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For testing, the drives are all wiped and reset to factory settings by HDDerase V4. We try to use free programs and some real world testing so you can compare our findings against your own system.
This is a good way to measure potential upgrade benefits.
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k
Cooler: Thermaltake Frio OCK
Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Deluxe
Memory: ADATA DDR3 2000mhz 9-11-9-24
PSU: ADATA 1200W
Graphics: Sapphire HD6950 Flex Edition
Chassis: Thermaltake Level 10 GT
Operating System: Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate
Monitor: Dell U2410
Other Drives for comparisons:
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 240GB
ADATA S511 240GB
Intel 510 120GB
Corsair F100 100GB
OCZ Vertex 2 120GB
Crucial Real SSD C300 64GB
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB
Software:
Atto Disk Benchmark
HD Tach
CrystalMark
AS-SSD Benchmark
IOMeter
PCMark Vantage
PCMark 7
SiSoft Sandra
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call Of Pripyat
All our results were achieved by running each test five times with every configuration this ensures that any glitches are removed from the results. Trim is confirmed as running by typing fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify into the command line. A response of disabledeletenotify =0 confirms TRIM is active.
£380, thats a really good price. The 120gb sounds good to me. Any ideas of the release date? this week or after computex?
this is certainly going to kill the vertex 2, which I would guess is intentional.
110 for a 60gb. that would be a wonderful boot drive and size.
Under £400 for a 240GB, is this the first time for one of the latest 2281 powered drives? I think thats quite an achievement.
120gb would be my next purchase, but I might go for vertex 3. not sure yet.
SSDS make such a difference. I added a cheap 40GB SSD to my machine recently (intel) and it really has transformed it.
I thought 40GB would be ok, but its honestly a pain in the ass. I have to keep installed programs to D drive and sometimes I forget as it autopmatically stores to program files.
Need an upgrade. but these are still expensive.
I dont agree with 60GB being enough for Windows 7 boot up. 120gb would be my minimum, but maybe im weird, I hear people use 40GB all teh time.
No one really wants a 40GB for a boot drive. its too small. If its the only drive you have then kiss goodbye to things like adobe suite as it would eat most of it up.
60GB is doable. I ran tests myself recently. installing my office suite, updates. SP1. a few apps I use, and it was around 20GB free on a 60GB Drive. that would be ok. but its still tight.
120gb is ideal, anything extra is gravy. with a nice 1TB or 2TB as a file drive.
Id like to see a review of the 120gb version, £190 is a hell of a price for this.
These are still some way off being mainstream however. I dont know anyone who owns an SSD.
Killer performance, still a lot of cash, but im converted. I bought a kingston value drive last week :p
Excellent, ill be ordering two of the 120gbs for raid next month
will be ordering a 60GB when its available here. nice review, thanks
240GB, wow, what I wouldnt give for one of those in my system.
I have an old kingston drive, I still really like it, hasnt let me down yet
I wonder how many people reading kitguru own an SSD. Id say the percentage would be high