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    Which SSD for a 1640?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by borse2008, Mar 23, 2011.

  1. borse2008

    borse2008 Notebook Consultant

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    What would you recommend for a 1640? Vertex 2 or .....
     
    borse2008, Mar 23, 2011
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Depends on what you primarily do with your laptop and how big your wallet is. ;)
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Mar 23, 2011
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    borse2008 Notebook Consultant

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    Big but not looking to spend more than £250, will wait for one of these to drop.

    OCZ Vertex 2E 240GB

    Does the XPS1640 support sata 6?
     
    borse2008, Mar 23, 2011
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    No only SATA 2 speeds. Most don't even saturate SATA 2 speeds. What do you do with your notebook? If gaming, then an SSD will not help with performance, only decrease load times of games.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Mar 23, 2011
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    ZippoMan Notebook Evangelist

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    New model SSDs with updated controllers have just started coming out. The newest are Corsair Performance 3, Plextor PX-M2, and Intel 510. The Crucial C400, Intel 320, and Vertex 3 are due to be released any day now. Might as well get a new model unless you can find a discounted C300/Vertex 2.

    If I had to buy an SSD today I would get the Intel 510. If I could wait a week or two I would get the Crucial C400 (same Marvell controller as the Intel). The new SandForce 2xxx controllers seem very fast, but I'm avoiding the Vertex 3 because of OCZ's notorious reputation. Corsair, G-Skill, Patriot, and probably some others, are releasing SandForce 2xxx SSDs, but I think they are still a couple months away. OCZ should be the first you see hit the shelves.
     
    ZippoMan, Mar 23, 2011
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    wait until later this year when the vertex 3 drops, the vertex 2 prices will drop substantially.
     
    fakename, Mar 24, 2011
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    The reviews I've read on the Intel 510 are mediocre. If you have need for lots of uncompressable data, like video, pictures, music, then go with a Crucial C300, though because they run in parallel, their performance scales based on size (ie the 128GB C300 isn't as fast as the 256GB one is) or one of the older Intel drives if the Crucial ones are out of your price range. If not, then go with any of the Sand Force based drives (Vertex 2/3, Phoenix Pro, Corsair Force, Patriot Inferno, etc). They're the fastest drives around for OS/applications/games, though they take a big performance hit when writing uncompressable data.
     
    seeker_moc, Mar 25, 2011
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    Very rarely play games,mainly intrernet browsing photoshop, email, videos edting playing
     
    borse2008, Mar 26, 2011
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    Pick your top 3? 250gb!
     
    borse2008, Mar 26, 2011
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    It really all depends but you could go for the Samsung 256 GB, or from SandForce, Corsair/GSkill 240GB.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Mar 26, 2011
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    Sandforce drives will still speed up your OS and applications significantly. That's what I use and I love them, and I think they're the best bang for the buck on SSDs. However, like I mentioned earlier, if you're going to store/edit large amounts (say > 25% of your drive) of media files (video, music, pictures), then SandForce may not be the best choice (I keep all my media files on a 2nd HDD). The SandForce controller does a hardware compression on everything it stores, so that it writes less and therefore writes faster. Media files are uncompressable and will slow it down. Though it will still be much faster than a standard HDD.

    If you want to put everything including media on one drive, @256GB, then I'd suggest:

    Crucial C300 256GB
    The new Samsung 256GB
    Sandforce
     
    seeker_moc, Mar 26, 2011
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