Newegg has the OCZ Vertex 2 Extended 60GB 2.5" SATA2 Solid State Disk (SSD) - OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G for $117 - $25 rebate [Exp 3/14] = $92 with free shipping. Reads up to 285 MB/sec, writes up to 275 MB/sec.
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Would be a decent solution to get 2 of these for $180, most of the 128 gigs that run at these speeds are $200+. Plus you could set them up in a sick raid0, lose all of your personal data...
But it would be siiiiicccckkkkk
You couldn't get 2 for this price unless you want to play around with the rebates as it's only 1 per household. There is the OCZ Vertex 2 120GB for $170 AR a few listings down.
RAID breaks TRIM support, so I'm not sure I'd bother. They're already blazing fast, no need to go RAID0.
Plus what #2 said.
I have two of these in RAID 0, Trim is not needed if you let the garbage collection do it's thing and secure erase every 6 months or so. I get 520/MB Read speeds, 500MB write speeds.
or get two and don't RAID them, split up I/O like OS on one, apps on the other. Besides, doing it like that you will have smaller sized/faster backups of the OS partition, not needing as frequent a backup of the apps partition.
Do you know why this crap 25nm SSD drive is cheap now (under $100)? Read the feedback and know the reason. Stay away from it when you still have time...
or could it be because they are flushing out the Vertex 2's making room for the Vertex 3's? baconeer. Price is $3 less than it was on thanksgiving.
The 25nm version (new, yet unchanged model number) are slower, smaller in capacity, and known to be less reliable than 32nm chips.
Do not buy this drive as you risk ending up with a 25nm version.
While I feel the move to 25nm chips should've lowered price more than it has so far, there is no reason to stay away. This is the new flash density everyone will be using if they aren't already, by lowering the price you can just pick one with higher capacity to regain the same # of flash chips a 34nm version you liked, had... so you end up with about the same performance but better GB:$ ratio which is a win-win for everyone.
Nope, you get half the write speed. This is the reason everyone is so up in arms regarding the change. Otherwise, nobody would give a baconnaise.