

and it takes 750MB/sec X 8 = 6Gb/s to saturate the SATA 6 bus
but at >375MB/sec the SATA 3Gb/s bus is in trouble

 

[qliveur]

LOL @ some of the reviews on Newegg:

Yeah, Newegg reviews are right up there with Yahoo Answers.

 

[bryanW1995]

Any sandforce controller SSD to me is a Risk. Either Intel or the Latest Marvell chip is the way to go. You might lose a little performance but thats better than losing your data.

It's certainly not as stable as, say, an x25m g2, but didn't even the intel 320 series have a bit of a problem a few months ago? Generally speaking, older ssd's are better/safer, and the sandforce 1200 series was pretty awesome. My only concern with the sandisk is that they don't push out firmware updates as the higher-end companies do. This ssd has been generally much better-received than most ssd's and hd's, however, and even with a sandforce controller and no firmware updates in the future it's still probably more reliable than a brand new wd black spindle drive.

 

[formulav8]

Yeah, Newegg reviews are right up there with Yahoo Answers.

I post at yahoo once in awhile. I even give the best answer 66% of the time!

 

[Crow550]

My Friends Parents HDD died. Would this be a good replacement? They really just surf the web but with the prices of HDDs right now.... Would this last as long or longer than a regular HDD? I also hear Intel is usually the way to go for SSDs.

 

[exdeath]

My Friends Parents HDD died. Would this be a good replacement? They really just surf the web but with the prices of HDDs right now.... Would this last as long or longer than a regular HDD? I also hear Intel is usually the way to go for SSDs.

Yes. 8 tracks and HDDs are the devil.