[thbjr]

I'm ready to make the leap to a SSD. I'm running 7 Professional and want to use TRIM so if this website is current, I've narrowed my selection to either the Intel X25-M G2 80GB, the OCZ Vertex 60 or the Vertex Turbo 60. Price is a concideration.
So here are specs and prices for each:

Intel X25-M G2 80GB $264 shipped
P/N SSDSA2MH080G2R5 or SSDSA2MH080G2C1, not the SSDSA2MH080G201 which is a 7mm model.
Sustained Sequential Read: up to 250MB/s
Sustained Sequential Write: up to 70MB/s
Random 4KB Reads: up to 35,000 IOPS
Random 4KB Writes: up to 6,600 IOPS
Intel website


OCZ Vertex Series 60GB $217 shipped
P/N OCZSSD2-1VTX60G
Read: up to 230MB/s
Write: up to 135MB/s
Sustained write: up to 70MB/s
OCZ website


OCZ Vertex Turbo Series 60GB $278 shipped
P/N OCZSSD2-1VTXT60G
Read: up to 240MB/s
Write: up to 145MB/s
Sustained write: up to 100MB/s
OCZ website


Please include why you prefer one drive over the others, and anyone that has a link to a better price (that is in stock), please post it.
The specs for my HP dv6500, that's where it's going, are in my signature if that matters.
Thanks for posting/voting your opinion.

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thbjr, on 03 November 2009 - 01:41 AM, said:

I'm ready to make the leap to a SSD. I'm running 7 Professional and want to use TRIM so if this website is current, I've narrowed my selection to either the Intel X25-M G2 80GB, the OCZ Vertex 60 or the Vertex Turbo 60. Price is a concideration.
So here are specs and prices for each:

Intel X25-M G2 80GB $264 shipped
P/N SSDSA2MH080G2R5 or SSDSA2MH080G2C1, not the SSDSA2MH080G201 which is a 7mm model.
Sustained Sequential Read: up to 250MB/s
Sustained Sequential Write: up to 70MB/s
Random 4KB Reads: up to 35,000 IOPS
Random 4KB Writes: up to 6,600 IOPS
Intel website


Please include why you prefer one drive over the others, and anyone that has a link to a better price (that is in stock), please post it.
The specs for my HP dv6500, that's where it's going, are in my signature if that matters.
Thanks for posting/voting your opinion.
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Hi thbjr,

Just one main question for you - why not the 7mm Intel model? Do you know if it is identical in performance to the other Intel 9.5mm models? Why is it a different thickness do you know?

As for your question of preference, I recommend going to anandtech.com He's written some very in depth articles on these and the latest one has some great benchmarks including the Intels and also the Vertex I think (or certainly other Indilinx controlled SSDs, which perform identically). From what I've read, I think you can rule out the Vertex Turbo - unless you've got money to burn, it's barely any faster but a lot more money.

As for the Intel, it's 4kb random read/write performance is way ahead of the pack. This makes for very smooth operating system performance (many many small reads and writes by Windows all the time). It is only let down by slower sequential write speed compared to the Vertex, which might be an issue if you copy lots of large (1Gb+) files frequently. At the end of the day, anandtech says there's not much in it and you should choose on the size you need, and maybe cost per Gb.

One other major thing though, is that Intel's latest firmware, which implements the TRIM command (essential under Win 7 IMHO) has bricked some people's drives:
http://www.engadget....nder-windows-7/

This is a recent development and I'm sure Intel will sort it out v soon (no word as of yet (=5 Nov 2009) though) so if you need something fast, the Vertex, which also supports TRIM, will give more peace of mind. I know I'd be happy with either - very slight bias towards Intel, but only if they can sort the firmware convincingly soon.