Fastest 256GB SSD

[Bungral]

I did mention RAID 0'n two 120GB Vertex 3's at the top

 

[nyden]

Yeah, but do you still get trim with that setup? :]

 

[Bungral]

As good as.

You get Garbage Collection which does the most important function of TRIM which is to keep the drive working at top speeds by tidying the drive up when you've deleted files.

Also Garbage Collection works independant of any OS as it's built in to the drive so would work on XP for example whereas TRIM wouldn't.

However, the Garbage Collection only kicks in when the drive is in idle. A lot of people force this by leaving their PC on the log in screen for a couple of hours every month or so.

Edit: Worth a read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_collection_(SSD)#Garbage_collection

 

[nyden]

Good to know. Thanks :]

I'm gonna do some more research today. There is still that problem of no one actually being able to ship the drive(s) within a week or so :/

 

[S_I_N]

just remember this one fact raid means no trim period for now. Raid will have to use garbage collection which most support with current chips and firmware revisions. Just take the time to check the forums on the device you intend to buy and see if they have GC.

 

[nyden]

I decided to go with the OCZ Vertex 3 240GB for now. If for some reason I find this is not fast enough for me I might pick up another one and put them in raid :]

Thank you for your thoughts and comments. I really appreciate it.

 

[Karlos_the_n00b]

I will be shocked if thats the case

I also think you wen't the safest route atm and would have probably done the same in your shoes.

Have fun with your new drive mate

 

[S_I_N]

I decided to go with the OCZ Vertex 3 240GB for now. If for some reason I find this is not fast enough for me I might pick up another one and put them in raid :]

Thank you for your thoughts and comments. I really appreciate it.

naw dont raid it just buy me one

lol I'm sure it'll be more than fast enough 4 ya

 

[Tortuga]

naw dont raid it just buy me one

lol I'm sure it'll be more than fast enough 4 ya

Agreed, if its too slow for you, you really need to stop....and ask....what is it im trying to accomplish? lol

 

[msimon]

Bit late but i had the same problem with my F60 on my UD3R, i had my one on the Sata3 ports which were dead slow then changing to Intel ones described above all that changed, so now i get top speed of 200mb there a bouts but still bit slow for what the drive can do.

dam it wrong thread. wake up