Is it worth upgrading from Intel i7 930 ?

[VengeanceUK]

This is a lie, SATAII SSD's are MUCH cheaper than SATAIII ones....

maybe in denmark they are, but according to scan.co.uk they're not.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/256g...-25-ssd-sata-3gb-s-read-230mb-s-write-180mb-s

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/240g...lc-flash-read-555mb-s-write-510mb-s-86k-iops-

link 1 is a kingston 256Gb sata2 (300) drive priced @ £359
link 2 is a kingston hyperx 240Gb sata3 (600) priced @ £188.69

try telling me now sata2 ssd's are cheaper?

either way you look at it, they're still a false economy if you're upgrading as you pre-diddle yourself out of performance when you do finally bite the bullet and upgrade

 

[jamesriley94]

maybe in denmark they are, but according to scan.co.uk they're not.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/256g...-25-ssd-sata-3gb-s-read-230mb-s-write-180mb-s

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/240g...lc-flash-read-555mb-s-write-510mb-s-86k-iops-

link 1 is a kingston 256Gb sata2 (300) drive priced @ £359
link 2 is a kingston hyperx 240Gb sata3 (600) priced @ £188.69

try telling me now sata2 ssd's are cheaper?

either way you look at it, they're still a false economy if you're upgrading as you pre-diddle yourself out of performance when you do finally bite the bullet and upgrade

Odd example. Sata2 should be cheaper yeh, but I agree with you whatever the case, you may as well get a better, well supported sata 3 SSD than an old sata 2 version. Especially as SSDs are only just starting to become reliable.

Also if you're talking about 'false economies', demand and supply should easily show why the old ones are more expensive. They dont make them anymore, therefore there's less supply and so the price will tend to be higher. And also, especially with larger size SSDs, the prices have only just started to come down. The old ones, despite being worse were still more expensive at the time they were released than the new ones now they have been released. Even if new products come in, it's difficult to decrease the old stock's price in order to compete with new technology as the retailers will still be making a massive loss on the drives.
Anyway, enough economics