So far, we've got 3 new SSDs on the egg!

happita · Mar 3, 2011

Corsair Performance 3 series
Corsair Performance 3 Series CSSD-P3256GB2-BRKT 2....

Intel 510 series
Intel 510 Series (Elm Crest) SSDSC2MH250A2K5 2.5" ...

Plextor PX-M2 series
Plextor PX-M2 Series PX-256M2S 2.5" 256GB SATA III...

So far, all of these are 250gb+, so if you've got deep wallets, 1 of these might scratch that itch you've had on that part of your back that you can't seem to satisfy.

I'm really hoping for the new SSD controllers to replace current SSDs at there current price points by summer, because I'm 1 of those people who has that itch I was just talking about

The prices are just insane for these things. Plextor & Intel have a much more attractive price vs. Corsair (big surprise). But the downfall is their read/write speeds.

Anyone find it weird that Plextor has jumped into the SSD industry? I only remember them being active in the optical drive sector of hardware, not memory, let alone SSDs. Strange, but interesting, I'm always about more competition, drives the prices lower :toast:

LAN_deRf_HA · Mar 3, 2011

Holy crap whats with this double the price of old drives crap? You're not really going to feel the difference the two.

CBRworm · Mar 6, 2011

I have been seriously considering the 120GB version of each of those.

My main system currently runs XP and has a C300 128GB drive (0006 firmware now, but it was a Micron eval drive which came to me with 0001) for the OS which gives me fits every few months, luckily I keep good backups. It has lots of SMART errors and reallocated sectors reported. I am ready to replace it before it goes belly up for good. The problem is that I run XP on this system and the SSD is on an Adaptec RAID controller - so no trim support and the Intel toolbox doesn't work through the Adaptec either. Effective background garbage collection is a must for me on this machine.

The Plextor is appealing to me, but no data. I don't even know who makes it. This might be the ideal candidate, although...

The Intel appeals to me due to the Intel support and reputation (yes I have a sandy bridge MB that needs to be replaced...), but I have hundreds of the G2 drives deployed and have not had a single problem, the few 'other' drives I have deployed I have had problems with - typically the MFG blames my equipment or my process for the failures, but the Intel drives have never failed me. I am dissappointed by the randiom IO/S measurements of the 510 - they appear to be slower than the G2's in some operations.

The Corsair is appealing too, but I am not as intrigued by it as the others. I expect the Intel prices to drop pretty quickly - if they drop in line with the Plextor it will be a hard decision.

Completely Bonkers · Mar 6, 2011

Those prices are a little silly. Sit it out for a month. Second shipments rolling in from Asia will be a lot cheaper.

PVTCaboose1337 · Mar 6, 2011

Does anyone know the lifetime of these? I am kinda weary to ever get an SSD as they just "die" one day, with no warning. At least with an HDD I know when the thing is gonna die. How many hours do they estimate these live? I have HDD's from 1985 that are still being used. I don't have any early SSD's still working.

Completely Bonkers · Mar 7, 2011

PVTCaboose1337 said:
Does anyone know the lifetime of these? I am kinda weary to ever get an SSD as they just "die" one day, with no warning. At least with an HDD I know when the thing is gonna die. How many hours do they estimate these live? I have HDD's from 1985 that are still being used. I don't have any early SSD's still working.

What, an how, happened to your early SSDs? Makes me a little concerned about my own setups here.

CBRworm · Mar 7, 2011

I used a bunch of the Micron C200's, they wore out pretty quick. Used to use sandisk 4 & 8 gb drives that wore out pretty quick.

I have been using intel G1 and mostly G2 drives since they were released and have not had a hiccup.

Right now I still trust my data to rotating drives, except in high shock/vibe environments where a rotating drive would fail very quickly.

For a boot drive SSDs rock.

techtard · Mar 7, 2011

Current SSDs are much more robust than the early ones. You only hear problems with sandforce and OCZ really. But that could be from people benching their drives to death, and blaming it on faulty drives.

Processor	i5-7600k
Motherboard	ASRock Z170 Pro4
Cooling	CM Hyper 212 EVO w/ AC MX-4
Memory	2x8GB DDR4 2400 Corsair LPX Vengeance 15-15-15-36
Video Card(s)	MSI Twin Frozr 1070ti
Storage	240GB Corsair Force GT
Display(s)	23' Dell AW2310
Case	Corsair 550D
Power Supply	Seasonic SS-760XP2 Platinum
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

System Name	Obelisc
Processor	i7 3770k @ 4.8 GHz
Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V
Cooling	H110
Memory	16GB(4x4) @ 2400 MHz 9-11-11-31
Video Card(s)	GTX 780 Ti
Storage	850 EVO 1TB, 2x 5TB Toshiba
Case	T81
Audio Device(s)	X-Fi Titanium HD
Power Supply	EVGA 850 T2 80+ TITANIUM
Software	Win10 64bit

Processor	Mysterious Engineering Prototype
Motherboard	Intel 865
Cooling	Custom block made in workshop
Memory	Corsair XMS 2GB
Video Card(s)	FireGL X3-256
Display(s)	1600x1200 SyncMaster x 2 = 3200x1200
Software	Windows 2003

System Name	Whim
Processor	Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.4ghz
Motherboard	Asus P8Z77-V LX
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212+
Memory	2 x 4GB G.Skill Ripjaws @ 1600mhz
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 670 2gb
Storage	Samsung 840 Pro 256gb, WD 2TB Black
Display(s)	Shimian QH270 (1440p), Asus VE228 (1080p)
Case	Cooler Master 430 Elite
Audio Device(s)	Onboard > PA2V2 Amp > Senn 595's
Power Supply	Corsair 750w
Software	Windows 8.1 (Tweaked)

Processor	Mysterious Engineering Prototype
Motherboard	Intel 865
Cooling	Custom block made in workshop
Memory	Corsair XMS 2GB
Video Card(s)	FireGL X3-256
Display(s)	1600x1200 SyncMaster x 2 = 3200x1200
Software	Windows 2003

So far, we've got 3 new SSDs on the egg!

happita

LAN_deRf_HA

CBRworm

Completely Bonkers

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PVTCaboose1337

Graphical Hacker

Completely Bonkers

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CBRworm

techtard

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Processor	Ryen 5 3600x PBO ~ 4.4GHz / fabric at 1900
Motherboard	MSI b550 Tomahawk
Cooling	XSPC Raystorm CPU w/ am4 mounting bracket+ 2 RX360 radiator + xspc Razor R9-290 w/ backplate
Memory	32gb Crucial Ballistix @ 3800
Video Card(s)	XFX R9 290 w/ XSPC Razor full cover block and backplate
Storage	WD SN850 1tb-OS, SN750 1tb, Samsung 860 Evo 1tb, WD blue hdd 4tb
Display(s)	Samsung 23" 120hz 3d LCD w/ 3d glasses, using 'lightboost' trick
Case	NZXT H630 white watercooling case
Audio Device(s)	Onboard realtek ALC 1200+ Sennheiser HD 598
Power Supply	XFX Pro 850 XXX semi-modular
Mouse	Logitech G703 Wireless
Keyboard	Steelseries 6 v2
Software	Windows 10 Pro (Had some mystery error on Win7 and decided to go W10)