What SSD are you using and how much did you pay?

[The Joker]

So I'm getting my hands on a 120GIG Patriot Wildfire SSD next week.

Just wondering what you guys are running and what you paid for your SSD's.
Are you really stoked by the performance or were you expecting more?

[Fivel]

An old thread but some good discussion on your topic here

[The Joker]

Yeah made for some interesting reading, But I need to know what people are running now..Not what they ran 3 months ago.

[mcryan]

It's a hard choice, I would love to get an SSD, just need to justify the extra expense. I will get one soon though...

[The Joker]

Yeah the cost is huge, I'm getting the wildfire at a damn good price, that's the only reason im even considering it.

[czc]

Yeah made for some interesting reading, But I need to know what people are running now..Not what they ran 3 months ago.

Why would someone change their hardware from 3 months ago?

Especially if they bought a SSD.

[The Joker]

Why would someone change their hardware from 3 months ago?

Especially if they bought a SSD.

Well if your a hardware junky like me...Ive had 7 different cpu's this year, 9 different gfx cards and so on and so on...Also tech changes..I wanna know what their experience is with the newer ssd's.

[C-Bear]

That's a good SSD. 120GB is a very nice size, and you can definitely keep some games on there - just keep in mind you'll have to micro-manage your data sometimes. Like the other day I wanted to download a 70GB torrent, and ended up in a real poo-poo can cause I ran out of space on my drive, as I forgot to configure my downloader's temp directory.

If you have one of the Z68 motherboards, keep in mind that you can use Intel's Smart Response Technology. With that you can use a SSD (or part of it, up to 64GB) for caching purposes. This gives you SSD like speeds on commonly used applications automatically, after about one or two runs. So you split that drive in half for OS/caching. Useful if you hate micro-managing, but only applicable to applications you run regularly (at least every few weeks, depending on how much caching space you have)

[The Joker]

That's a good SSD. 120GB is a very nice size, and you can definitely keep some games on there - just keep in mind you'll have to micro-manage your data sometimes. Like the other day I wanted to download a 70GB torrent, and ended up in a real poo-poo can cause I ran out of space on my drive, as I forgot to configure my downloader's temp directory.

If you have one of the Z68 motherboards, keep in mind that you can use Intel's Smart Response Technology. With that you can use a SSD (or part of it, up to 64GB) for caching purposes. This gives you SSD like speeds on commonly used applications automatically, after about one or two runs. So you split that drive in half for OS/caching. Useful if you hate micro-managing, but only applicable to applications you run regularly (at least every few weeks, depending on how much caching space you have)

Yeah my rigs all have Z68 boards, So that'll be quite a cool feature to use.
I might end up buying 2 of them and using one as my OS drive and the other as my gaming drive..Not sure though and it also depends what the 2nd wildfire would cost me.

[Nemesis]

Currently using a Corsair Force 3 240GB, but it's having issues with my Marvel controllers. Getting a OCZ 160GB Revodrive over the weekend.