Best SSD for Intel SRT

I was picking a SSD for Intel SRT (SSD caching). I would like some people's suggestions about which one they think is the best one out of those that I link (or if they know one in my price range that would work better). The one I orginally picked got me thinking when I really started looking at the specs of other SSDs in my price range because it had a lot lower write speed but good read speed. I wanted to know how much the slower write speed would effect Intel SRT SSD caching.

Price Range: Around $100

I orginally picked this one because it had very good reviews and fit in my price range.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148441
Read speed: 415 MB/s
Write speed: 95 MB/s

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227728
Read speed: 500 MB/s
Write speed: 450 MB/s

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233193&Tpk=20-233-193
Read speed: 555 MB/s
Write speed: 495 MB/s

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226247
Read speed: 525 MB/s
Write speed: 495 MB/s

The last three are in order from lowest price to highest price.


From what I've seen and read the m4 (my original pick) has better reviews and many people suggest it for people wanting to use Intel SRT. I just really wanted to know if the slower write speed would effect my performance enough to go with one of the others.

1. The Solid 3 is out-of-place in your lineup. It is not in the same class as the other SSDs you mentioned.

2. Apart from the M4, all the other drives are Sandforce which may, or may not, play nice with Intel SRT. Why risk it.

3. The write speeds for all the Sandforce drives are based on ATTO which uses highly compressible data which does not reflect the real world. If you work a lot with incompressible data like videos, photos, MP3, etc. the M4 wins hands down. For normal types of data pertaining to normal users the M4 is no slouch.

4. Read speeds are more important than Write speeds. Once you have finished installing your OS/games you won't have much Writing to do, unless you are editing photos (the M4 still wins here because data is incompressible). The OS or game needs to be read fast to give your system a faster reaction time.

5. M4 all the way, maybe for the sole reason that all the other drives are Sandforce drives which does not have a good track record on Intel systems

Ok, thank you. Exactly the information I was looking for. I knew read speeds were the most important, but all of them were pretty close to the same really just wanted to know if the write speeds were a big effect. Since the write speed of the m4 isn't an issue then of course I am going to go with it because it has a great reputation and great price, lol. Again thank you for your input.