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which one do u think is better

 

http://www.ncix.com/detail/geil-zenith-a3-series-240gb-fc-105405-1304.htm

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http://www.ncix.com/detail/kingston-ssdnow-v300-240gb-sv300s37a-240g-ec-80209-1304.htm

 

what would u rather have for windows/game drive ( i will prob upgrade to better later those are what i am stuck with for now )

i might raid 2 of

http://www.ncix.com/detail/sandisk-sdssdp-128g-g25-128gb-2-5in-sata3-bb-75142-1304.htm

if they go on cheap enough tomorow but prob be stuck with one of the 1st 2

 

 

 

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I'd go for Kingston since i dont even know what the first brand is or have ever seen it. 

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I would go for a Crucial BX100 drives, Those are their new value drives that still have good reliability. Or you can also go for their MX drives which are faster and still don't cost too much.

 

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As already stated, go with an MX100 drive.

Also, I don't think you'll really see greatly improved speed unless you're video capturing if you RAID the lower capacity drives.

The only thing you'd really introduce is more points of failure.

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Wow didn't even know GEIL made SSds. They mainly manufacture RAM; I use one of their EVO Potenza 8GB sticks in my system

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The kingston SSD has really bad NAND

Yeah IDK why Kingston's SSD seem so slow, it's just the other compagny looks kinda shady. 

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Yeah IDK why Kingston's SSD seem so slow, it's just the other compagny looks kinda shady. 

 

Kingston is the shadiest of all companies (apart from OCZ back in the day).

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In my opinion the best price to performance right now is the intel 530 ssd.  Even better if you can find it on sale.

 

Stay clear of sandforce garbage.

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That unknown brand is NOT cheap. And not that great of a drive either going by the specs. I'd definitely go with Crucial instead.

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Kingston issue. Stay away.

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Why do you have a sandforce drive yourself if you hate it?

i learned my lesson. Besides, it was a steal back then...

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