Which SSD to buy within 10-11k?

[$$Lionking$$]

Skud - 2 x Kingston SSDNow V100 64 GB SSD - 2 x 4985/-

and assemble them in RAID 0??

^^ Sorry, my bad!! It is not SATA3...

consider this - 2 x Corsair Force 3 60GB - 2 x 6650 = 13300/-
in RAID 0..

little out of what u mentioned but nonetheless - if u don't have RAID 0, you don't have RAID 0!

 

[Skud]

Vertex 3 is coming within my budget with good enough performance and no hassles of RAID.

why?

why?

Suddenly it looks the Agility III is fine for me, Flipkart will probably send one to me within 2-3 days of ordering.

Still juggling my options.

 

[Skud]

OK, Vertex 3 is presently Rs 11,500/- at PrimeABGB. Ordering from there.

 

[Extreme Gamer]

Good.

 

[sygeek]

Crucial M4: The firmware update which addresses the 5200 hr. problem has been officially released.

You might want to have a look at that

 

[Skud]

Already decided. Taking a gamble.

 

[sjoardar]

This is one GREAT thread, just up the alley of my current interest. I am all for either OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB, or Corsair Force GT 120, but shall wait and watch this thread, availability and price for a few more months before I take the plunge. BTW I read that there is some significant (though not really large) performance benefits in higher capacity SSDs, e.g., Corsair Force GT 240 is faster than Corsair Force GT 120. Is that really true?

 

[Skud]

RAID 0 of SSDs: Two Kingston HyperX 120 GB SSDs vs. Kingston HyperX 240 GB SSD - X-bit labs

This article may answer a few questions.

Generally, the higher capacity SSDs are faster in the same family. Of course, there are certain other parameters to consider other than speed, like the IOPS figures.

 

[sjoardar]

^^ Thanks a lot Skud for the very informative link. In the magnetic realm (traditional storage, HDDs), better performance of higher capacity drives is usually correlated to higher data density possible. For SSDs, other things being equal, what could be the reason for better performance of higher capacity drives in the same series, I wonder! Any Idea? BTW doesn't a "faster" SSD necessarily have higher IOPS? For HDDs, of course, higher rpm may not necessarily mean better IOPS, or does it? May be I am confused.

 

[Skud]

Well joardarda, I don't have much idea about the queries raised by you, may be someone else can explain.

OK, finally received the OCZ Vertex 3 120gb purchased through Techenclave @ 9.5k. It was a sealed pack purchased from US, so almost as good as purchasing from Amazon, of course at a much lesser cost. Hopefully, the drive will go the distance.

Pics:-

*i.imgur.com/S0YQJ.jpg

Pretty well packed, it comes with a 2.5" to 3.5" converter and screws, not much of use for me.


*i.imgur.com/FWQ8V.jpg

Connected it through my dock to test whether everything's OK.


*i.imgur.com/WfHED.png

And it comes with the latest firmware. Good.


*i.imgur.com/ha1CE.jpg

Here's a size comparison with the HDD. It is very small, smaller than even my mobile as much as pocket-able.


*i.imgur.com/9xsOQ.jpg

Oh, this teaser sticker was also in the box. Will find once I build a new rig.


@Mods: please keep the thread open for a couple of days. I will notify once I am ready to close it.

 

[lordirecto]

Awesome SSD, makes me drool!
Btw Skud, can you tell us how you purchased thru techenclave? I just tried visiting that website, but I am not able to see how I can go about shopping.

 

[Skud]

Classifieds from other member. Check the classifieds link, similar to the bazaar section of TDF.

 

[skeletor]

For SSDs, other things being equal, what could be the reason for better performance of higher capacity drives in the same series, I wonder! Any Idea?

Same reason why 2 * 2 GB dual channel RAM has more bandwidth than single 4 GB RAM.

example, a 120 GB SSD has 2 groups. 240 GB has 4 groups. In reality, that 120 GB SSD is essentially the same and only lacks 2 groups.

More wide and parallel the IO is, higher the bandwidth.

BTW doesn't a "faster" SSD necessarily have higher IOPS? For HDDs, of course, higher rpm may not necessarily mean better IOPS, or does it? May be I am confused.

Performance of an SSD would be decided by the mix of Input/Outputs per second, bandwidth and the type of data you are reading/writing and also how you are reading/writing - sequentially or randomly.

In a nutshell, mixture of a lot of things. Some can be good at something while others can be good at something else.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

120GB Vertex III for 9.5k? Good deal. My Vertex II 60GB set me back by 6.5k 6 months ago.

2 x Kingston SSDNow V100 64 GB SSD - 2 x 4985/-

For the record an ordinary RAID config may not give better performance. Indeed it may be *slower*. Remember SSDs do not work the way way as rotating media.

 

[sjoardar]

Classifieds from other member. Check the classifieds link, similar to the bazaar section of TDF.

I already tried the classifieds link there, but it returns a "No results found for ..." report! Thinking that it may depend on how I write the name of the product in the search field, I tried a few variations, including "OCZ-Vertex3" as it appears in one of your pix, but still no luck! Please help.

Same reason why 2 * 2 GB dual channel RAM has more bandwidth than single 4 GB RAM.

example, a 120 GB SSD has 2 groups. 240 GB has 4 groups. In reality, that 120 GB SSD is essentially the same and only lacks 2 groups.

More wide and parallel the IO is, higher the bandwidth.


Performance of an SSD would be decided by the mix of Input/Outputs per second, bandwidth and the type of data you are reading/writing and also how you are reading/writing - sequentially or randomly.

In a nutshell, mixture of a lot of things. Some can be good at something while others can be good at something else.

Thanks a lot ico! You have cleared up my confusion and now I understand. Unfortunately, I cannot afford a 240 GB SSD now. May be one OCZ Vertex 3 120GB, that too if I can get hold of one at the price skud got it for. Let's see.

@Mods: Yes, can you please keep this thread running a little longer?

 

[skeletor]

^ hmm, do you have a SATA 3 6gbps port?? If not, Vertex 3 will be bottlnecked by a SATA 2 3gbps port. Believe me.

Vertex 3 is even close to bottlenecking SATA 3 6gbps..!

 

[Skud]

It will go in the new rig.

 

[skeletor]

^ for you I know. It was for sjoardar.

 

[Skud]

oops, sorry.

 

[sjoardar]

^ hmm, do you have a SATA 3 6gbps port?? If not, Vertex 3 will be bottlnecked by a SATA 2 3gbps port. Believe me.

Vertex 3 is even close to bottlenecking SATA 3 6gbps..!

Yes, I know! Unfortunately, I am not in a position to replace a Rs.23K motherboard in just over two years! That's why I am desperately searching for an ASUS U3S6 card. No luck so far. Wherever I find it mentioned online, it's out of stock! I don't want the Transcend card because it goes into the PCIe x1 slot which doesn't have sufficient bandwidth to realise the full potential of SATA 3 6gbps. I am frequently visiting Vedant and reminding Randhir about the ASUS card and even put in a bait: "If you can get me that card, I shall buy that SSD too, but only if ...!" Let's see if my hunt succeeds.