OCZ Vertex 3 120GB - $70 ($85 before MIR)

madmat

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Wish I had it to invest in a pair. I could just imagine how fast a raid-0 array of those would be.
 

Rob Williams

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Wish I had it to invest in a pair. I could just imagine how fast a raid-0 array of those would be.

I hear that, on both accounts. That'd be a combined 1GB/s throughput in a RAID 0, and 240GB of space... for $140. :eek:
 

Rob Williams

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Only if you have a SATA III controller. I don't, I'm riding SATA II but still, it would max the controller out.

Well, unless all you do is copy files back and forth, SATA 3Gbit/s is more than suitable. For most people, it's the IOPS performance of SSDs that make them worthwhile, not the throughput. I wouldn't care if SSDs had the same throughput as a hard drive (~100MB/s). But a boost from 100 IOPS to 5,000? That's an improvement.
 

Rob Williams

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OCZ might have some overstock, and given that the Agility 4s are out now, the company probably wants to clean shop. Plus, this is good marketing, and it's a promotion that only lasts this weekend - it's not a permanent price.
 
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