Which ones would you guys go for?

[note235]

would you get the intel 320 for $80
agility 3 for $78 or the vertex 3 for $90?

I heard the agility had bad reviews but the new firmware seems to have fixed that?

 

[Charlie98]

I have an Agility3 and I like it fine. Mine came with the latest FW and I only had one little hiccup with it, otherwise it's been great.

The Vertex3 is faster than the Agility3, but it seems like it's more prone to problems than the Agility, but that's just my opinion based on what I've seen here and elsewhere.

Don't know much about the 320. It is SATA2 vs the SATA3 OCZ drives you have listed.

 

[note235]

yeah based off the bench it seems as if the intel is super slow
I might just get the vertex though
I have a 10% on anything via amazon therefore I'm looking at 120-128gb ssd, any other that you might recommend? there's the 830 but its $110

 

[kmmatney]

I wouldn't make a buying decision just from benchmarks. In real-life usage, all the drives will perform very similarly, and Anand makes a point of this. I have 6 SSDs, and and I'm hard pressed to tell the speed difference between any of them, although my older Samsung benchmarks a lot slower than the Intel 320. You may very well get lucky with an OCZ SSD (and my Agility 2 has been OK for 2+ years) but it's a risk...

 

[note235]

i'll definitely buy either a 320 or a 830 for them tomorrow, much thanks!