Need a fast small SDD

[botat29]

can you use the garbage collection ?

[AkG]

yes. It still uses its built in self maintenance routines. The problem is...SF drives have one of the worst set of "ITGC" routines in the industry. During testing for a my reviews they give me the MOST problems. I literally haven't had as much hassle keeping a drive in top performance for a review like I do with SF drives since the original Jmicron days! I've gotten to the point where I bring out my old bag of tricks and use a "Tony Trim" on them.

This is why I don't recommend SF drives for non Trim environments. And by their very nature the Revo is a NON-TRIM environment drive regardless of the OS. I have heard rumours that OCZ might be working on custom firmware to pass the TRIM command along to the controllers and I've also heard rumours they are working on a manual trim (think wiper.exe for indilinx drives) for them as well. No idea. No information and OCZ isnt talking. :)

[botat29]

I will forget this Revo for now, is there advantage to use the G.Skill Phoenix PRO over the Corsair ?

[AkG]

The Corsair has crippled firmware. Check out our reviews on the Corsair Vs the Vertex 2 (there isnt much dif between the 100 and 120 speed wise). The dif is not huge for most situations...but expect the Corsair to be 1-2 seconds slower than the Pro in loading big programs likes Adobe CS.

YMMV but why go with a crippled version IF the dif in price isnt that big (and fits into your budget).

[botat29]

thanks, do you have a link to this review ?

[ipaine]

Just in case you are still looking and are still considering the 40GB, Memory Express has it on sale for $80 (after $20 mail in rebate)

Corsair Force Series Solid State Drive, 40GB at Memory Express Computers

Or they have the 60GB for $140

Corsair Force Series Solid State Drive, 60GB at Memory Express Computers

[lowfat]

Originally Posted by ipaine

Just in case you are still looking and are still considering the 40GB, Memory Express has it on sale for $80 (after $20 mail in rebate)

Corsair Force Series Solid State Drive, 40GB at Memory Express Computers

WO, that is a damn good price.

[ipaine]

Oh I forgot to add that they also are having a special free shipping within Canada. As long as it is worth $39 or more and weights less than 50 pounds.

[botat29]

I finally order the G.skill and the Corsair, I will install the Corsair in the mini-itx build and the G.skill in my gaming PC for replace the Intel, this one will go in my laptop, thanks everyone for the help