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Which of these drives should i buy?

daneoni

daneoni

macrumors G5
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I'd ideally want the 256GB one but i want a great performance/storage ratio so i don't mind going for the others either. Also why the difference in price between the two Intels and is it justified?

Crucial

Corsair

Intel 1

Intel 2
 
So far from what I can tell the X25 is getting the best reviews. I would do some reading at AnandTech as the site has great insight into SSDs, features offered, and overall preferences of actual users.
 
Intel. The Crucial is sporting a Barefoot controller, so performance is like that of the OCZ Vertex, provided the firmware keeps up with it.
 
No it not bad. Samsung controllers are bad. Sammy's yield low random performance and aren't firmware upgradeable so no chance of TRIM in the future (even if Apple doesn't support the command). Samsung controllers like the one in the Corsair P256.

Random performance is what matters to me personally. Intel's random writes and reads are around 5x that of Indilinx Barefoot SSDs.
 
Sneakz said:
No it not bad. Samsung controllers are bad. Sammy's yield low random performance and aren't firmware upgradeable so no chance of TRIM in the future (even if Apple doesn't support the command). Samsung controllers like the one in the Corsair P256.

Random performance is what matters to me personally. Intel's random writes and reads are around 5x that of Indilinx Barefoot SSDs.
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Random read/writes are indeed the most important. So even the cheaper Intel drive would be a better choice but the Crucial drive isn't a bad one either albeit inferior to the both Intel drives right?
 
daneoni said:
Random read/writes are indeed the most important. So even the cheaper Intel drive would be a better choice but the Crucial drive isn't a bad one either albeit inferior to the both Intel drives right?
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Basically. If size is an issue, then I would recommend the Crucial. But then again, if size is ever an issue when getting an SSD, one might not be ready for it.
 
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