Is this SSD any good?

[Malgor]

I know virtually nothing about SSDs and bought an intel that isn't that great (from what people have told me after the fact).

Is this one any good? It is rated high by one of the sites I did research on.

http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Force-Ultra-Supported-CSSD-F120GB2-BRKT/dp/B003N8ETCG%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJ6XW6NNSGSCJC2PQ %26tag%3Dfastssd-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165 953%26creativeASIN%3DB003N8ETCG

Thanks,

Mal

(waiting for patch...)

[Ughmahedhurtz]

I don't see ANY Corsair SSDs on the performance charts I've been able to find. They're not an off brand but it makes you wonder why they don't appear in comparative data. I'll see if I can find anything more about 'em.

http://diskcompare.com/item/4772/

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/ssd-charts-2010/Desktop-Performance-Index-50-Throughput-25-PCMark-25-I-O,2364.html

[Malgor]

I don't see ANY Corsair SSDs on the performance charts I've been able to find. They're not an off brand but it makes you wonder why they don't appear in comparative data. I'll see if I can find anything more about 'em.

http://diskcompare.com/item/4772/

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/ssd-charts-2010/Desktop-Performance-Index-50-Throughput-25-PCMark-25-I-O,2364.html

Thanks, It appears fast and though a few people have said they had to return them for DOA, they do have a 3 year warranty.

[Owltoid]

I have a "cheap" SSD that probably wouldn't pass any hardcore techie test and it works amazing for multiboxing. In other words, for WoW even a shitty SSD can greatly increase performance.

[Zappy]

Here's a shellshocker deal from today:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231378

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Here's a shellshocker deal from today:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231378

Sweet. That one IS reviewed and scores in the top third for performance. Also has a ton of 5-star reviews from users. I know which one I'd buy. :P

[pinotnoir]

I was looking at that one or the OCZ Agility 2. That 120g would be a great deal. Here is a question.. I am running raid 0 on my hard drives. Does that mean if I add an SSD it has to also be in Raid 0? If thats the case I would need two SSD's.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Here is a question.. I am running raid 0 on my hard drives. Does that mean if I add an SSD it has to also be in Raid 0? If thats the case I would need two SSD's.
No. You only need two if you want to run your SSD as part of a raid volume. You can run RAID X on your other drives and just partition the SSD as its own drive.

[Malgor]

Thanks, this helped greatly!

[pinotnoir]

No. You only need two if you want to run your SSD as part of a raid volume. You can run RAID X on your other drives and just partition the SSD as its own drive.

I remember trying to add a non raid hard drive for data and it wouldn't show up. I was told since my two drives are running raid 0 I wouldn't be able to add a non raid drive to it. I have vista 64. If I buy one SSD and add it as a non raid drive wouldn't I have the same problem?

[Ughmahedhurtz]

I remember trying to add a non raid hard drive for data and it wouldn't show up. I was told since my two drives are running raid 0 I wouldn't be able to add a non raid drive to it. I have vista 64. If I buy one SSD and add it as a non raid drive wouldn't I have the same problem?
You cannot add a non-raid drive to a raid _partition_ (aka "set") to increase the size on-the-fly but you can most definitely add a non-RAID drive to the same system with other RAID drives. It will just show up as a separate drive letter once you get it set up.