SSD for Laptop?

[note235]

Which one would you guys get?
Right now i have the Intel 40gb but its getting too small for my needs haha
but here are my options i think

Kingston V series 64gb for $100
OCZ Vertex 2 60gb for $130
OCZ Agility 2 60gb for $130
G.Skill Phoenix 60gb for $130
Crucial RealSSD 300 64GB for $135---heard bad things about this one?

 

[buzzsaw13]

you can wait for crucial to have their refurb SSDs on sale again. They had SSDs for $1 per gb, a 64gb, 128gb and 256gb.

 

[note235]

How often does that happen?

 

[Computers_Plus]

I would go for the OCZ Vetrtex

 

[fffblackmage]

My vote goes to the Vertex 2.

 

[Bish]

FWIW I have vertex 2 in my laptop now. No issues whatsoever. Big improvement IMO

 

[FishAk]

Have you considered the Momentus XT hybrid? They come in 250. 320, and 500Gb. corkyg has a couple of them, and you can read about his experience right here, on this forum.

 

[ShawnD1]

I will vote against the Kingston V series. It's a perfectly good drive and there's nothing wrong with it, but it's not the fastest. My computer has a Kingston V and my dad's computer has a 40gb Intel; the Intel is waaaaaaaaay faster. Both are cheap drives, so it's not like I'm comparing drives in different ballparks.

 

[Emulex]

Intel dude. did you put an intel cpu in that laptop? they make the best controllers. everyone else you mentioned doesn't actually make the entire product. it's like how chevy makes cars - but they are really from the european division who makes good cars - and they might sell. being 1 step removed from the entire process yields poor customer service and quality and finger pointing (the chipset fault, no the flash fault, no the firmware fault).

Intel can't point fingers.

 

[lmccrary]

Vertex 2 hands down!

 

[Voo]

Intel dude. did you put an intel cpu in that laptop? they make the best controllers. everyone else you mentioned doesn't actually make the entire product.

Umn, no, the intel controller is outdated by now and gets outperformed by really every current controller. There's the reliability factor, but that's hard to measure (oh please once don't let us drift there, we had dozens of threads about that and nobody has new arguments).

And usually the only problem with controllers these days are bricked drives, which is rather easy to demonstrate and hardly the chipsets or anything elses fault - haven't heart anything about any company arguing about that.

no the flash fault

And now guess who produces Intel's flash, hint: Intel doesn't own the majority of that company 😉