SSD questions and suggestions

[tjcinnamon]

I have been looking around at SSD?s and the results have been mixed at best. I have pretty much deduced that I will either have to go with the Intel MLC SSD or a Samsung SLC for an operating system drive.

However, I have seen these G-Skill FM-25S2S-64GB drives on NewEgg. They have (2) good reviews so far and I haven?t been able to find anything bad about them? yet.

My questions:

If I am using an SSD non-operating system drive for almost strictly reading (ie WoW or audio ROMplers) and no writing on XP should I be concerned with stuttering or issues?

If I am using a non-Intel MLC drive for an operating system drive on XP will I have problems? Are there only problems with Vista?

Does this drive look good? The specs are nice but they may not be accurate.

What would be a good MLC drive? From what I have seen ?they? say that most of these drives are just Samsung drives with a different label thrown on them.

Thanks,
JOe K.

 

[aka1nas]

If it is a non-Intel MLC drive it will still be using the JMicron controller that has all the write-latency issues. There really isn't much reason to get one over a decent magnetic drive, even for secondary storage. Newer MLC controllers(and corresponding SSDs) will be out in a few months.

 

[capeconsultant]

I am getting me an SLC drive as soon as the next round comes out. I cannot stand waiting any more! Dave

I have determined that no MLS drive will ever be right for me. I am a hard drive fanatic and want the best available for my data, always. Currently have a wd 640 which is awesome. Of course, that is my desktop.

 

[coolVariable]

SLC is the way to go for system drives.
The intel drive is better than all other MLC drives (and most HDDs) thanks to them having some cache and a better controller but SLCs are really the only ones that can handle all the small random writes (and that faster than any other SSD or HDD).