Intel 40GB G2 SSD now available for under $130 (Opinions?)

[heyaz]

I just bought one of these a few days ago from newegg.com. I use it solely for WoW, nothing else on it yet.

It's my first SSD ever, so I don't know how it compares to others. Usually, loading is near instant and the zone just appears. Sometimes its 2-3 seconds. In Dalaran during primetime with 5 clients - no more invisible toons for 15 seconds, everyone in the city pops up a few second after zoning in.

[heyaz]

I just bought one of these a few days ago from newegg.com. I use it solely for WoW, nothing else on it yet.

It's my first SSD ever, so I don't know how it compares to others. Usually, loading is near instant and the zone just appears. Sometimes its 2-3 seconds. In Dalaran during primetime with 5 clients - no more invisible toons for 15 seconds, everyone in the city pops up a few second after zoning in.

Little update on this guy. I just did the ultimate test with it - WG during primetime. Even with my new video card (ATI 4890) and no SSD, it would choke when you entered the fortress, now I don't get any skipping and have only about a 5-10 fps drop. I doubt this "value" model meets the performance standards for really high end stuff - but it's definitely good enough for wow.

[Igg]

Get 2 and raid 0 it to get the high through put you are looking for.