move it to 8 yrs. i still have 2 x 160gb in my pc right now.
waiting m500 price for 240 and 480gb capacity. 128gb is not enough if install games. (i only install bf 3 n sc II, but both consume more than 50gb already) ==||

well, we donno if 2morow price will be like 120G anot. but i foreseen SSD might dropping soon

looks like 1tb will be mainstream soon.

http://www.techpowerup.com/182650/Samsung-...NAND-Flash.html

anw 160gb is more than enuf for apps. just make sure paging and hybernation is off, shaved 30gb off mine.

When will Crucial M500 going to release here?

Not recommended as most MOBO does not have BIOS that allow boot from PCI E
The MSI card that you have is already good card. Another one that I can think of is ASUS U3S6.

This post has been edited by ronaldjoe: Apr 12 2013, 07:52 AM

Huh, i'm pretty sure it can, it's not pcie ssd, it's sata port expansion card.
The Asus u3s6 is almost a same thing as the MSI one, as both are using Marvel SATA controller.
Another option is to buy the LSI pcie sata card, but those card is very expensive, you could even buy a new mobo with that price iirc

LSI doesnt produce basic SATA 3 cards. They are not normal consumer product line up.

and Any PCIe extension card boot nicely. Just, it take longer time as it to load up the driver before go into OS

The answer is no
Most of the difference/merit of SSD is the ability to have FAST random read/write speed + latency
That's why boot up or application opening on SSD is much faster when compare to SSD
I really doubt you have chance to use 500MB/S write short of copying from SATA 3 SSD to SATA 3 SSD
Remember HDD max out roughly 100MB/s or so only

hi guys, recently bought the Sandisk Extreme 120gb..
i wonder why my pc could not boot when i plug in ssd n hdd. window installed in ssd.. if i plug in only ssd then pc will boot up as usual.. problem come when plugging both ssd n hdd( do not contain window, use it just for storage only)
i have done clean install..
sometimes can boot into window but then using halfway will blue screen

hope someone can help me

Guys, Pros, Sifus, Gurus I need your help!

I currently have the cash to buy one SSD but I can't decide which!

These two caught my eyes...
1. Plextor M5S 128GB
2. Crucial M4 128GB

Crucial M4 cost about RM36x with 3 years warranty while Plextor cost about RM29x with 3 years warranty as well...

Reliability and performance wise, which one is better?!

Go for Plextor M5S, which is lowest price : performance SSD

Those aftermarket raid cards are mostly for server application. Kinda hardcore for normal Malaysian folks.

Any good deals on ssd at pc fair?

Err for hardware,Low Yat pricing during PC Fair period=PC Fair price one
PC Fair only good for small goodies like thumbdrive etc
For hardware,NO
PC Fair=
Go there peep at girl better than to spend money
That also if you can tahan the crowd

Lol true, most of the time going to a pc fair just for sight-seeing and survey some hardware currency price. And lastly, showgirls .

i see. btw, do you know all these marvell card is bootable? coz I notice it can be detected in the window. any advice?

Btw, can I choose kingston hyperx 3K instead of intel 330 since intel 330 quite expensive nowaday.

How about the performance?

Why only Kingston and intel SSD? both performs similar as both are using same SSD controller, may be with different firmware.

Plextor's SSD quite good imho.

Plextor's write is quite low compare both?

This post has been edited by lonelyhouse: Apr 14 2013, 01:15 AM

Plextor using marvell controller, which it's good at reliability, while other SSD like OCZ, Corsair etc using SandForce, which it's good at performance but stability wise....not so much...

You won't notice much difference for both controller in real life ...unless you benchmark all of'em