So the article was correct then cool beans, for that is a decent price 

Some new comers to the scene :

http://hexus.net/tech/news/storage/67505-crucial-micron-launch-faster-efficient-m550-ssd-range/

I'm not sure about these Crucial ones...

http://www.dabs.com/products/crucial-128gb-m550-sata-6gb-s-2-5--7mm-solid-state-drive-99QY.html?src=3

Sequential Read: 550 MB/s
Sequential Write: 350 MB/s
4KB Random Read: 90,000 IOPS
4KB Random Write: 75,000 IOPS

Seems the write speed is slower than most. Think I will stick with the Samsung for now.

Done a few of the Kingston ones now, bang for buck they seem good and feel snappy.

Been looking for some benchmark tests, found this but no Kingston drives on the list.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-recommendation-benchmark,3269-6.html

   I just looked at Newegg,   http://www.newegg.com/Internal-SSDs/SubCategory/ID-636
Prices are much more reasonable and they are making much larger drives.  I also use Toms Harware but think they have the ssd's down pretty good by now.  Intel would be my favorite but and seems to be more price competive but I'd go with another name brand if the price was right.
Carl2

Thinking of getting one of these to put my games on. Seems like a good price for what you get. Didn't Snowy get one of these ?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00E391OX6/ref=s9_simh_gw_p147_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=16B1YEQ38CXWSYB0T8DX&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=455333147&pf_rd_i=468294

Looks like a good buy and I think they are among the quickest.

Think Snowy got the Kingston in the end.

  I saw a really good price for a SSD, probably at Newegg, think it was a cyber Monday deal, about 400 GB for around $179,  reviews said it wasn't one of the fastest drives but it offers plenty of storage and has got to be much faster than the standard hd.  Seems like it would be great for a laptop.
Carl2

Not looked at prices for a while but the 480GB price point is starting to look good.

http://www.ebuyer.com/581256-kingston-ssdnow-v300-480gb-sata3-2-5inch-ssd-sv300s37a-480g

£160 at time of post.

Yeah looking good, fast approaching sensible money for the bigger drives.

Very good prices, just saw a Samsung 500 Gb for 229, Mushkin 240 Gb for 104,   meanwhile  just about all computers sold are using the standard HD.  I did find 1 page of gaming computers where they are sold with a large standard HD plus a 120 Gb SSD.
I know from experience the HP win8.1 OS would not work with an HP SSD because of size and I had to order a MS Win 8.1 OS.  Must be like replacing the gas engine in a car.
Carl2

I'm thinking of dropping HDD entirely apart from in my NAS drive. Mainly because of the lag it causes waiting for the HHD to spin up to speed. It's a little thing, but it's getting annoying. I mainly use my internal HDD for storage and downloads. I could partition off a bit of space on my second SSD for that and just put the stuff I want to keep on the NAS drive.

Spent the afternoon clearing up my HDD and moving things over to the NAS. Tomorrow it's coming out of there.

I think any doubts we had about the lifespan of SSD's have been kicked into touch. None of our members have had any failures, none of my customers have either, the technology is proven in my books.

Quote from: Freddy on December 10, 2014, 14:49:05 PM
I'm thinking of dropping HDD entirely apart from in my NAS drive. Mainly because of the lag it causes waiting for the HHD to spin up to speed.

I agree with that, it is the worst thing about having an SSD and an HDD,  my internal HDD will have to go at some point.

I have to agree with that, but for me it won't happen for a while yet. With current drive space nearing 5TB (and almost 40% of that currently in use, with more being added every week, it seems), having a system that consists of only SSD drives is a very pricey proposition.