maybe u can find some answers here

http://communities.intel.com/message/50680#50680
http://communities.intel.com/thread/24205?tstart=0

This post has been edited by iaknesnah: Dec 27 2011, 08:06 AM

Thanks, will look out there.

Hey guys (& gals),

I've been looking for a SSD to replace my boot partition on my old school cheap WD Green for Windows 7 64 bit.

Is OCZ & Corsair not worth it? Right now, I'm thinking of Intel 320 Series 120GB @ RM 599 and yeah, my budget is around this price range.

Will be glad if anyone of you got any opinion on this or feedback.

Thanks.

This post has been edited by josephting: Dec 27 2011, 02:48 PM

Going by the age alone (the laptop has a review in 2007), it has only SATA 3.0Gbps and not SATA 6.0Gbps (introduced in 2009).

Please keep in mind that SSD-to-SSD return on investment is much smaller than HDD-to-SSD. Thus if your X25-M is a 120GB SSD or your primary reason for a new SSD is performance, it will not be worth it. If you're using the 80GB edition and need more capacity, then any cheap and decent 120GB SSD will do just fine. Like Intel's 120GB (reliability) or OCZ's Agility 3 120GB (performance).

What about OCZ's Agility 3 120GB?

Here's a performance review: http://www.anandtech.com/print/4421

Unfortunately the Intel 320 120GB isn't benchmarked in that review.

Thanks for the feedback. I actually did read this particular review by Anand before.
However, there's a lot of OCZ bad reviews going on regarding BSODs and reliability issues?
I want to avoid that and go for usability than pure "performance".

I heard that the BSOD issue was fixed, but I don't know much about the matter. If reliability is your primary concern, then the Intel SSD would be a good choice.

Where are you getting that price from?

Very well then. I also saw Intel's SSD roadmap and there isn't anything big going on until Q3'2011.
Therefore, I'm thinking of going for Intel 320 Series now.
It's from Viewnet in Plaza LowYat as listed in their latest price list.

It says RM599 in my copy, dated 27-12-2011.

Oh. It's typo then. My bad.

No problem.

can i know the cheapest 40gb and 60gb ssd in the market??

Got my X25M Gen2 from owikh84 today.

E8400
Gigabyte EP43-DS3L
AHCI and TRIM on.

Current firmware: 2CV102HA
Latest firmware: 2CV102M3

Will update the firmare unless there is a good reason not to.


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Intel 320 Series 40GB (RM 279)
OCZ Vertex 2 40GB (RM 299)
OCZ Vertex Plus 60GB (RM 279)

Hi, my mobo doesnt have a sata 6Gb/s port. So, i wonder if i can connect a sata 3 6Gb/s SSD to a sata 3Gb/s port?

yes u can. but your speed will be limited to sata 3gb/s only. better buy sata 2 ssd and save a lil bit

wat difference between these 2

both sata 2 ssd. i wud go for intel since i prefer reliability. but i personally think 40gb is not enough

I agree. I would rather buy a cheap 120GB SSD, three times the capacity for only twice the price.

Need recommandation on current SSD running on SATA3.

I am looking for reliability rather than performance , because my WD 1TB black just surrender after 1 yaer of using.

Phobia of data loss.

data loss can happen eve to ssd. best chance is to back up your data regularly. but if u looking for reliability in ssd for sata 3 i wud suggest crucial m4