Originally Posted By: drakino
Intel seems to trade a bit of high end single stream read/write speed to ensure the 4k read/write side doesn't slow down too much.

The Intel drives are smaller and slower (even for 4KB writes) than the competition at most price points. Anecdotal evidence suggests they may also be much more reliable, but that is tricky for us end users to judge correctly.

Probably, though. smile

I replaced the b0rked 90GB OCZ SSD with a 128GB Kingston V-Series (2010) SSD (aka. Toshiba aka JMicron) drive today and installed everything without a hitch.

Cheers