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Three-Way Solid State Drive Roundup


Thu 2008-12-04 - Posted by Patrick "MACMAC" MacMillan
bit-tech have just tested three solid state drives from G.Skill, Intel and Patriot.

Here's what they had to say:

"And that, in essence, is where the SSD rests today - as an expensive extravagance limited only to the most ludicrously high end PCs. While the Intel X25-M breaks the mould and proves SSDs can deliver not only phenomenally fast read, but also decent write performance, its price tag is sure to put all but the most opulent hardware enthusiast off.
Sadly the same can't be said for J-Micron based drives like the Patriot Warp v2 and G.Skill 128GB. While they deliver on the promise of significantly increased read speeds, the compromise on write speed makes them useless for all but the most specialist setups. While the price is a whole lot cheaper than the Intel, if you're looking to switch your boot drive over to an SSD you might as well not bother - the issues around drive stuttering and read/write performance in Vista 64-bit just make them more of a headache than a help, although they remain an option if you're considering a dedicated game install drive."


No big surprises here, Intel leads the way...and by a large margin!

Click here to read the full review.

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