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Newegg has the OCZ Agility 4 AGT4-25SAT3-256G 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) for $180 with free shipping. Features Indilinx controller, ultra-low latency (as low as 0.02ms) and up to 4000MB/s read and write times.
OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III SSD for $80 shipped after $10 rebate [Exp 7/31]
$180
Somehow, I think 4000MB/s is a typo. 400MB/s, maybe? And why does the newer generation have slower read/write speeds than the previous generation? I know OCZ bought Indilinx and will now exclusively use their controllers, but aren't these supposed to be an improvement over the last generation? If so, how?
Looks like a lower MTBF, too.
One step forward, two steps back??
Get an Intel or Samsung. Don't risk your data to save a few bucks.
@dorianh49, these are an improvement in that these drives offer similar/better performance compared to the SandForce-powered Agility 3/Vertex 3's on incompressible data (which is where the SandForce controllers are weakest) with very low write-amplification (which is important to extend the life of smaller process, MLC NAND - the cheap kind of RAM that makes SSDs affordable). They're also supposedly more stable than the SandForce drives, but time will tell; at least with the firmware writers in-house OCZ will not be subject to the dealings seen between SandForce/Intel.
Also, to correct the original poster (leothelion): these are not Indilix controllers, but rather Marvell controllers with an Indilix firmware.