So this is my first time upgrading to an ssd. TBH I don't really need it but it would be kinda cool so I'm looking to spend the least money possible. I'm looking for the best price:preformance cheap 120gb ( or 128gb idk around that ) ssd out there.
I have not researched that much but it seems like the best cheap 120gb price:preformance SSD out there is the Kingston V300 120gb ssd. It has a read and write of up to 450MB/s and a custom lsi controller. It comes in at about £45 which is pretty dam good. Any tips or better ones.
Side Question: I'm new to ssd's I mean I've known they existed for ages and seen a ton of reviews of them but this is the first time actually buying one. Kingston brands it as being 10x times faster then the normal 7200rpm drive ( which I actually have: Segate Barracuda 1tb). If the read and write of a normal 7200rpm drive is around 130MB/s how the this kingston drive with 450MB/s be 10x times faster?
Thanks
reallly... you sure.. even in the uk
what should i get then
Of these three
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/128gb-crucial-mx100-25-7mm-ssd-sata-iii-550-mb-s-150-mb-s-80k-iops-inc-95mm-adapter
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/128gb-corsair-force-lx-series-ssd-560mb-s-seq-read-68k-iops
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/128gb-sandisk-pulse-25-ssd-7mm-slim-sata-iii-6gb-s-mlc-flash-read-490mb-s-write-350mb-s-8000-iops-pc
I ended up returning the v300 and getting an intel 520 series just to be safe :)
Kingston did a revision to the v300 and the flash on it now is not reliable and a lot slower then it previously was. In that range you can get a much faster, reliable drive. I wouldn't trust a revised v300 for a os drive. Its shown to be to unreliable after the flash switch.
Ok. Let's clear this up.
Stay away from the Kingston V300 and other V-line of SSDs. They have changed to asynchronous flash, which results in MUCH, MUCH lower performance. It's pathetic performance for an SSD, and actually isn't a whole lot faster than an HDD.
All the three SSDs you listed in your post will be just fine, though.
Screw it, I think i'm just gonna go all out and get a 840 evo
Before you do, have you confirmed your have SATA-III (6Gbp/s). How new is your machine and what is it?