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With corsair going on 25nm and OCz already making the transition I am wondering if it is better to get a 34nm now to avoid getting the 25nm NAND on newer drive.
My mobo is only compatible with 3GB/s so it doesn't matter if the new drives are faster.
I am looking for atleast 120GB of space, this drive looks nice:
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=53424&vpn=CSSD-F120GB2-BRKT&manufacture=Corsair&promoid=1270
But it is still a bit expensive for my budget... I don't mind to buy a ssd later as I don't really need it (if I can get better price!). It'd just be great to boot fast and having low load time in games but I can live with that until the prices drop. Just want something durable and having correct advertised specs.
My mobo is only compatible with 3GB/s so it doesn't matter if the new drives are faster.
I am looking for atleast 120GB of space, this drive looks nice:
http://ncix.com/products/?sku=53424&vpn=CSSD-F120GB2-BRKT&manufacture=Corsair&promoid=1270
But it is still a bit expensive for my budget... I don't mind to buy a ssd later as I don't really need it (if I can get better price!). It'd just be great to boot fast and having low load time in games but I can live with that until the prices drop. Just want something durable and having correct advertised specs.
Besides, isn't Intel about to release a SATA 6.0 Gb/s drive in the next 2 weeks? Since you don't really need it, I'd wait and see what happens... Edit: Forgot to mention it's 120 GB 
, I specifically did not want a 25nm nand SSD. If you want to avoid 25nm nand drives........Mushkin and G.Skill have officially published on their sites and/or forums that they are staying with the 34nm nand technology untill 25nm technology is proven to them to be better (I guess when the other companies stop sinking and come back up for air). I'm not plugging for them, they're the only 2 I know of who were still 34nm when I was shopping. You can check other manufacturers sites out and see if they mention anything about the nand technology in their products. If they don't, then chances are they've gone 25nm. The companies who already made the move to produce 25nm drives haven't worked all the longevity and performance bugs out yet. 25nm nand has 40% less PE cycles than 34nm nand (3000 vs. 5000). The performance issue with the 25nm nand really is due to the controller limiting /throtteling writes to extend nand life, sometimes to a degree that is 50% below the published specs of the drive. And, its for life (LTWT=Life Time Write Throttle). This can happen to a new drive in 1 day IF you install the OS, run AS-SSD and CDM several times to check the speeds, see the writes going down, continue the tests because you don't believe the results, you don't idle the drive to give it some time to recover, etc. The writes have to be throttled or the manufacturer couldn't guarantee the drive for a year. The limiting/throtteling attribute was never published by these companies or they were not transparent enough to the unsuspecting customer. And that's p*ssing people off who have bought the drives. Read the forums. Remember, 34nm nand is EOL. It's not being made anymore. There is only so much of it left and when its gone, its gone. The price of 34nm nand prices will start to increase, that's the law of supply & demand.
