jcschild


LOL funny guy :-) ... nope i am staying away from OCZ..

How do Crucial SSD's stack up? Thinking of buying their 512 GB. 
As far as OCZ, haven't the Vertex 4 resolved all the reliability problems?

"Anubis"
As far as OCZ, haven't the Vertex 4 resolved all the reliability problems?

The reliability problems were related to their 2nd generation of SSDs. The 3rd generation was/is very reliable. The latest 4th generation shows specs. to die for with the "Indilink" dual-ARM controller architecture. Reviews are nothing but positive and the prices are... affordable, finally. The 256 GBs model that is (approx. $300 USD), but the 512 GB model is still expensive at around $675 USD.

Crucials have been great (non sanforce)
thier write speeds are not that of the newer but read speeds are close

Crucial 512GB SSD on sale for $345 @ Newegg. Mixed reviews though. Maybe the new firmware will fix things?
http://promotions.newegg.com/NEemail/June-0-2012/Express23/index-landing.html?nm_mc=EMC-EXPRESS062312&cm_mmc=EMC-EXPRESS062312-_-EMC-062312-Index-_-E0-_-SeeAll

Well my OCZ is working fine. I thought for a while there that it died as my computer couldn't find it. Turned out it was a loose cable connection. I tightened it up and it's been working fine ever since.

FWIW, That particular OCZ SSD model doesn't benchmark very fast.
Literally about half the speed of the Vertex 3 and Vertex 4 units.

he 3rd generation was/is very reliable. The latest 4th generation shows specs. to die for

FWIW, I've benchmarked the Vertex 3 and 4 units.
Not much difference...
Vertex 3 sustains ~512MB/Sec on reads

I'd say that the differences go a little deeper when talking about the Vertex 4. 

IOPS @120,000 and the new Indilinx Infused Everest 2 platform backed by a..., 5 year warranty. And the price for the 256GB model (under $300.00 USD). Regardless of the brand I/you favor, it's starting to look real good for an SSD only system.

I installed an OCZ Vertex 4, 128GB on my new PC system.  I have the Windows OS and Sonar on the SSD.  Just about everything else is on a 1TB, 7200 RPM hard drive.

Awesome, how long have you had it running?