Finally an SSD for me!

[steve_t]

I've had a vertex2 60gb as a system drive for a little over a year now. Storage is on a regular HDD. It's ridiculous how much faster it is. I recommended a mate get one but he's had two Vertex3 drives shit themselves after 2-3 months I did wonder if it could be the controller.

[sil3nt]

I've had a vertex2 60gb as a system drive for a little over a year now. Storage is on a regular HDD. It's ridiculous how much faster it is. I recommended a mate get one but he's had two Vertex3 drives shit themselves after 2-3 months I did wonder if it could be the controller.

Intel have the most reliable SSDs out. I think Crucial M4s have top notch reliability also. OCZ have a lot of drives with mixed reliability across them. The longer you wait to get one the better. Well that's what I am telling myself anyway!

[Gremlin]

SSD was a model of Ducati based on the Darmah you uneducated peasant

Oh... Ducatis... sorry, I have standards...

[SMOKEU]

I recommended a mate get one but he's had two Vertex3 drives shit themselves after 2-3 months I did wonder if it could be the controller.

Yup, it's the controller.

I'm using an OWC Mercury Pro (a Mac OEM drive that I scored second hand off trademe).



It's an old drive now (only a SATA2, my motherboard supports SATA3 so I will upgrade when funds allow) but it still does the trick. Either way it's a fuckload faster than a disk drive.

[jim.cox]

An SSD you lucky bastard... We were talking bikes right?

That was what sprang immediately to my mind also..