Best SSD?

[gonzaload1987]

I was wondering which is right now the best SSD on the market, because i looking forward to buy a 200-300 gb Drive.

After reading several threads i find out that OWC, Intel and OCZ (Vertex 2) has the best quality products.


Is it a good time to buy a new SSD or i should wait for a price decrease? i have bought before a 8 gb of Ram from OWC and works like a champ, but this is different and i will like to have your opinion.


Thank you so much for your time, hope the best to all!

 

[alust2013]

Well, if you are looking to buy a 256 GB (only size between 200 and 300), Intel is out. Their biggest is 160, but the other two offer 256. I have heard good things about both, although I am personally waiting for prices to drop a bit. I can't see spending 10x the cost of a 500 gig 7200 rpm drive on something half the size, but then again, I am a college student, so I have no money

 

[gonzaload1987]

Thx for your advices but right now i'm between these two models and i don't know which is the best one:

OWC mercury Extreme Pro 240 Gb (7% over-provisioning)

OCZ Vertex 2 Pro 200 Gb (28% over-provisioning)

They have the same SF-1200 controller, and the performance it's almost the same.

What do you think guys? What about reliability and performance along the time?

 

[DFTU101]

I have the OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 200GB with 28% overprovisioning. Works great, no degradation in performance over 3 months (have an earlier Samsung SSD that has degraded over time). I use it in my MBP. Easy installation. The larger capacity 240 GB with 7% overprovision is newer but I'd probably get that now since I don't really need the RAID capability. The 200GB (vs the 240GB) will probably hold up better over the long run (years) but by then SSDs will be a lot cheaper with greater capacity so I'd go with the greater capacity.

 

[Russianguy]

I agree that the OCW is not a bad drive and I think that there are quite a few manufactures offering SF1200 based SSDs.

I have heard of Runcore Kylin II and the MX technology DS series also featuring 480GB SSD with 30.000 IOPS.

OCW isn't freely available in Europe though, as far as I know...

 

[gonzaload1987]

I have the OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 200GB with 28% overprovisioning. Works great, no degradation in performance over 3 months (have an earlier Samsung SSD that has degraded over time). I use it in my MBP. Easy installation. The larger capacity 240 GB with 7% overprovision is newer but I'd probably get that now since I don't really need the RAID capability. The 200GB (vs the 240GB) will probably hold up better over the long run (years) but by then SSDs will be a lot cheaper with greater capacity so I'd go with the greater capacity.

Thx, that's what i was looking for, someone who already had used it...have you notice in your usual usage some improvement (battery life, speed, heat dissipation, etc...)

I will appreciate any help. I'm from Argentina, but i can get it from the US, so i'm looking to purchase the best in this time

 

[DFTU101]

The OWC SSD definitely runs faster (quick boot times & applications launch). You won't be able to stand the pace of a regular hard drive once you make the switch. It also is quieter and runs cooler especially when I an running intensive programs. It is expensive but if you are looking to improve the speed of your computer, it is one of the best ways IMO.

 

[gonzaload1987]

The OWC SSD definitely runs faster (quick boot times & applications launch). You won't be able to stand the pace of a regular hard drive once you make the switch. It also is quieter and runs cooler especially when I an running intensive programs. It is expensive but if you are looking to improve the speed of your computer, it is one of the best ways IMO.

Sorry again guys, but I would like to know if anyone has acknowledge about Intel's G3 new ssd series, because I was reading some benchmarks between Intel g2 vs owc and in terms of random read/write intel is the king and the difference in money is huge (I know, owc offers 240 vs 160 gb but the speed it's almost the same).

I think that it's the best way to go, wIt for the new intel g3 series, what do you think people?

 

[gglockner]

Another option is the new Seagate Momentus XT hybrid hard drive. I'm on the fence between this and the Intel; Seagate may be at a sweet spot for price/performance, and it doesn't have any issues with write performance. Its performance is not quite as good as a SSD but it's close.

 

[DFTU101]

Tomorrow's technology will always be better than today's. Yes, in all likelihood the next generation Intel SSDs will be better than what is out now. Problem is...you...have...to...wait.