Ocz Vertex 2 50gb / 60gb

[ciku]

j/w wondering the main difference? 60gb is cheaper than 50gb in newegg... Trying to get a good deal on ssd around $120, my agility 60gb died

EDIT: This Ocz 60gb Vertex EX LE is very temping too....

 

[EarthDog]

The one you JUST bought? What the?

 

[ciku]

yeah man, I thought I sent you a pm? it died... did everything, even on engr'ng mode, still wasn't detected in bios and I missed that deal on tigerdirect so qq atm. Was only looking around $120-$130 to spend. The Vertex Ex Le is using SF controllers, just like the vertex 2 60gb and no performance difference. I will prolly go for the Vertex 2, hoping a good deal coming soon.

EDIT: Newegg doesn't have the 60gb agility available so they are issuing me a refund.

 

[EarthDog]

Last thing I got from you was the speeds of the drive on 7/2. I'll keep an eye on this one...

 

[ratbuddy]

The difference is just in the amount of spare flash that's reserved. It's called overprovisioning. Check out http://www.anandtech.com/Show/Index/2899?cPage=2&all=False&sort=0&page=5&slug= for some details.

 

[ekoh]

isn't the 50 5k IOPS, and t he 60 is 10K iops

I just bought the 60 gig agility 2 (well my fiance did for me ) i've read so many good things about it, and i hope it doesnt die like yours did

 

[CompuTamer]

My first vertex went boom too :/

This one has been pretty solid though. Hasn't slowed down or anything. Health is at about 77% though, so i'm not sure how long it will last :/

 

[ChanceCoats123]

^^^ How did you test your health? And I assume you mean the cells that can still be written to?

 

[ciku]

How about these Crucial C300 64gb SSD's? I read good things about them

 

[LoneWolf121188]

Check out this: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=648014
and this: http://www.overclockers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=647883

 

[ciku]

yeah wanted to get them at newegg... coz I have credit there

is it true though? C300 > Vertex 2?

 

[tech9]

In read speeds but not writes, vertex2 reads and writes are around the same:
# Sequential Access - Read: up to 285MB/s
# Sequential Access - Write: up to 275MB/s

C300 writes are faster then the intels but not much.

 

[ChanceCoats123]

Personally, I would stick with the Vertex 2. While writes aren't all important, the reads are indeed faster on the Vertex 2, unless you have a sata 6gb/s port. Then by all means go with the C300.

 

[ciku]

Personally, I would stick with the Vertex 2. While writes aren't all important, the reads are indeed faster on the Vertex 2, unless you have a sata 6gb/s port. Then by all means go with the C300.

yeah my mobo supports sata 6gb/s