no more ssd for me

[diluzio91]

so i cant go with an SSD because of the $, so im going to go with 2 160gb hdds in a raid 0 with a spinpoint 1tb for storage, what are the 2 best drives for ~$40-50 that i could use for the raid? i was going to go with seagate.12s but they aparantly dont play well with raids... help again guys!

[mDust]

Trust me on this:

You want an SSD.
You need an SSD.
You must have an SSD.
You will save up for an SSD!

[PauL]

There is this:

OCZ Vertex 60GB

With $20 mail-in-rebate

$130 after rebate

[Zephik]

There is this:

OCZ Vertex 60GB

With $20 mail-in-rebate

$130 after rebate

Thats a good deal. It's also better than a cheap RAID setup, albiet a bit more expensive. But the benefits are worth the exta time it takes to save up money, imho.

For example, instead of around a maximum of 140 MB/s with a cheap RAID setup, you'll get a maximum of around 230 MB/s with the single SSD.

Further benefits: In that type of RAID array, if one drive fails, it all goes down. Whereas with the SSD, well, they really don't fail. They're just about fail proof thanks to having no moving parts. They're very durable.

SSD's are definitely worth it. As for the limitations in capacity... Do you need more than 60GB for OS and programs? Or at least within the next however long until you have more money to upgrade or purchase a second drive?

[BuzzKillington]

then you can just buy another one later on and raid the 2 SSD's. It will probably be down to 100 in a few months.

[diluzio91]

lol... okokok! ill get the SSD... thats way cheaper than the one i was looking at... like... $100 less.... good find! i can bring that back to my build now... +rep for paul... i thought i had seen the good deals on eggy. lol

edit: ooh the irony, i priced out this same SSD, but at the full retail price! mwahaha, i feel better now

[mtekk]

There is this:

OCZ Vertex 60GB

With $20 mail-in-rebate

$130 after rebate

That $20 rebate is better than the $10 they had linked to it when it was shell shocker. Hmm. which one to use when that drive arrives...

[PauL]

That $20 rebate is better than the $10 they had linked to it when it was shell shocker. Hmm. which one to use when that drive arrives...

Unless you purchased the drive on the 7th (friday), the $20 rebate is dead, however, the $10 rebate should still apply.