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- Apr 17, 2006
After days of research and looking into the new world of SSDs while getting advice from fellow OCFers via AIM, I narrow down to these 2 drives.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...136&cm_re=kingston_ssd-_-20-139-136-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...167016&cm_re=intel_ssd-_-20-167-016-_-Product
Either I get the 128gb Kingston or I get the 80gb Intel drive.
Now I do know the Kingston is based on the newer Jmicron controller in which fixed the dreaded studder problem of the past generation chip along with giving a boost in cache and speed. In the other hand, the Intel is using the G2 chip in which shows improvements over it's predecessors. Both drives support TRIM.
This is one of the few reviews I found that talks about the Kingston drive with it's new chip. It shows the Kingston drive behind in most areas compare to the Intel drives.
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=872
Now I do plan to use a SSD as a boot drive and to install my games. The amount of space in the Kingston drive will be beneficial. While I'm a bit iffy on Intel's lower amount of space. Either one SSD beats my hard drives in read so I don't think that would be a problem.
Now my question is, What SSD do you think I should go for? If I take the Kingston over the Intel, how much a difference in speed I will notice in gaming applications compared to the Intel?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...136&cm_re=kingston_ssd-_-20-139-136-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...167016&cm_re=intel_ssd-_-20-167-016-_-Product
Either I get the 128gb Kingston or I get the 80gb Intel drive.
Now I do know the Kingston is based on the newer Jmicron controller in which fixed the dreaded studder problem of the past generation chip along with giving a boost in cache and speed. In the other hand, the Intel is using the G2 chip in which shows improvements over it's predecessors. Both drives support TRIM.
This is one of the few reviews I found that talks about the Kingston drive with it's new chip. It shows the Kingston drive behind in most areas compare to the Intel drives.
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=872
Now I do plan to use a SSD as a boot drive and to install my games. The amount of space in the Kingston drive will be beneficial. While I'm a bit iffy on Intel's lower amount of space. Either one SSD beats my hard drives in read so I don't think that would be a problem.
Now my question is, What SSD do you think I should go for? If I take the Kingston over the Intel, how much a difference in speed I will notice in gaming applications compared to the Intel?