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legolas_w
September 18th, 2010, 10:50 AM
Hi

I want to buy an SSD drive for my laptop and I am wondering which one of these two I should go with, the Corsair Nova Series or Kingston SSDNow V-Series.

I can buy any other brand as long as the price is in the same range (200-230 USD).


Thanks.
Paqman
September 18th, 2010, 11:00 AM
I can buy any other brand as long as the price is in the same range (200-230 USD).


You can afford an Intel SSD for that, so don't mess around with the other brands. The Intel drives are still the best by far.
ubunterooster
September 18th, 2010, 01:52 PM
I disagree that Intel's are better. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227395
Paqman
September 18th, 2010, 02:59 PM
I disagree that Intel's are better. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227395

That seems like a pretty good drive. It's still not as fast as the Intel drives, but it's better value. You get a much bigger drive, with almost as good performance.
legolas_w
September 18th, 2010, 07:03 PM
Thanks, looking at the newegg now.
Windows Nerd
September 18th, 2010, 11:59 PM
I have a Kingston one. Whilst other drives may have a little more speed, Kingston's was a far better price/GB, and the speed increase compared to a traditional drive is enormous.
ubunterooster
September 19th, 2010, 12:07 AM
Seeing the high failure rate of Kingston RAM, I would not recommend a budget Kingston SSD
Windows Nerd
September 19th, 2010, 05:39 PM
Seeing the high failure rate of Kingston RAM, I would not recommend a budget Kingston SSD
Like, how much of a failure rate?
hessiess
September 19th, 2010, 07:54 PM
Considered using a CF card and adapter? not done it myself but it has worked well for others (http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/poor-mans-ssd/) for example.
ubunterooster
September 20th, 2010, 12:20 PM
Like, how much of a failure rate?

Also, someone else suggested buying Kingston RAM. Don't. Avoid Kingston; every single stick of Kingston RAM I've ever bought has failed within a year.
Same as my experience of the kingston RAM I had which was the only RAM I've had that failed.

From what I hear the higher-end Kingston is good, but I have seen several results of failed budget Kingston.
Paqman
September 20th, 2010, 01:20 PM
Considered using a CF card and adapter? not done it myself but it has worked well for others (http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/poor-mans-ssd/) for example.

You get no wear levelling on those, so you'd definitely want to be doing everything you could to reduce writes to the CF card. Either that or keep constant backups and buy a stack of them.