Possible in near future

Hybrid hdd still wins in terms of price and capacity for laptop use.
At least it won't burned a deep pocket. A 256GB ssd is still not pocket friendly at least.

So now say, 120GB ssd is not sufficient for laptop with normal data storage.

While 120GB would be more than sufficient for desktop usage with only the system files, other data are stored in other HDDs in desktop with xxTBs of capacities.

For storage -> hdd wins
For speed -> ssd wins
For reliability -> ssd wins

So it would depends on individual usage pattern.

Intel X25-M 160GB Gen2 X2 Raid0

ronal owikh plz help me out bros i am really looking for 60 gb sf1222 ssd withing 450 to 480

120gb at 850 is really a good price but dont have that much cash even a used one will do

for ssd price watch czone have mushkin callisto deluxe at 559 for 60gb

Try PM StratOS Serious buyer only k.

how come i feel the SSD selling in malaysia all overpriced.
last month went to hk, saw 32GB SSD only HKD699 = RM280, here RM380. and 40gb selling at HKD900++ =RM360++ only.
there SSD is famous.. all shops selling and keep stock alot. here very rare to see in IT mall.

This post has been edited by zhen^wei: Oct 24 2010, 10:16 PM

the trend really different here.
how long to go on ssd become mainstream here.

zhen^wei you bring some dealers from hk i paid one for vertex 2 60gb

RM9/GB is only a little cheaper than here. At least when you're looking at most SSDs. But if you just want an SSD, we have much cheaper options, than what you have seen, like Kingston's cheaper series.

This post has been edited by everling: Oct 25 2010, 02:57 PM

Could be small bulk qty brought in by local distros.
Due to low demand by consumer.
Not all consumers know what is SSD, coz it's not cheap nobody willing to buy & try it.
HDD prices also becomes cheaper & cheaper with bigger capacity nowadays. Only price drop will attract buyers this SSD, until usb3 rilly becomes mainstream then only buyers will buy older technology at cheaper price.

true.some pic i took from HK.

wow, the ocz revo drive available there.
wonder malaysia market got this item or not?

wow, selling like flee market.

Bro Riddy, I thought you already got yours.

Revo drive can be brought in on special order.

wow, special order means have to pay extra charge also?

A bit confused with all the SSD technologies out there. Probably the gurus here could help me. I'm not into the speed, as long as it works as fast as the normal HDD, should be enough. My requirement is .. I need a reliable HDD/SSD which could stand being in the car. I've replaced one WD notebook HDD before and I'm on the second one which is Hitachi 7200rpm notebook HDD. It giving the same symptom as before my WD died, whenever I do cornering whatever I'm playing strutter and having problem during boot/waking up from hibernate. I do have a program which is writing to the HD every 15 minutes or so to record video from my onboard webcam in the car. Main function will be to play audio/video, navigation.

Now from the above, is the cheap Kingston V enough for me or should I go to the GEN2 of SSD (Kingston V+, Intel or that OCZ Vertex2 variation) is the one to go? Don't have much budget for this though.

Thanks for any input.

I think your solution is quite easy, anything flash memory will do (no magnetic spinning drive), if you think your space is a concern, you should invest on bigger space SSD, recording video is taking quite lots of space after all.

If you would be happy with an SSD performing just a little better than a HDD, then any decent SSD will do as they will all easily outperform the Velociraptor. Since RM/GB is a main concern, you should consider Kingston's V Series 128GB (product no: SNV425-S2/128GB). I bought one from Viewnet in cash for RM780, otherwise it was supposed to be RM799 then.

For reference, here's a simple price analysis, but it is two months old and didn't list Viewnet.

Thanks both of you .. and thanks everling for the price analysis, very helpful indeed. One last thing, do I need to worry about that TRIM thingy if I set the SSD as the only storage for my carpc? Ronaldjoe has the 64GB for RM360 and it seems so tempting .. is there any differences between the 64GB and 128GB other than the capacity? the link given by everling seems to suggest that they're on different controller (or probably enhanced one?). Haha.. now me seems to be picky .. but if the Kingston V 64GB should be fine, I'll go for it..

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Added on October 26, 2010, 11:55 amUpdate: Booked the 64GB KingstonV already ..

This post has been edited by wiraone: Oct 26 2010, 11:55 AM

Means the price is still cheaper than the price you see in the pic.
Warranty direct to OCZ usa.

This post has been edited by ronaldjoe: Oct 26 2010, 01:10 PM

hdd tends to fail if working in a moving environment.
wow, i see i see.