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    SSDs becoming cheaper, OCZ price cuts for Vertex and Agility SSDs.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Phil, Jul 24, 2009.

  1. Phil

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    http://anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3608
     
    Phil, Jul 24, 2009
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    Sweet. More competition = win for consumer :)

    edit: "The 1TB drive is pure insanity."
     
    sgogeta4, Jul 24, 2009
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    Great, now I'm still stuck between the X25-M G2 80GB and the Vertex 120GB for whenever I get cash.
     
    TehSuigi, Jul 25, 2009
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    I'm a cheap a** consumer and will wait until these SSD's are comparable in price to HDD's. :) HDD's are fast enough for what I do, but more speed is always appreciated.
     
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    Surprised the Vertex 120 is still at $290. I was expecting it to be lower than the Intel 80 at $230. Allowing the Intel drive to undercut them by $60 is a grave mistake, IMO, as I would think most would opt for the Intel drive in this situation. Someone tell Tony he's going to get screwed royally at those prices.

    Psygn:

    You clearly don't appreciate the boost in performance SSDs give you...
     
    nu_D, Jul 25, 2009
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    There isn't that much performance boost with SSDs anyways once the programs are loaded into the ram. If you have enough ram, start all of your programs when you start your computer. When you need them, just switch to them. That way, the computer's performance will exeed that of computer with SSD without preloading programs into the ram, while saving yourself couple hundred bucks and gaining couple hundred gigabytes of storage.
     
    jackluo923, Jul 25, 2009
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    Ah man.

    Where's Dave when you need him... :p
     
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    SSDs can offer a lot more than just pure performance. I mean they can hit magnitudes higher in R/W (especially random) speed and lower in access times, but they can also consume less power consumption (leading to less heat, less noise, more battery life), tolerate a lot more shock (becoming a lot more reliable especially to those on the road), are physically lighter than comparable HDDs, and (if you have the money) have more density than HDDs (ie. biggest 2.5" HDD is 640GB, while SSDs can have more than that).
     
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    Eh the Vertex is still very fast its one of the best SSD on market and quite a bit cheaper per GB than the Intel. I think it will still sell.

    Honestly I think the largest advantage they have is just there drive size.

    The intel 80gb is just too small for me, and the 160gb too expensive so that puts the 120gb Vertex in the "just about right" range.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Jul 25, 2009
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    IMHO no real reason to get the 64gb vertex over the intel 80gb G2
     
    jcll03, Jul 25, 2009
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    Thank you SGOG. Opening every program when you start your laptop sounds like a cracktastic idea to me not to mention it still wouldn't perform as well... lolz. It's like... hmm. I don't know, gluing a propeller to a KIA and saying it's just as good as a BMW. :p

    X:
    You do have a point but with the Intel drives being near the $200 mark and the OCZ being near $300, I think it will play a pretty large role especially when combined with the pedigree of the Intel drive. I don't know as this is all speculation but personally, the 40GB notwithstanding, I don't see people paying $290 for an OCZ drive when they can get an Intel drive for $230. I guess we will see..... something tells me in a bit the OCZ drive will hit $250 while the Intel drives are still at $230 to better compete. We'll see.
     
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    Most of the Vertexes are positioned btw the Intels. For example, I see the 30GB model for those that have another big HDD in their notebook and want just one OS to have performance at the lowest cost. The 120GB model at $290 translates to <$2.3/GB while the 80GB Intel at $220 is >$2.7/GB, which still makes it tempting if 80GB isn't enough while wanting to have very good performance (compared to Intel's 160GB at $440 at the same price-per-GB, which is a big step up in cost). If OCZ sticks with $190 for their 60GB model, it won't sell much since for a few more dollars the Intel has more capacity AND speed (plus lower cost-per-GB for the Intel 80GB G2 over OCZ Vertex 60GB).
     
    sgogeta4, Jul 25, 2009
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    Iam defintally going to wait for them to go down more in price, i still say the price is still high.
     
    xxbadboys93, Jul 25, 2009
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    keep on dropping, baby. Daddy's tablet wants 250 GB at a reasonable price.

    :)
     
    ajreynol, Jul 25, 2009
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    Maybe next year Intel's 80GB will be $100... while the cheapest 500GB 5400RPM drive now can be had for $50 on sale...
     
    sgogeta4, Jul 25, 2009
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