C300 VS Vertex 2

[Charloz24]

Hi!

I'm looking at upgrading my 30GB Vertex SSD for a 60+gb SSD. There seems to be really good words about C300 and excellent read speeds, but write speeds seems really low compared to Vertex 2? And what about Corsair Force serie 60gb?

[JD]

If you can hold out a little bit longer, please do. Vertex 3 and other 2nd gen Sandforce drives are on the horizon.

[JimboToronto]

Another consideration is whether you have SATA3 or not. Even the first-gen Sandforce in a Vertex2 is bottlenecked by SATA2. The C300 is a SATA3 drive and would be bottlenecked at less than 300MB/s if run at SATA2.

SATA3 is just a short-term patch anyway. It's almost obsolete even before it's been fully implemented. Multiple-controller SSDs have already surpassed its bandwidth. HSDL and other PCIe connections are the only way to go.

[Charloz24]

Yeah no problem here for Sata3, I will try waiting then ;)