$300 shipped for a vetex 2 180gb. Should I?

Brando

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I know better things are coming out soon but I only have sata2 anyhow and won't be doing a whole system upgrade for some time. Is this a mistake? I'm afraid they'll go down to half price a month after I get one but who knows.

 

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Sandforce 2 drives are supposed to be shipping in Q1 of this year. If I'd buy a 60GB Sandforce drive to tide you over until the new ones come out then gauge price/performance. Even on SATA2, the speed increase from the new sandforce 2 will be nice, at worst it'll drop prices of current drives.

 

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Brando

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i see. i was under the impression that the vertex 2 pretty much maxed out the sata2 bandwidth.

 

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It does for sequential writes, however, random reads and writes it doesn't. Hopefully sandforce 2 will increase these, but all we know about sandforce 2 are the claims (which are basicly double the performance)

 

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Glad I did not purchase a Vertex 2. Once SSD exceeds guaranteed 350MB/sec read write they have my business.

 

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My indellix drive crapped out on my a little after a year. I might also be waiting for the sandforce 2 technology.

 

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Brando

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oh alright i'll resist the urge.

 

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I just read this article:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4086/microns-realssd-c400-uses-25nm-nand-at-161gb-offers-415mbs-reads

At the end it mentions sandforce drives are more than a quarter away...so I was off on the release date. That being said, if you don't have SATA 3, I'd jump on a 120GB Vertex 2 or similiar sandofrce drive. (I'd avoid the 180GB simply because it's more expensive)

 

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• Jan 8, 2011

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I just installed one, a 180gb Vertex 2. At this price, it became worth it IMO. The size is ideal for OS, programs and games for me. $300 is less than what I spent on Dual 74gb raptors in Raid 0 five years ago (if I remember right) but this of course is much faster and quieter. It fliiies! This drive is good enough for me for a while, I'll probably upgrade from this when I build a whole new rig in about 1.5 - 2 years or so, then I'll use it in my secondary computer.