Originally Posted By: mlord
Originally Posted By: Archeon
I believe Intel released one of the fastest SSD drives available to consumers today.

Today? That link is dated 08-Sep-2008. ???

You're right of course. I didn't mean to write 'today'. Don't know how that came up. In my defence, when I typed that, I was trying to do two things at once. I guess I shouldn't do that. whistle
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Originally Posted By: Archeon
True, but they are significantly faster as well. (more than twice the read speed IIRC) \:\)

Not possible, I'm afraid. SATA2 tops out at 300MB/sec theoretical, or around 250MB/sec in real-life. The Vertex drives achieve darned close to that speed, so doubling it would be difficult.

If that's true (and I don't doubt you Mark), then I stand corrected. It's just that I thought that there was no alternative (yet?) to those 250 MB/s Intel drives. I thought all the competition topped at 120-130 MB/s... But if those Vertex drives can reach the same speeds as the Intels, then they are clearly the better buy.

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