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Old 12-06-2010, 11:51 AM   #66
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Originally Posted by OldDutch View Post
So far so good! I think it is great for any midstream laptop. Gaming for sure should be an Intel level drive.

The drive I installed supports all the basics you need (like TRIM). Plus has a 3yr warranty. By then the Intel should be in the sub $200 range.

Storage is the only drawback. However I took my old 500GB drive and put it in a $20 eSata/USB enclosure. I can store all my large files on there. Quickly transfer over if needed.

So the $80 difference with the Momentus XT was not that large in the end.
There's a lot of competition between Sandforce-based SSD drives, which in my experience are much faster in writes and only a bit behind in reads overall. You can find 120GB Sandforce drives for under $200 pretty easily.
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