Wait for SF-2000?

[The Sauce]

I have been holding off on buying an SSD for 6 months now. Price has just been too high to justify for a benefit which amounts to nothing more for me than just waiting a few seconds less for things to load. Since then I have seen prices drop from $3.50/GB to $1.5/GB. I was tempted to bite on some deals when I saw the SF-2000.

I know...its the old waiting for technology debate. I usually spend and buy now, but SF-2000 seems like such a major advance and the investment is so steep that I really think that waiting is the right decision now. Anyone disagree?

 

[dmoney1980]

Man I'm in the same boat- I just picked up an ASUS x58 Sabertooth with the SATA 3 controller, but now I'm hearing all sorts of issues with that controller and the current c300 SSD. The SF 2000 is SATA 3, so do I wait or just jump on a current SATa 2 SSD ? Will I see a difference between 250 mb/s or 300 mb/s during gaming or day to day stuff ? I used an SSD on a clients build and it flies ! (Mushkin Callisto) so i dont think the SAT 2 / 3 jump will make that big of a difference unless your doing serious I/O intensive tasks.

I say If the right offer comes along jump on it. I'm waiting for the black friday deals to start rolling, i would rather wait between now and x-mas and get myself a 120gb SSD then jump on a decent deal now for a 60 or 90gb drive

 

[dangerman1337]

I woudln't be surprised if we don't see any next gen consumer sandforce drives till next spring at least or even summer.

 

[Zap]

Godot?

It all comes down to which price point you are willing to jump in on. I was like that even when Intel's G2 came out at $250/80GB, but at 2/3 that price I'm all in!

 

[WaTaGuMp]

I am fighting the urge to pay the current prices for SSD's. I need a new video card. So far so good, I know the price on the SSD's are still too high. For me waiting till next year is the right thing to do. Video card for me within the next few months, if my brain keeps telling me to wait on the SSD.

 

[Edrick]

1. Buying a SSD now will be the single best thing you bought for your computer this year.

2. When you buy one this year (like I did), the need to upgrade to the SF2000 will be a lot less.

3. On the other hand, the SF2000 should last until SATA4 comes out in 2-3 years. So this is a tough call. But I can not imagine using a computer without a SSD now. (I even had to put one in my laptop)

 

[Silenus]

1. Buying a SSD now will be the single best thing you bought for your computer...ever...

Fixed!

 

[fffblackmage]

You guys have no idea what you're missing out on. But that's ok, just keep on waiting then.

 

[Old Hippie]

You guys have no idea what you're missing out on. But that's ok, just keep on waiting then.

By the time some of these guys think that the GB/$ SSD price is acceptable we'll be moving to the next "big jump" in storage technology.:biggrin:

 

[Bluee]

I'm not sure about England, but SandForce says SF-2000 consumer drives 1st Q 2011 in the US. They already have the controller and have demonstrated it in public on beta firmware.

I woudln't be surprised if we don't see any next gen consumer sandforce drives till next spring at least or even summer.

 

[dangerman1337]

Really? Didn't know that, i thought it was just the higher end 1500 equivalent.

 

[amanoai]

I say if anyone is looking to get an SSD currently, find a decent price and just buy it. Nothing gets more obsoleted faster than computer equipment so it really doesn't make sense in waiting.

Once the new controllers come out, then what?

A. You say you will wait until the bugs are fixed on the new models

B. You say you will wait for price drops on the new ones because they are so much better in speed/reliability than the older gen.

C. You say you will wait for the next gen and the waiting cycle repeats.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

I say if anyone is looking to get an SSD currently, find a decent price and just buy it. Nothing gets more obsoleted faster than computer equipment so it really doesn't make sense in waiting.

Once the new controllers come out, then what?

A. You say you will wait until the bugs are fixed on the new models

B. You say you will wait for price drops on the new ones because they are so much better in speed/reliability than the older gen.

C. You say you will wait for the next gen and the waiting cycle repeats.

I disagree, it makes perfect sense to wait. Prices of the whole technology will drop. Its just like buying a blu-ray player when they first came out, and any other new tech.

 

[sub.mesa]

Makes sense to wait right now. We're just months away from the next generation of SSDs. My advice:

- in Q1 next year buy a new Intel G3 or Sandforce SF-2000
- if you can't wait, buy a tiny SSD for boot/OS now so you already get most of the benefits right now; but don't spend too much money on the older generation SSDs. Good choices are: 40GB Intel X25-V, 50GB Sandforce drive (64GiB physically) or even Crucial C300. Check prices as Intel prices didn't drop past months while others did.

 

[FishAk]

I bet very few on this forum have been waiting less than 20 years. The average is probably above 30 years. What can it hurt to wait another 6 months compared to how long you have already waited?

And my kids want to go to the theater to watch that new release. They simply can't want to wait for for the VHS to come out.

 

[aceO07]

I'm waiting for the G3 and more space. It'll be for laptop which is limited to 1 drive. The current 120GB or 160GB SSDs aren't big enough for me. (I run virtual machines on it.)

If the G3 300GB was out tomorrow and the retailers weren't price gouging, I'd buy it.

 

[The Sauce]

Well if SF-2000 is really twice as fast, at the same price, and I can have one in Q1...I think I may wait. Buying now would be kinda like buying last gen tech at full price the day before the next thing comes out (been there, done that). It's aggravating, but I think I'll wait then.

 

[taltamir]

I bet very few on this forum have been waiting less than 20 years. The average is probably above 30 years. What can it hurt to wait another 6 months compared to how long you have already waited?

And my kids want to go to the theater to watch that new release. They simply can't want to wait for for the VHS to come out.

V what S? people still make those? 2 years ago my mom tried to sell in a garage sale their old VHS player and tapes and nobody wanted it... so she tried charity and they didn't want it either... all went in the trash.
You can get a DVD player from walmart for 27$

 

[FishAk]

V what S?

HaHaHa! I thought more people would get that, but I suppose it's not as funny as i thought.

 

[taltamir]

HaHaHa! I thought more people would get that, but I suppose it's not as funny as i thought.

yea, I kinda figured you were joking since VHS releases no longer exist

 

[GundamF91]

HaHaHa! I thought more people would get that, but I suppose it's not as funny as i thought.

Haha, I got it. Actually I still have a VCR, and it still works but its calendar program ran out on 12/31/2008. I thought the world was going to end then.

As for getting SSD, I haven't read much on SF2000, but if it's going to be twice as fast, then should definitely wait. While it's ALWAYS a waiting game with tech obselescence and price drops, the small incremental leaps are still notable and prices fall based on that. Over a decade, it won't matter as much, but if you're just looking at span of 6mo, you should notice a big performance difference, and followed by price difference.

 

[tweakboy]

Patience is the virtue of time.