SSD under 5-6k?

[Nipun]

Hi TDF!

I am looking to buy a Solid State Drive of about 32-64GB in 5k. I will install and use linux on it, with Windows on main hard disk.
Please suggest me a SSD which I can use for Linux and will most likely not shoot an error on me after 1-2 months(or more).

 

[Skud]

I think this will suite you fine:-

Flipkart: Kingston SSDNow V100 64 GB SSD Internal Hard Drive (SV100S2/64G): Internal Hard Drive

 

[Nipun]

I think this will suite you fine:-

Flipkart: Kingston SSDNow V100 64 GB SSD Internal Hard Drive (SV100S2/64G): Internal Hard Drive

Thanks!
How does this compare to it?
Flipkart: Transcend 64 GB SSD Internal Hard Drive (TS64GSSD25S-M): Internal Hard Drive

Also, is it worth sending 800 more on this:
Flipkart: OCZ Vertex 2 40 GB SSD Internal Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTX40G): Internal Hard Drive ?

 

[Skud]

No idea about Transcend one. Vertex 2 is good, if you are happy with 40gb storage you can get it.

 

[Nipun]

No idea about Transcend one. Vertex 2 is good, if you are happy with 40gb storage you can get it.

Good in speed or reliability? If its only speed then I will go with kingston otherwise I will have to think again...

 

[Skud]

No first hand experience, google it.

 

[d6bmg]

Vertex 2.
THe OCZ name works here behind suggesting you this. No experience with Vertex 2 drives. One of my friends have vertex 3, and needless to say, it works like a charm for them.

 

[Nipun]

Vertex 2.
THe OCZ name works here behind suggesting you this. No experience with Vertex 2 drives. One of my friends have vertex 3, and needless to say, it works like a charm for them.

Today I was thinking of not purchasing an SSD now, as some articles said that they dont provide much improvement but now I read this. The boot time looks impressive, so I dropped the idea of not buying it..

Budget Sub-$150 Solid State Drive Round-up > OCZ Vertex 2 - TechSpot Reviews

Costing roughly $124 the 40GB version of the Vertex 2 is actually cheaper than the 40GB Agility 2. At this price the drive works out to around $3.10 per gigabyte, making it the second most expensive SSD featured in this round-up.

The odd thing about this is that the Agility 2 series is meant to be slightly more affordable as the input/output operations per second (IOPS) rating is over four times lower. Whereas the random write 4k (Aligned) performance of the Agility 2 series is 10,000 IOPS the Vertex 2 drives are rated at 45,000 IOPS.

Spoiler

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The difference between Kingston & OCZ 2 is <1 second.


Also, if you check the tests on this page, Kingston performs better than OCZ
Budget Sub-$150 Solid State Drive Round-up > Benchmarks: File Copy Test - TechSpot Reviews

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[Skud]

Buddy, don't even get bothered about any test, get one which you think would fit your budget and perform adequately and will provide good after sales services. A SSD is anyway a significant upgrade over HDD.

And do pay attention to that IOPS figures.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

OCZ Vertex-II 60GB SSD @ Rs.6.5k (at least when I got it). I own that one as well.