Just got a unit of Vertex 3 120GB Max IOPS from TS. Great seller. Willing to meet me out of his area for COD. Also helped me to update to the latest firmware. I swapped the SSD with my existing Intel X25M G2 and also made sure I used the Sata 3 port on my mobo. As a windows drive, did not notice any significant difference. Just that I got more space now, 120GB instead of 80GB for my C drive. Gonna pop back my intel SSD into my notebook.